U.S. Army's Next Generation Command and Control system ready to scale

Published Aug 4, 01:26 PM UTC

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The U.S. Army announced that its Next Generation Command and Control (NGC2) system is ready to scale following a prototyping phase that concluded at Project Convergence-Capstone 6 in July 2026 at Fort Irwin, California. The 10-day exercise involved 10,000 participants from U.S. and allied forces testing 90 technologies. NGC2 will replace legacy C2 systems, unifying data across fire, logistics, and airspace management to speed battlefield decisions and improve communications. Maj. Gen. Patrick Ellis called the system 'functional but not optimized' and said the next year will focus on refinement. The Army requested $904 million in its 2027 budget for scaling. Anduril Industries developed the prototype for $99.6 million. I Corps headquarters in the Indo-Pacific will be the next unit to receive NGC2 capabilities.

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Original headline: Army’s new battlefield command system ready to scale

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