DoD awards nearly $2B to build first satellite-based backbone of JADC2

Published: March 2, 2022, 1:21 p.m.

b'Two major Defense Department information technology initiatives took major steps this week. The Fourth Estate Network Consolidation, involving most of DoD outside of the armed services themselves, has awarded a big contract to modernize its underlying network. Plus on the armed services side, DoD is putting the initial pieces in place to create the backbone of the Joint All-Domain Command and Control (JADC2) Project. For more on these two efforts, Federal News Network Executive Editor Jason Miller and Deputy Editor Jared Serbu joined the Federal Drive with Tom Temin.\\nLearn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices'