Nov 30, 2021,11:26am EST|1,202 views
U.S. Army’s Project Convergence Resurrects Military Transformation, Revolutionizes Warfare
Loren ThompsonSenior Contributor
Aerospace & Defense
I write about national security, especially its business dimensions.
As the old century was ending two decades ago, the Pentagon was swept with enthusiasm for a new approach to warfare called military transformation.
The basic idea was that a combination of new information technologies and joint teamwork would enable unprecedented success in defeating diverse enemies.
The technological content of military transformation was aptly captured in the phrase “network-centric warfare,” which implied using wireless networks to share information across service boundaries to enable faster, better decisions in combat.
But political support for the new ideas drained away after U.S. counter-insurgency campaigns in Iraq and Afghanistan bogged down, because policymakers were too preoccupied with the current fight to think much about the future.
https://www.forbes.com/sites/lorenthompson/2021/11/30/us-armys-project-convergence-resurrects-military-transformation-revolutionizes-warfare/?sh=5b8e616b74c7
