Army Issues Big RFP For IT To Bolster Network Modernization
The RFP comes as the Army is undertaking a major, multi-year network modernization initiative.
Army Seeks New Tech For Capability Set 25
More quickly, efficiently, and effectively getting soldiers the working tech they need is a big goal of the capability sets.
Air Force cyber resilience in focus
Cyber resilience has become a frontline mission for the US military. Breaking Defense’s new eBook rounds up key reporting from the 2025 Alamo ACE conference with the latest developments in cyber offense and defense.
Army Network Upgrade Seeks Fast Data For JADC2
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.
New Army Lab Tests Joint Tech: Project Convergence
“There’s capabilities out on the bench, on the floor, sitting out back in the parking lot,” said Army senior executive Michael Monteleone, who founded the Joint Systems Integration Laboratory.
Army, Air Force ‘Squarely Focused’ on Project Convergence 21 Wargame: Generals
The task is mammoth and entails integrating "millions of lines of code," according to Air Force Brig. Gen. Jeffery Valenzia. But "with innovation comes opportunity," Army Brig. Gen. Robert Collins observed. "Speed is what will really give us that overmatch against adversaries," said Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher.
Testing Concerns Won’t Delay Tactical Network Upgrades: Army
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.
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Data overload threatens decisionmakers as autonomy expands
Reducing cognitive overload on warfighters while improving “time to trust” for autonomous systems is a matter of design.
Project Rainmaker: Army Weaves ‘Data Fabric’ To Link Joint Networks
The Pentagon’s grand plans for Joint All Domain Command & Control require translating masses of data across incompatible systems. “Unless you get the underpinnings of a foundational data fabric,” Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher told me, “it will never happen.”
Network, GPS Will Be Jammed In Project Convergence 2021
In this fall’s Project Convergence exercises, it took a heroic effort just to get the network to work at all. Next year, the Army wants the network to function in the face of electronic attack.
‘Improvised Mode’: The Army Network Evolves In Project Convergence
How do you get targeting data from satellite to howitzer in less than 20 seconds, on a tactical network that was never designed to do that? You improvise, Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher told me.
Can Army Intel Data Feed The Kill Chain?
To find targets for its new long-range weapons, the Army is experimenting with cloud computing and AI that can bridge the gap between intelligence networks and combat units.
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How TAK gives the US military an advantage at the Edge
“Tactical operating system” for warfighters has evolved to provide more situational awareness of the battlefield.
‘Zero Trust’ Cybersecurity Plan This Year From DISA & NSA
Due out this fall, the Zero Trust Reference Architecture is about upgrading cybersecurity in existing systems, without buying all-new tech. The Army is enthusiastic – mostly.
Project Convergence: Linking Army Missile Defense, Offense, & Space
The Army wants to do a tech demonstration in the southwestern desert – COVID permitting – of how the new weapons systems it’s developing can share data.
COVID Disrupts Network Tests – But Army Presses On
The Army pushed hard to field-test new tech with real soldiers. Then came the coronavirus. Now the service will have to rely much more on lab testing.
ABMS Can’t Be ‘Sole Solution’ For Joint C2, Army Tells Air Force — Exclusive
The Air Force is pushing ABMS as the backbone for future Joint All Domain Command & Control. Can the network scale up from hundreds of aircraft to thousands of ground troops?