# Global Information Dominance Experiment
**Aliases:** GIDE
**Entity class:** Department of Defense data and command experimentation series
## Definition
The **Global Information Dominance Experiment (GIDE)** is a CDAO-led experimentation series used to test data integration, analytics, applications, and command-and-control capabilities across combatant commands and services.
## Relationships
- **led by:** [[wiki/Chief Digital and Artificial Intelligence Office|CDAO]].
- **advances:** [[wiki/CJADC2|CJADC2]].
- **capability acquisition route:** [[wiki/Open DAGIR|Open DAGIR]] and [[wiki/Tradewinds Solutions Marketplace|Tradewinds]].
## Sources / Provenance
- [DoD — GIDE and CJADC2](https://www.defense.gov/News/Releases/Release/Article/3618250/dod-chief-digital-and-artificial-intelligence-office-hosts-last-global-informat/)