Congressional criticism prompts creation of new office to oversee JADC2
While service-lead efforts such as Project Convergence have demonstrated impressive capabilities such as autonomous helicopter missions, a new JADC2 office will allow for greater integration across the DoD. (Photo: US Army)
The US is to establish a new central office with oversight of acquisition, integration and interoperability of the DoD-wide Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) effort.
The US Department of Defense (DoD) is establishing a new office dealing with acquisition, integration and interoperability of the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) concept, Chris O’ Donnell, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Platform and Weapon Portfolio Management, said last month while speaking at the Association of Old Crows convention in Washington DC.
While JADC2 is a DoD-wide concept, it is being implemented through parallel efforts funded and managed by the army (Project Convergence), navy (Project Overmatch) and air force (Advanced Battle Management System), which has contributed to concern in Congress that this might undercut interoperability,
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