In the Georgia woods, Army tests combinations of line-of-sight and satellite links to keep in constant contact, but it’s not perfect, or cheap.
By Andrew EversdenA major overhaul is coming in software for missile warning
Space Systems Command’s FORGE program is the first, major missile-warning software modernization effort in 20 years.
The Afghanistan withdrawal and the consolidation of all in-country military networks to one base at Hamid Karzai International Airport illustrated unique challenges with direct applicability to Joint All Domain Command and Control and future Project Convergences.
By Barry Rosenberg
“The future network must be high-speed, it must be high-capacity, it must be multi-path, and ubiquitous to the user,” said Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey, director of the Army’s Network Cross-Functional Team.
By Andrew Eversden
“I will offer you there will be no sanctuary in the next fight. We have to have a resilient network,” Lt. Gen. John Morrison said.
By Brad D. Williams
The pilot is an important step toward designing the on the move networking capabilities Armored Brigades will need as the prepare for future, more mobile battlefields.
By Andrew Eversden The radios recently “proved [their] worth” during a training exercise in Indo-Pacific, an Army spokesperson said.
By Andrew Eversden
Services bought from industry eventually “could include everything from a piece of hardware to the operations center to the bandwidth,” Brig. Gen. Rob Collins told the SATELLITE 2021 conference today.
By Theresa Hitchens
A new approach to speed, scale and efficiency for the industrial base
Radars, EW, EO/IR, space imagery, and microelectronics are brought under one roof for a streamlined approach to common people and factories.
“NGLD-M will be the biggest material change in cryptographic key delivery in 20 years,” Michael Badger, product lead of COMSEC, said.
By Brad D. Williams
Some $2.7 billion goes to network upgrades, more than any other Army priority area, according to acting acquisition chief Doug Bush.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
New radios offer dramatically greater range, clarity, & data — once soldiers and leaders figure out how best to use them.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
The upcoming upgrade to the Army’s tactical network, Capability Set ’23, will exploit the boom in commercial Low- and Medium-Earth Orbit satellites to boost communications for fast-moving Stryker units.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. The Pentagon’s top tester, DOT&E, had urged the Army to take more time. But Army leaders said today they’ve got plenty of field tests scheduled with real soldiers.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
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Leonardo DRS is supporting the Army with ultra-low SWaP systems that operate at multiple security levels for all-domain applications.
By Breaking Defense
Major SATCOM providers — such as Hughes (a subsidiary of SATCOM giant Echostar), Viasat, Intelsat, Inmarsat, SES and Eutelsat — argue that this would not only ease problems with service gaps that have long plagued troops in the field, but also be cheaper and allow speedier integration of new technology.
By Theresa Hitchens
