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Northrop Grumman's Integrated Air and Missile Defense Battle Command System demonstrated a crucial Joint All-Domain Command and Control capability as part of several future operational scenarios at Project Convergence 21.

Army Sees Progress with Leader-Follower Vehicle Technology

Army CIO Raj Iyer said the service is moving away from “traditional ways” of pulling data as it looks to build "a Command Post Computing Environment of the future."

"The future network must be high-speed, it must be high-capacity, it must be multi-path, and ubiquitous to the user," said Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey, director of the Army's Network Cross-Functional Team.

The goal of the demonstration was to show how integrated technologies and joint connectivity can support warfighters by providing actionable data and increased situational awareness, the company said.

The Army took strides in its version of the Pentagon's connect-everything plan. But leaders said more changes are ahead.

Its unclear how much the Pentagon is spending on JADC2 and it needs to provide examples of progress next year.

Here's the key Army storylines we'll be tracking at Breaking Defense next year.

The military focused its efforts on networked warfare and the US government responded to cyberattacks.

Along with AI and JADC2, the year's top tech stories include the Army's December announcement of a vaccine that covers all possible COVID variants.