Multimedia Report: All Domain - Connecting the Joint Force

An in-depth look at All-Domain Warfare, from Breaking Defense.

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SecDef Austin Takes Personal Charge of DoD China Policy With Classified Directive

WASHINGTON: In a clear sign that China really is the Biden administration's tracking threat against which much of its strategy, budget and policy will be forged, Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin today approved a classified directive ordering the military to shrink the gap between what it says and what it does regarding China.

JROC Tags Space Force To Make Satellites Link With JADC2

The JROC has tagged the Space Force "officially and formally as the integrator for all joint space requirements," says vice chief Gen. DT Thompson.

SecDef OKs JADC2 Strategy: Now OSD Has 'Teeth'

WASHINGTON: Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has signed the strategy guiding the massive effort to knit troopers on the front lines to F-35s, submarines, satellites, ships and commanders across the globe, known as Joint All Domain Command and Control.

AF Demos C2 Networking Tech To Link Services, Allies At Astral Knight 21

The 606th Air Control Squadron successfully used TORCC during the May 13-21 Astral Knight 21 exercise to relay integrated air and missile defense and C2 information to to pilots, "including directions for missions and threat awareness," according to the 31st Air Wing.

TRANSCOM Head Envisions Increased Intra-Theater Lift Demand

The Joint Warfighting Concept will "envision much smaller force elements that are inherently reliant on very rapid mobility" within a theater, says TRANSCOM head Gen. Stephen Lyons.

Armenia, Ukraine Lessons Shape New US Cyber/EW Unit

Drones aren't decisive, said the head of Army Cyber Command, without a command system that can rapidly pull together all the data and order a strike before the enemy disappears again.

ABMS Grows Up: Air Force Shifts Focus To Delivering Kit

A new pod-based comms system for the KC-46, enabling it to serve as a 'translator' for the incompatible radio systems of the F-22 and F-35, will be fielded in the last quarter of fiscal 2022.

Israeli Multi Domain War Gets First Test In Gaza

TEL AVIV: For the first time, the Israeli Defense Force is using multi-domain operations in the strike against Hamas in Gaza. The air, infantry, armor, artillery and naval forces are finding, fixing and destroying targets in Gaza according to "who has the best shot," an Israeli defense source here says.

Hyten: Joint Requirements For All Domain Out By June

"One of the requirements is going to be that all data developed and produced by every weapon system we have has to be made accessible, period," Gen. John Hyten said today.

Raymond Unveils Classified Target Tracking Space Radar Effort

"The space-based GMTI system will replace a portion of the JSTARS sensing capability" and "will support all combatant commands," Space Force spokesperson Col. Catie Hague explains.

Revised JADC2 Strategy Hits DepSecDef's Desk

Pending the Deputy Secretary's approval, the Joint All Domain Command & Control strategy could receive Secretary Austin's okay within "weeks," said Brig. Gen. Rob Parker.

Northrop Breaks Into DARPA's Blackjack

The company's software-defined Positioning, Navigation and Timing (PNT) technology will offer military users an agile new signal from low Earth orbit (LEO) that is not dependent on existing satellite navigation systems," said Nicholas Paraskevopoulos, Northrop Grumman's chief technology officer.

All-Domain Demo Links U-2, F-35 & F-22

The demonstration, dubbed Project Hydra, was partially funded by the Air Force and the Missile Defense Agency, says Lockheed Martin's Dan Markham.

Space Force Digital Vision Focuses On Speedy Decisions

Gen. Jay Raymond, Space Force chief, stressed that the new digital vision applies not just to service acquisition, but to everything the newest military service does, with a bottom-line goal of speeding decision-making.

Army Network Upgrade Seeks Fast Data For JADC2

The upcoming upgrade to the Army's tactical network, Capability Set '23, will exploit the boom in commercial Low- and Medium-Earth Orbit satellites to boost communications for fast-moving Stryker units.

Exclusive: Army Plan May Loosen IC Grip On Sat-Based ISR

"The Army needs information when and where they want it," said Rob Zitz, a former Army intel official. "The IC should not get a vote on what Army needs or how Army executes combat missions."

Project Convergence: AIs vs. Uncertainty

"We demonstrated… that having that person in the loop is not a huge time sink," AITF director Doug Matty told me. "By presenting the right information at the appropriate level of confidence, it actually accelerated the mission."

F-15EX To Fly In Indo-PACOM's Northern Edge

During the exercise, the F-15EX will test the Eagle Passive Active Warning Survivability System (EPAWSS) EW suite, Lt. Gen. David Krumm says.

DoD Enjoins Congress For Flexibility To Buy JADC2 Tech Fast

Combatant commanders, have been clamoring for real-world access fast to new software tools.

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