Multi-Domain Command and Control: Bringing Together Experience, Training, and Technology

Published 14 February 2022
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By

Dan Chenok

Executive Director

IBM Center for The Business of Government chenokd@us.ibm.com

We recently released a report, "Delivering on the Vision of Multi-Domain Command and Control" by author Dr. David Bray of The Stimson Center and a video on Multi-Domain Command and Control (MDC2).  MDC2 is the strategy for integrating and coordinating command and control operations simultaneously across air, land, sea, space, cyber, and electromagnetic domains. Dr. Bray expertly gathered the thoughts and insights of a diverse range of leaders from defence, industry, and academia on how well that strategy is being implemented.

In our second video, Dr. Bray and Daniel Munro, Defence Global Markets, IBM Australia, discuss the importance of good decision support and professional judgment, and how technology won't always work.  They discuss how critical it is that commanders at all levels understand both the benefits and limitations of the systems they are using.

Watch the video.