C2 systems provide the means though

C2 systems provide the means though which military operations are planned, directed, and coordinated in pursuit of a mission. To be successful in the air and missile defense missions encompassed within the three grand challenges, we must develop a distributed C2 capability that enables our forces to overcome adversaries by making decisions and coordinating actions more accurately and on a shorter timeframe than they can. In highly contested A2/AD environments, we must optimize and schedule the use of kinetic weapons, electronic warfare (EW), directed energy, ISR&T, physical and electromagnetic spectrum maneuver, and unmanned operations to overcome our opponent’s software optimization will enable the speed and resilience required for AI enhancements and robust cyber defenses for these distributed systems.