Fully Networked Command, Control, and Communications (FNC3) Universal Command & Control (UC2)
Abstract
UC2 will provide an interface that enables future commanders to dynamically connect any sensor in any domain to any shooter. The FNC3 UC2 project addresses a Secretary of Defense priority for integrated communications and networking. By focusing on a DoD-wide standard for the data layer of machine-to-machine (M2M) Command and Control (C2), the project will develop and demonstrate an efficient, evolvable, and broadly applicable standard to increase the interoperability, flexibility, and resiliency of FNC3 systems. Aligned with the Joint All-Domain Command & Control (JADC2) concept, UC2 compliant systems will dynamically respond by forming new systems and system combinations to address unanticipated, asymmetric, and evolving threats. The FNC3 UC2 project will provide warfighters faster access to new capabilities, while simplifying development and sustainment life cycles, and lower operating and training costs. In FY 2021, development of the UC2 language and functional architecture continued forward towards the major version release 2.0. Initial implementation, unit testing, and integration activities to incorporate the UC2 standard into Service systems was completed. The initial phase of the UC2 project culminates in an integrated, Joint-Service experiment planned for early FY 2022, which will assess the individual and interconnected performance of the UC2-adapted technologies and capabilities now resident within participating Service systems in a testing range environment.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Accomplishment
- Publication Date
- Oct 01, 2023
- Source ID
- 9cacb188c94504ad2ba4e14b99829f4d