Right now, the networks within the service are so antiquated and compartmentalized that servicemembers often lack the ability to plug in and connect to a network when traveling from one base to another.
“You have to be able to operate with challenges to comms at times, whether it's jamming, lack of available fiber, geography impacting your line of sight, or host-nation spectrum restrictions.”
Balancing security and access to data are critical to providing users with trustworthy, reliable data for real-time decisions.
"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.