How cloud computing makes Joint All-Domain Command and Control possible Cloud computing with play a critical role in enabling Joint All-Domain Command and Control. (artisteer/Getty Images) As the Pentagon moves to connect sensors with shooters on the battlefield, transporting and sorting data via cloud computing will be a fundamental need. Joint All-Domain Command and Control, essentially a battlefield Internet of Things in which all types of platforms and sensors are linked, will require distributed computing and cloud-based networking to provide war fighters with the data they require on the battlefield. In a recent webinar, the military’s top JADC2 official noted that need for cloud environments, including an enterprisewide cloud, whether that ends up being the delayed and contested Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure cloud or another solution.
How cloud computing makes Joint All-Domain Command and Control possible
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Rep. Adam Smith in 2019
Divesting of legacy systems to make way for new technologies is expensive and at the heart of the Defense Department s budget debate. But even when modernization makes fiscal sense, there are key dilemmas DOD and Congress will have to overcome.
For House Armed Services Committee Chairman Adam Smith (D-Wash.), that, in some ways, comes down to the right incentives for both those inside the Pentagon and defense contractors. You have to be incentivized. And if you think that the money s always going to be there, you don t have as much of an incentive, Smith said during a virtual AEI event discussing the defense budget on April 22.