"Recent reporting on a leaked memo concerning vulnerabilities in the Army's priority Next Generation Command and Control platform, or NGC2, has sparked new discussions on Army warfighting technology development processes. NGC2 is a completely new system for getting commanders the information and data they need to plan battlefield operations, as well as info on how they can employ weapons and systems."
"During one exercise, soldiers were able to get a digital firing system for an M777 Howitzer up and running as soon as the gun was in place. Before, it might have taken over an hour. Largely, Army leadership is moving toward a different approach: looking for commercially available products from industry partners, lessening the requirements needed and instead focusing on the problems it needs new programs to solve, and then working iteratively on"
Warfare is changing rapidly, prompting the US Army to overhaul weapons development for speed, early flaw detection, and cost control. The Army is shifting away from slow, large programs toward accelerated, Silicon Valley-like operations that emphasize trial-and-error and iterative fixes. Leaders accept tradeoffs between the known risks of legacy approaches and the uncertainties of new methods. The Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) platform aims to deliver faster battlefield data and improved system integration. Exercises showed quicker digital firing setup for an M777 Howitzer. Leadership is prioritizing commercial solutions, reducing rigid requirements, and iterating with industry partners.
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