War on the Rocks

How the Army Is Putting the Commander Back in Command and Control

The U.S. Army doesn’t have a data problem. But it does have a “data-in-the-right-place-in-a-usable-format” problem. And that matters for decision-making in future war. Think about all the places we ...
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Updating Nuclear Command, Control, and Communication

In the coming years, the United States’ nuclear arsenal is likely to change in two important ways. First, recent statements by Biden administration officials suggest the United States may expand its ...
Defense News

Army to competitively develop Next-Gen Command-and-Control prototype

Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy A. George receives a demo of Next-Generation Command-and-Control system capabilities from a 1st Infantry Division officer. (Sgt. Brahim Douglas/U.S. Army) After spending ...
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Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) becomes official program office at PEO C3N

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (April 16, 2025) — The Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, and Network (PEO C3N) celebrated an Assumption of Charter ceremony on April 11, 2025, ...
Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists

Lessons from the UN’s first resolution on AI in nuclear command and control

The United Nations rarely moves fast on disarmament. This year, though, it did something unusual. On November 6, the General Assembly’s First Committee, where states debate over questions of ...
AFCEA

The Never-Ending Journey To Revolutionize Command and Control

Army officials say they will never fully finish their effort to establish a data-centric architecture due to the landscape’s ever-changing nature. The U.S. Army’s monumental attempt to modernize its ...
AFCEA

From Tactical Edge to Global Reach: The Army’s Next Generation Command and Control and Its Role in CJADC2

The operational landscape of modern warfare is defined by increasing complexity, rapid engagements and the convergence of operations across all domains—land, sea, air, space and cyberspace. In this ...
usace.army.mil

Adaptive C2: Modernizing Army Command and Control

The Army is modernizing its Command and Control (C2) systems through two key initiatives: C2 Fix and Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2). C2 Fix addresses immediate needs for Divisions and ...
Business Insider

The Army’s linking big guns, drones, and AI with its new command system and testing how it’ll fight future wars

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The US Army jammed its new command-and-control tech to see if electronic warfare would break it

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Command-and-control upgrade will ‘vastly reduce’ anti-missile salvos, Northrop says

ROYAL AIR FORCE FAIRFORD, England—A new control system will require fewer Patriot missiles to down incoming threats, conserving interceptors as stocks dwindle, a Northrop Grumman official said. The ...