Army seeks hefty boost in network funding in Pentagon procurement proposal
The "tactical network communications” portfolio saw a jump of over $488 million compared to last year.
The "tactical network communications” portfolio saw a jump of over $488 million compared to last year.
In the years since the first version of the plan, "a confluence of emerging technologies and events has transformed the world into a multidomain, persistently contested information environment that demands a far more data-centric approach to harness the power of the Army Network to fight and win," the Army said.
Currently, the Army has nine various organizational networks and is on its way to creating one cohesive network.
The way the historic PEO organizations were initially set up was “for a reason,” but now the Army is modernizing, and the shift is needed to support its unified network, Young Bang said.
"What you’re going to see is a greater level of detail and maturity for not just leveraging commercial cloud computing, but really how that starts to extend into our on-premise locations, how this starts to extend into our tactical locations," Paul Puckett, director of the Army's Enterprise Cloud Management Office said.
"If there's one thing DoD and industry have done, it's try a whole bunch of different tools over the last 10 to 12 years. What we have to do now is string them all together to show which ones work best for the capabilities the Army needs today and divest the ones that they don't need," Peraton VP Jennifer Napper said.
"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.