"New US Army warfighting software is speeding up and simplifying the command job, a commander said recently, sharing that it lets him scrap the "hourlong staff meetings" to make decisions. The Army, like other services, believes that future wars will be determined by the speed of decision-making. That's where the new Next Generation Command and Control, or NGC2, program is expected to make a substantial impact and modernize how the service fights."
""So it's all in one place, and it's there very, very quickly, so that the staff can see it across their functional systems," said Maj. Gen. Patrick Ellis, commander of the 4th ID, at a recent media roundtable, explaining that "the fires person can see what the logistician sees, can see what the intel person sees." "I don't have to have the hourlong staff meeting anymore," the general said."
""If we're actually using the technology as the tool that we're prepping on and that we're also fighting on," he said, "I could sit there, I can look at it, I can make decisions, I can say, 'Hey, here are my priorities for this or that.' We all agree on it, we click save, and that's done.""
Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) is a modernized platform that aggregates sensors, weapons, and functional staff systems into a single shared interface. The Army has been iteratively developing NGC2 through exercises with units such as the 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson and the 25th Infantry Division in Hawaii alongside industry partners. Ivy Sting 4 added more components so multiple battlefield data sources feed into one accessible system. The shared view lets fires, logistics, and intelligence personnel see the same information simultaneously. Commanders can make faster decisions, set priorities collaboratively, and reduce or eliminate long staff meetings.
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