“Since this is done in a virtualized environment that is hosted up in the cloud through DoD, it is very, very, very secure… We’re pretty excited about this and it’s taken us a while to get to this point, both from a policy perspective and from a building out of the environment [perspective], but we are right on the cusp of implementation,” Lt. Gen. John Morrison said.
By Jaspreet GillWhy cloud modernization is critical to multi-domain operations
JADC2 is a forcing function, driving digital transformation of network infrastructure.
The G-6 is working closely with Raj Iyer, the Army’s chief information officer, on “characterizing” some of the legacy data centers the service wants to eventually shut down that are no longer needed.
By Jaspreet Gill
The service’s cloud and data efforts will be “anchored” to the Multi-Domain Task Forces as the Army looks to ensure data is accessible and resilient in combat.
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
“This is going to be a continuous journey because the explosion of information technologies is only accelerating on us,” Lt. Gen. John Morrison said.
By Andrew Eversden
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.
The Army must link its tactical networks with its “enterprise” networks at home base, Lt. Gen. Morrison said, passing data on everything from artillery bombardments to cyber attacks.
By Kelsey Atherton
A 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.
ARLINGTON: Outgunned in the airwaves by Russian jammers, the US Army has a new plan for electronic warfare. The Army hopes to rebuild the long-neglected EW branch more quickly — in part, paradoxically, by partially submerging it in other branches, namely military intelligence and cyber. There’s both an equipment aspect and an organizational one. First…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.PENTAGON: The Army showed off an impressive array of battlefield wi-fi gadgetry today in the Pentagon courtyard, exhibiting new-found realism about what gadgets it might not need. Consider the hardware to connect the individual foot soldier to the brigade-wide command network, which has been stripped down from a 14-pound prototype to a militarized smartphone plugged…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.WASHINGTON: An Army general was named Friday to head plans and policy at Cyber Command, based at Fort Meade, Maryland. Maj. Gen. Jennifer Napper is moving from Fort Huachuca, where she headed Army Network Enterprise Technology Command, to Fort Meade, where she’ll be the director of plans and policy — staff section J-5 — for…
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.
