General in charge of Army's Next-Gen C2 experiment takes command of unit getting prototype

General in charge of Army's Next-Gen C2 experiment takes command of unit getting prototype

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. — Maj. Gen. Patrick Ellis will be the next commander of 4th Infantry Division at Fort Carson, Colorado. The move is significant as 4th ID is slated to be the primary experimental unit for the Army’s Next Generation Command and Control as that system aims to scale up to division level. NGC2 is one of the the Army’s top modernization priorities. It’s a clean-slate design for how the Army communicates on the battlefield…