After a rebrand and the delivery of a minimum viable capability in 2023, the Department of Defense’s multi-billion-dollar effort to connect the U.S. military’s sensors to shooters in a unified environment is getting closer to becoming a reality.
The Joint All-Domain Command and Control initiative, is now known as CJADC2, with the new ‘C’ being ‘Combined.’ The relatively new addition to the acronym underscores the program’s reinvigorated focus on interoperability and collaboration with international allies in its newest iteration.
Discover what’s on the horizon for CJADC2 and learn more about how the U.S. armed forces are supporting this game-changing effort at the Potomac Officer Club’s Achieving Transformative Cooperation for National Defense Forum on March 14. Leaders from the Pentagon, CENTCOM, INDOPACOM, DTRA and more will gather to share their insights. Register here.
GIDE 8 & CJADC2 Minimum Viable Capability
After the eighth Global Information Dominance Experiment, run by the Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office in December 2023, the DOD did successfully deliver an MVC for CJADC2, according to CDAO Deputy Margaret Palmieri. But due to budget delays, the MVC cannot be made “robust and accessible across the enterprise,” Palmieri said.
The primary goal of GIDE 8 was focused on delivering CJADC2 capabilities aligned with global integration and joint fires missions. For the ninth iteration of GIDE, expected to take place in March 2024, Palmieri said CDAO will align with the Army’s Project Convergence to “see how the combatant commands and the joint task forces now take that down to a tactical level with a service.” And through GIDE 10, CDAO intends to work with the Indo-Pacific Command’s Valiant Shield exercise.
Marine Corps’ Project Dynamis
Meanwhile, the U.S. Marine Corps is stepping up to the plate with intentions to serve as an integrator for CJADC2 efforts across the services through its Project Dynamis effort.
“We have largely come to a point now after five years of force design where we feel very comfortable and confident in saying that we have an opportunity to become the integrator in CJADC2 for the joint force,” said Marine Corps Chief Technology Officer Kevin Murray at WEST 2024.
What’s next for CJADC2? Find out at the Achieving Transformative Cooperation for National Defense Forum hosted by the Potomac Officers Club on March 14. Register here to save your spot.
