The Pentagon’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) initiative, a concept for connecting sensors from all of the military services into a single network, is unlikely to deliver within the timeframe initially hoped for, according to a new report. Experts believe the Department of Defense (DoD) will need to overhaul the program to prevent a decades-long implementation.
“What it really boils down to is a way to allow all sensors, all shooters, all command nodes, to be able to talk to each other in any combination in almost any situation,” Bryan Clark, a senior fellow at Washington-based think tank Hudson Institute, said during an April 20 virtual panel discussion on the issue.