Decision superiority — the ability to assimilate, analyze, and act upon information acquired from the battlespace more rapidly than an adversary — has always been crucial. It enabled the Royal Air ...
Clouds roll over the Thule Tracking Station, known as callsign "POGO," operated by the 23rd Space Operations Squadron, Detachment 1, at Thule Air Base, Greenland, Aug. 11, 2022. POGO is the ...
Maj. Sherman Bierly, USMC (standing), points out key features of the Unit Operation Center’s (UOC’s) smartboard to U.S. Marine Corps operations staff. The UOC, developed for the Marine Corps by ...
The Department of Defense (DOD) defines command and control (C2) as “[t]he exercise of authority and direction by a properly designated commander over assigned forces in the accomplishment of the ...
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 ...
When Russia blew up an old satellite with a new missile on November 15, it created an expanding cloud of debris that will menace the outer space environment for years to come. Hypersonic fragments ...
U.S. defense planning has long been undergirded by a sense of technological optimism. This is nowhere more evident than in official statements concerning command and control networks, which inevitably ...
A Pentagon initiative to create a high-speed, interconnected military command system is lagging due to fragmented efforts and a lack of clear oversight, the Government Accountability Office said in a ...