Air Force seeks airborne, autonomous MDC2 data-processing technology

By Rachel Cohen / November 21, 2018 at 3:50 PM
A recent Air Force notice requests airborne systems that autonomously process command-and-control data, a new example of the service's nascent search for material solutions that enable fast, complementary air, space and cyber combat planning. "Future conflicts will require operations across a broad geographic area in electronically contested environments," the Nov. 14 request for information states . "Execution of multidomain command and control will require forward, mobile C2 nodes capable of managing air, space and cyber C2 data and semi-autonomously supporting...

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