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JFCOM Conducts Annual Demo To Improve Interoperability

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Monday, June 28th, 2010

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By Ann Roosevelt U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) just wrapped up a two-week effort called Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (CWID) to evaluate technologies against command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) capability gaps identified by combatant commanders and others. "We're trying to focus...on programs to bring us more mature technology focused in areas outlined by COCOMs as needed capabilities and still provide a venue for risk reduction for programs of record, new technology discovery and try to focus…

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