"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.
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.
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Army CIO Raj Iyer said the service is moving away from “traditional ways” of pulling data as it looks to build "a Command Post Computing Environment of the future."
"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.
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.
"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.
Government can’t stop to update systems, so modernization has to happen without interruptions.
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.
The radios recently "proved [their] worth" during a training exercise in Indo-Pacific, an Army spokesperson said.
“This is going to be a continuous journey because the explosion of information technologies is only accelerating on us," Lt. Gen. John Morrison said.
The RFP comes as the Army is undertaking a major, multi-year network modernization initiative.
As threats rapidly evolve, digital engineering, manufacturing capacity and robust supply chains are critical to meeting challenges.