If data is the new ammo, Army may need dedicated data formations: General

Lt. Gen. Jeth Rey said the formations could "oversee that exchange of data, not only within the Army, but all of the joint services and our coalition partners."

NGC2 is a sprawling effort to replace the Army’s command and control networks and infrastructure in order to pass data more efficiently from sensors to decision-makers to soldiers and everywhere in between. The ability to do so quickly, military leaders have said, will be key to victory — and survival — on the modern, data-soaked battlefield.

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