Joint All Domain Command and Control: Background and Issues for Congress

Abstract

The Department of Defense (DOD) is in the process of a once-in-a-generation modernization of its approach to commanding military forces. Senior DOD leaders have stated that the departments existing command and control architecture is insufficient to meet the demands of the 2018 National Defense Strategy (NDS). Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) is DODs concept to connect sensors from all of the military servicesAir Force, Army, Marine Corps, Navy, and Space Forceinto a single network. DOD points to ride-sharing service Uber as an analogy to describe its desired end state for JADC2. Uber combines two different appsone for riders and a second for drivers. Using the respective users positions, the Uber algorithm determines the optimal match based on distance, travel time, and passengers (among other variables). In the case of JADC2, that logic would find the optimal platform to attack a given target, or the unit best able to address an emerging threat. For JADC2 to work effectively, DOD is pursuing two emerging technologies: automation and artificial intelligence, and new communications methods.

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Document Details

Document Type
Technical Report
Publication Date
Mar 18, 2021
Accession Number
AD1126249

Entities

People

  • John R. Hoehn

Tags

Communities of Interest

  • Autonomy
  • C4I
  • Cyber
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Energy and Power Technologies
  • Space
  • Weapons Technologies

DTIC Thesaurus Topics

  • Air Force
  • Artificial Intelligence
  • Command And Control
  • Command And Control Systems
  • Communication Systems
  • Congress
  • Cyberspace Operations
  • Data Links
  • Department Of Defense
  • Digital Communications
  • Electronic Warfare
  • Information Systems
  • Military Applications
  • National Security
  • Network Architecture
  • Radio Communications
  • Radio Equipment
  • Software-Defined Radio Waveforms
  • Tactical Radios
  • United States Government
  • Warfare

Readers

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  • Enterprise Information Systems Architecture and Joint Command Capability Interoperability Support.
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Technology Areas

  • AI & ML
  • AI & ML - DoD AI Strategy
  • Fully Networked C3
  • Fully Networked C3 - Command and Control
  • Space