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WATCH: Joe Sublousky, Jay Meil Discuss CJADC2

Sept. 7, 2023

Joe Sublousky, SAIC’s Vice President for JADC2, and Jay Meil, SAIC’s Chief Data Scientist, sit down with Air & Space Forces Magazine Editor in Chief Tobias Naegele to discuss Combined Joint All-Domain Command and Control, or CJADC2, and SAIC’s hand in its development.

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