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 operational...
