As part of ABMS, Air Force awards Booz Allen $315M for next phase of TOC-L prototype
Booz Allen and L3Harris initially joined forces to create the TOC-L prototype in its first phase in 2023.
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JADC2 gets its first C2 gateway authorized to update itself
The initial command and control gateway to earn a continuous Authority to Operate is changing multi-domain operations.
Michigan: Arsenal of Democracy for dangerous times
Michigan’s defense ecosystem and expertise makes it a special asset for production.
AI Transformational Model accelerates battle staff decision-making ‘seven-fold’ in Air Force experiment
In the service’s inaugural DASH experiment, coders from both industry and the Shadow Operations Center - Nellis (ShOC-N) spent two weeks building "agentic AI" tools that staff officers then tried out in high-pressure conflict scenarios.
‘We need your creative, innovative, patriotic, and diabolical minds’: Joint Chiefs Chairman Caine
Gen. Dan Caine called for greater collaboration between the Pentagon and industry — building on the Silicon Valley-based Defense Innovation Unit — to speed up new technology, especially for globally integrated command and control.
DIU expands ‘Hybrid Space Architecture’ vendor pool, plans 2026 pilot
HSA is aimed at creating a "hack-proof" internet in space comprising commercial and government SATCOM birds to underpin the Defense Department's Combined Joint All Domain Command and Control concept to link sensors and shooters in real time.
DISA officials push for stricter data standards across COCOMs, allies for CJADC2 effort
“CJADC2 was never meant to be a silo for each theater,” Director of DISA Pacific Miyi Chung said. “It is meant to be enterprise and it is meant to be global, but because we have not delivered that enterprise solution, each theater is implementing its own flavor of CJADC2.”
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Cybersecurity skills don’t come from a manual, but from practical hands-on training
Cybersecurity skills must evolve in near-real time as Zero Day threats continue and AI provides new challenges.
Making comms and collaboration secure for DoD CONOPS and CJADC2
In this Breaking Defense on-demand webinar, we examine the demand signals from DoD command-and-control leadership about their expectations for keeping information secure without hindering effective collaboration, and their plans for transitioning capabilities from demonstration to deployment.
AI for war plans: Pentagon innovation shop taps Scale AI to build ‘Thunderforge’ prototype
Working with Anduril and Microsoft, Scale AI will help military planners manage masses of operational data, starting at INDOPACOM and EUCOM.
Killer Apps: 5 stories highlight quiet progress on military AI and CJADC2
While combat has seen a drone revolution, the US has made subtle but real advances in applying AI to military planning, intelligence, and “all domain” command and control.
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DoD authorizes first C2 gateway to modernize and update on its own for CJADC2
Managing the level of data needed for multi-domain operations necessitates a C2 system that enables interoperability between fielded and new systems.
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Pioneering the future of airborne ISR: ASELSAN’s ASELFLIR 600
Blending superior optics, advanced stabilization and AI-powered autonomy in a compact and rugged system, ASELFLIR 600 delivers unmatched intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) capabilities.
Decentralizing battle data: CDAO, Anduril open tactical ‘mesh’ to third-party developers
DoD’s Chief Digital & AI Office bought Anduril’s Lattice Mesh to let frontline units share data without having to relay it through a central HQ. Now CDAO and Anduril are letting third parties build apps to run on Lattice Mesh, without having to go through Anduril.
Northrop releases new software, hardware ‘ecosystem’ aimed at CJADC2-style integration
In addition to software systems, Northrop exec Jenna Paukstis told Breaking Defense the new line includes physical hardware components like open system processors, multifunction apertures and modules that can be plugged into both new and legacy platforms manufactured by anyone.
Space Force extends Sev1Tech contract to continue work on meshONE-T for DAF Battle Network
MeshONE-T is designed to operate as a network of data transport nodes that allows for rapid, secure communications between sites across the globe.
Pentagon’s CJADC2 dreams ‘very aspirational’ right now, Marine Corps general says
"I think we have to be very honest about the trajectory and how long its going to take to get there and the level of investment, because it's going to cost quite a bit," said Deputy Director for Combat Support Brig. Gen. William Wilburn, Jr.