{"id":50446,"date":"2024-02-21T20:51:53","date_gmt":"2024-02-21T20:51:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2024\/02\/21\/pentagon-achieves-minimum-viable-version-of-cjadc2-hicks-says\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:45:20","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:45:20","slug":"pentagon-achieves-minimum-viable-version-of-cjadc2-hicks-says","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/pentagon\/2024\/02\/21\/pentagon-achieves-minimum-viable-version-of-cjadc2-hicks-says\/","title":{"rendered":"Pentagon achieves \u2018minimum viable\u2019 version of CJADC2, Hicks says"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

The U.S. Department of Defense has achieved a basic version of Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, its long-promised vision of connected sensors from all branches of the armed forces into a unified network, according to Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe minimum viable capability for CJADC2 is real and ready now,\u201d she said Feb. 21 at the Defense Data and AI Symposium<\/a> in Washington. \u201cIt\u2019s low latency and extremely reliable.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

There is still more work to do, but recent progress on implementing advanced communication and information-sharing processes has made the concept a reality, at least in a limited capacity, Hicks said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cFor security reasons, I can\u2019t say where or what that capability is for, but I can tell you it was no easy task,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The achievement is an outgrowth of the Global Information Dominance experiments, or GIDEs, led by the Defense Department\u2019s Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office<\/a>, or CDAO. The office revived the GIDE series in 2023 with the intent of advancing coordination across the military, as well as to get a better understanding of AI\u2019s role. Northern Command and North American Aerospace Defense Command previously led them.<\/p>\n\n\n\t