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"I will offer you there will be no sanctuary in the next fight. We have to have a resilient network," Lt. Gen. John Morrison said.

"Penetrating and disintegrating A2/AD is the fundamental problem of all-domain operations. It's the hardest problem we've got," said Brig. Gen. John Rafferty.

The Army is on track to deliver a first prototype MRC by 2023, said Marcia Holmes, deputy director at the Rapid Capabilities and Critical Technology Office.

The ability to directly access remote sensing satellite data for targeting has long been a Holy Grail for the Army.

"It's fair to say we are looking at everything," said Christine Wormuth, the secretary of the Army.

A newly configured plane -- which they're calling ARTEMIS 2.0 -- is expected to be ready in March 2022, Leidos says. This comes after two extensive deployments to both the Pacific and European theaters, flying more than 569 mission hours and boasting an impressive readiness rate of more than 90 percent in 2020.

This F-35 connectivity and data processing enables warfighters to make decisions about whether to “engage and attack” ahead of or inside of an adversary’s decision cycle.

Q&A with Gen. Murray, Leader of Army Futures Command

The service has taken the lead on defeating small drones, looking at near-term acquisition and long-term development.

The Scarlet Dragon exercise is evaluating ways the service might put new tools to use in the very near term.