The US Army jammed its new command-and-control tech to see if electronic warfare would break it

"Much like the war in Ukraine, future battlefields could be drowning in electronic interference, so the US Army stress-tested new command-and-control tech against that threat. The need to maintain connections between command and deployed weapons and crews, or reestablish those links when they're lost, is shaping how soldiers train on the service's Next Generation Command and Control, a new software-driven system that's being developed for the Army."

"In its most recent NGC2 exercise at Fort Carson, Colorado, the Army's 4th Infantry Division put it to the test against electronic warfare. Stressing the system proved difficult, the Army said, because it would "heal itself." The service said it had to disable certain features to really test it. Maj. Gen. Patrick Ellis, the commander of the 4th ID, said during a media roundtable that after they activated the jamming, the system rerouted internally to keep functioning."

Army units stress-tested the Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) software against electronic warfare at Fort Carson, Colorado. The 4th Infantry Division activated jamming that the system often rerouted around, demonstrating internal healing and resilience. Testers disabled features to create meaningful stress and observed soldiers temporarily lose satellite links, forcing use of radio backups and search procedures to locate jamming sources. Troops identified the jammer, neutralized it with a mortar strike, and initiated reconnection. Leaders reported reconnections were quick and largely seamless, while troops must continue training on retransmission management in complex, wide-area terrain.

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