If data is the new ammo, Army may need dedicated data formations: General
Lt. Gen. Jeth Rey said the formations could "oversee that exchange of data, not only within the Army, but all of the joint services and our coalition partners."
Lt. Gen. Jeth Rey said the formations could "oversee that exchange of data, not only within the Army, but all of the joint services and our coalition partners."
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.
"I've challenged the team here today: What can we do in terms of looking at next generation requirements? You know, big bets, whether it's in the transport layer, all of our tactical radios, what do we need to do to get the next generation of evolution," Army Undersecretary Gabe Camarillo told reporters.
"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.
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