16
June 2022
Past Event
Virtual Event | Regaining Decision Advantage: Overhauling JADC2 To Bolster US Deterrence

Virtual Event | Regaining Decision Advantage: Overhauling JADC2 To Bolster US Deterrence

Past Event
Online Only
June 16, 2022
A U.S. Air Force staff sergeant with the 25th ASOS Radio Frequency Transmissions craftsman briefs U.S. Air Force Gen. and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, April 23, 2021. (US Air Force)
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A U.S. Air Force staff sergeant with the 25th ASOS Radio Frequency Transmissions craftsman briefs U.S. Air Force Gen. and U.S. Air Force Chief Master Sgt. at Wheeler Army Airfield, Hawaii, April 23, 2021. (US Air Force)
16
June 2022
Past Event

1201 Pennsylvania Avenue, N.W., Suite 400
Washington, DC 20004

Speakers:
General Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle, USAF (Ret.)

Chair, Board of Directors, Stimson Center and former commander, US Air Force Air Combat Command

Admiral Scott Swift, USN (Ret.)

Founder, The Swift Group LLC and former commander, US Pacific Fleet

Lieutenant General Eric Wesley, USA (Ret.)

Executive Vice President, Strategic Planning at Flyer Defense, LLC and former deputy commander, US Army Futures Command

Dr. Dan Patt

Senior Fellow, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology, Hudson Institute

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Bryan Clark

Senior Fellow and Director, Center for Defense Concepts and Technology

This event will premiere on this page at 12:00 p.m. EDT, Thursday, June 16. Register for the event here

The Pentagon’s Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) initiative is one of its top priorities and essential to integrating capabilities for complex U.S. military operations. While China has invested the time and resources to counter America’s traditional warfighting approaches focused on domain superiority, new technologies from hypersonic weapons to directed energy that could restore US advantages will not arrive before 2030. Until then, creative composition and orchestration could make U.S. forces more resilient and create uncertainty for China’s planning but the Pentagon’s current top-down approach to JADC2 is unlikely to yield results this decade.

Instead, JADC2 requires a federated approach that starts with combatant commanders’ operational problems and establishes organizations in the field to integrate forces tactically and technically. Please join Hudson Institute Senior Fellows Bryan Clark and Dan Patt for a discussion of their new paper exploring alternative approaches to JADC2 with General Herbert “Hawk” Carlisle, USAF (Retired), Admiral Scott Swift, USN (Retired), and Lieutenant General Eric Wesley, USA (Retired).

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