{"id":29061,"date":"2020-12-27T16:29:48","date_gmt":"2020-12-27T16:29:48","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2020\/12\/27\/new-in-2021-advanced-battle-management-system-testing-begins\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T20:59:04","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T20:59:04","slug":"new-in-2021-advanced-battle-management-system-testing-begins","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/air\/2020\/12\/27\/new-in-2021-advanced-battle-management-system-testing-begins\/","title":{"rendered":"New in 2021: Advanced Battle Management System testing begins"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As early as March, the Air Force and Army could begin major experiments on their systems to allow aircraft, sensors and other weapons systems across services to share data instantaneously.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of a Sept. 29 agreement signed by both services\u2019 chiefs of staff, the Army and Air Force hope to ensure that their new communications equipment, networks and artificial intelligence systems are compatible with one another and send information seamlessly under <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/digital-show-dailies\/ausa\/2020\/10\/20\/the-army-and-air-force-are-finally-on-the-same-page-with-a-plan-to-connect-the-military-what-happens-next\/\" target=_blank>the Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control effort<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Air Force\u2019s <a href=\"https:\/\/www.defensenews.com\/global\/asia-pacific\/2020\/10\/30\/after-the-third-advanced-battle-management-system-test-this-is-the-it-tool-the-head-of-pacific-air-forces-put-on-his-wish-list\/\" target=_blank>Advanced Battle Management System<\/a> and the Army\u2019s Project Convergence are the service\u2019s main efforts for experimenting with CJADC2.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/battlefield-tech\/c2-comms-battlefield-tech\/2020\/04\/23\/top-air-force-general-blasts-critical-advanced-battle-management-system-report\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"196\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/191217-F-QF982-0089.JPG.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Top Air Force general defends Advanced Battle Management System from critical report<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. 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