Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) — Command and Control (C2) is foundational to warfighting, and lessons learned from recent support to contingency operations in Ukraine and Israel, as well as threat assessments in the INDOPACOM AoR, show that the Army’s current C2 information systems should be modernized to meet commanders’ needs for large scale combat operations against near peer adversaries.

Current mission command systems are not mobile, intuitive, or survivable enough to easily overcome the current threat, changes in the character of warfare, and the pace of technology. As part of the Army’s continuous transformation effort, initiatives are being implemented to transform how the Army operates, trains, and equips for C2 capabilities that enhance its lethality, mobility, and survivability in large-scale combat as part of the Joint Force. The Army’s operational imperative is to improve systems responsibly, using innovative solutions from units and industry; at the same time, preparing for the future by ensuring the next generation of C2 systems are built on a portfolio of capabilities that effectively address emerging threats and ensure dominance over adversaries. 

The Army’s Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) portfolio of capabilities will provide commanders with the ability to make more, better, and faster decisions through advanced analytics, an integrated data layer, open architecture, and robust and resilient transport. The result is data-centric C2 at every echelon that can operate in any environment. 
NGC2 requirements are currently being informed by persistent experimentation. Market research and prototyping will create a competitive environment for innovative industry partnerships and continuous integration of new technologies.

Key Points: 

NGC2 is a vision for a fundamentally different way to rapidly identify requirements and fill gaps using persistent experimentation with rapidly evolving and maturing technologies such as cloud, artificial intelligence, and cybersecurity along with stronger industry partnerships that enable integration of dual use capabilities.

NGC2 is focused on advancing open and modular architecture, data-centric design, ease of use, scalability across the force, and enabling warfighter mastery of evolving C2 software, supported by survivable and flexible network transport.  The desired end state is an intuitive, adaptive software architecture that provides access to operational data and enables commanders to effectively exercise C2 at echelon, make faster decisions, and synchronize and manage combat power across all warfighting functions.