Army turning attention to AI for decision dominance with Next-Gen Command and Control

Army turning attention to AI for decision dominance with Next-Gen Command and Control

The Army is pushing industry to develop capabilities that support “decision dominance” on the battlefield, utilizing artificial intelligence tools to better make sense of data. The effort is part of the service’s sprawling Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) initiative, one of its top modernization priorities to provide commanders and units a new approach to manage information, data, and command and control with agile and software-based a…

Army Using Next-Gen Tech for Modernization

JULY 24, 2025 — As part of the Army Transformation Initiative, the Army will re-invest up to $48 billion into the modernization of its next generation command and control within the next five to six years at a rate not done since the 1980s, said Gen. James Mingus, vice chief of staff of the Army, during a Landpower Dialogue at the Center for Strategic and International Studies earlier this month. The Army has moved at a flat rate for the last 10…