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Army

More Concerted Effort On Standards Can Help Realize JADC2, Army Acquisition Exec Says

By Matthew Beinart

Monday, July 11th, 2022

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More Concerted Effort On Standards Can Help Realize JADC2, Army Acquisition Exec Says

Doug Bush, the Army's top acquisition official

The Army’s top acquisition official said Monday a more concerted Pentagon effort to dictate standards for the Joint All Domain Command and Control (JADC2) initiative can ensure each of the individual services are developing capabilities that will help realize the future operating vision. Doug Bush, the assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition, logistics and technology, said the budget planning process and establishing an office similar to the Joint Counter-Small Unmanned Aircraft Systems (C-sUAS) Office (JCO) are two potential opportunities…

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