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Air Force

USAF Announces New Group of JADC2 Competitors

Frank Wolfe

Friday, March 18th, 2022

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USAF Announces New Group of JADC2 Competitors

US Air Force insignia on an aging jet plane.

The U.S. Air Force on March 18 announced its latest 23 industry entrants competing for up to $950 million in indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts for Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2), an effort to use artificial intelligence (AI) and advanced computing to build a cross-service digital architecture for multi-domain operations that are to rely on the fast provision of information from sensors to shooters. Thus far, more than 100 companies are in the mix. The newest entrants include HawkEye 360…

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