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Austin Signs Off On Pentagon’s JADC2 Strategy

By Matthew Beinart

Friday, June 4th, 2021

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Austin Signs Off On Pentagon’s JADC2 Strategy

Preston Dunlap, the chief architect of the U.S. Air Force, briefs DoD senior leaders on ABMS at Eglin AFB, Fla. during the first ABMS live demonstration last Dec. 18. (U.S. Air Force Photo)

Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin has signed off on the Pentagon’s Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) strategy, which aims to bring in technologies such as artificial intelligence and advanced computing to build a cross-service digital architecture for future multi-domain operations. Marine Corps Lt. Gen. Dennis Crall, the joint staff’s chief information officer, told reporters last Friday that Austin signed the strategy on May 13, which he said now “brings about a sense of order” and accountability for the various…

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