Command and control (C2)
The arrangements (people, process and communications) through which a commander directs a force.
Command and control (C2) is the exercise of authority over a force: the commanders, staff processes and communications systems through which decisions are made and orders reach the units that execute them. Every capability ultimately serves C2, and every C2 system depends on communications that survive contact, which is why the protection and custody of the communications layer is a sovereignty question, not a technical detail.
How this plays out in programmes
Every capability ultimately serves command and control, and every C2 system depends on communications that survive contact, which is why Unstrat treats the protection and custody of the communications layer as a sovereignty question rather than a technical detail. For a defence buyer, the advantage is a decision-making chain that holds together under pressure: commanders, staff processes and communications that keep orders reaching the units executing them even when the environment turns hostile. Keeping the communications layer under national custody protects the mission from a foreign party seeing or interrupting the traffic that binds a force together. Sourcing from independent manufacturers reinforces that independence. As the accountable single channel, Unstrat integrates C2 as a coherent whole. Localisation arrangements are scoped per programme, subject to export controls and end-use approvals.