2025 DCTF

2025 Deployable C2 Technology Forum

Forging the Future of Warfighting

APRIL 7 - 10, 2025 | DUBLIN, IRELAND

2025 DCTF

Announcing our new Name, DC2TF

We’ve renamed the Deployable Communications Technology Forum (DCTF) to the Deployable Command & Control Technology Forum (DC2TF). This change more accurately reflects the Forum’s expanded focus on the modern command and control ecosystem. Beyond communications, the Forum now encompasses critical areas like edge compute, data-centric operations, AI/ML, and JADC2, which are essential components of future command and control architectures.

Thank You for Joining Us!

We are immensely grateful to everyone who participated in the 2024 DCTF. Our heartfelt thanks go out to all of our delegates, speakers, and panelists who brought this event to life with their enthusiasm and engagement.

Special Thanks to Our Sponsors

We extend our deepest appreciation to our sponsors for their generous support and partnership. Your contributions were vital in making the 2024 DCTF possible.

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WHY ATTEND?​

Join us, Warriors Ethos, at our unique educational symposium created to facilitate the direct collaboration and innovation between government and industry at all levels to develop solutions that directly impact mission success. We are an independent 501(c)(3) tax-exempt non-profit, with support from leading commercial partners active in U.S. readiness and defense. Benefits of the forum include:

  • Thought leadership sessions from distinguished speakers
  • Complimentary training opportunities
  • Panels and breakout sessions
  • Networking between government and industry
  • Direct collaboration between end users and industry leading engineers
  • Dedicated working groups to identify gaps and develop solutions
  • Presentations from experts in tactical communications deployments
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INTRODUCING OUR KEYNOTE SPEAKER

GEN (R.) John "Mike" Murray

 

John “Mike” Murray is a retired U.S. Army General, the first Commanding General of U.S. Army Futures Command (AFC), a four-star Army Command headquartered in Austin, Texas. Murray was previously the Army G-8, a deputy to the Chief of Staff of the U.S. Army. As the G-8, Murray served as the principal advisor to the Chief of Staff of the Army for materiel requirements and as the military counterpart to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology.

GEN (R.) Murray was born in Kenton, Ohio, the son of John and Janet Murray. He received his commission as an Infantry Officer via the Reserve Officers’ Training Corps program upon graduation from The Ohio State University in 1982.

During his time in the Army, GEN (R.) Murray held key staff positions including Deputy Chief of Staff, G-8 and Director, Force Management, both in the Pentagon. As part of Operation Iraqi Freedom, he served in several high-level roles including Brigade Combat Team Commander, Corps Operations Officer during “The Surge” and as a Deputy Commanding General of the famed 1st Cavalry Division. He also served as the Deputy Commander for Support / Commander of Task Force 3 in Afghanistan during Operations Enduring Freedom and Resolute Support. The decorated veteran has received more than a dozen medals and awards for outstanding service to his country.

He stepped down as AFC commanding general on 3 December 2021 and was officially retired from the Army on 1 February 2022, completing nearly 40 years of service.

Since retirement from the Army, he has founded a LLC, is a member of several boards of advisors and directors, and individually consults with several defense focused companies.

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Ash Carter

Apr 16, 2019

25th U.S. Secretary of Defense, former Assistant Secretary of Defense for International Security Policy, and Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology, and Logistics.
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GEN (Ret.) Stanley McChrystal

Apr 10, 2018

Former Commander of JSOC, Commander ISAF, Commander USAFOR-A, and Director of Joint Staff.
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LTG (Ret.) John F. Mulholland Jr.

Apr 11, 2018

Former Associate Director of the CIA for Military Affairs, Deputy Commander of the USSOCOM, Deputy Commanding General of the JSOC, Commanding General of USASOC.
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GEN (Ret.) Keith Alexander

Feb 28, 2017

16th Director of the National Security Agency, former Chief of the Central Security Service, and Commander of USCYBERCOM.
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GEN (Ret.) Martin Dempsey

Mar 15, 2016

18th Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, 37th Chief of Staff of the Army, former Commanding General of USTRADOC, Acting Commander USCENTCOM, Deputy Commander CENTCOM, Commanding General of MNSTC-I.

Training

Training sessions will be given by leading technology companies including

  • Klas
  • Booz Allen Hamilton
  • Dell Technologies

What Others Are Saying​

"Great assembly of the world's most talented communicators. Tremendous venue and experience!"
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GEN (Ret.) Tony Thomas
“The Deployable Communications Technology Forum is one of the only events that brings together operators and enablers to work out real problems beyond just putting a bandaid around it. Real relationships are created beyond the products, and services. Everyone takes the need to be able to “fight tonight” seriously and put their resources where their mouth is. Throughout the week, no matter where I turn, I see industry partners trying to find ways to work together, with more than just lip service for the good of the mission.”
Clifton Basnight, attended as Director of Strategic Programs under Thales Defense & Security
“I have attended the last two forums and have been extremely impressed by the community in attendance from business partners, users, leaders and innovators who are all willing to collaborate, push the boundaries and demand the delivery of rapid solutions. This forum is unique and growing with the critical requirement being to maintain the leading edge in capability.”
Brigadier (Ret.) Mark Smethurst DSC, AM
“I’ve had the privilege of attending and presenting at the last several forums and look forward to it every year. This event is different from others I’ve attended because of the smaller size and combination of government and industry. The honest and informal engagements lead to material solutions from the industry that meets the unit’s requirements; several products in use today are a direct result of this forum. If I could only attend one forum per year this would be it.”
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COL (Ret.) Wade Johnston, U.S. Army
"The DCTF gave us an opportunity to spend uninterrupted time with users and administrators to hear about their real NetOps challenges and to get to know them on a personal level. We were also able to connect with industry partners to engineer combined solutions for warfighter benefit. As a platinum sponsor, we really appreciated the feedback we received during our sessions and used it to improve current capabilities and our future roadmap."
Suman Mallick, VP of Systems Engineering, CodeMettle
“Everything in DoD and American Society as we know it today depends on reliable communications. Last year’s capabilities aren’t good enough for tomorrow. The US and our Allies must stay ahead of all competitors. One of the best ways that we can successfully meet this task is with events like this forum as proven over the past five years. It’s a forum where we always have thought provoking presentations, interactive discussions and demonstrations about cutting-edge technology, professional team building events, and true collaboration between DoD and Industry; all of which are integrated with quality training. The net result is real learning, measurable modernization progress, and increased trust between participants.”
LTG (Ret.) Mark Bowman
“Simply put, this forum, more than any other I’ve attended, provides an unmatched opportunity for robust discussion, real collaboration, and active learning.”
LTG (Ret.) John F. Mulholland Jr.​
“As a first time attendee to the forum, I was blown away by everything. To have that many key users, program managers, decision makers, and future planners in a single room, discussing technology, requirements, providing feedback to industry, was something I've not seen at any other forum. This is not a trade show. It really is a users forum, and we look forward to attending all future ones!”
Jithin Raghunath, attended as ISR Program Development under Haivision

Updates on sponsors, agenda and training to be announced shortly!

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