Tactical Networks

U.S Army Chief Information Officer Raj Iyer speaks to the audience at the Cyber Security Summit in July 2022.

Former Army CIO joins ServiceNow as global head of public sector

Raj Iyer in January said he would leave his military job, after two and a half years, and would return to industry.

16 months ago

How one Navy reservist’s bright idea could make mobilizing easier

An app invented by reserve Lt. Cmdr. Jonathan Calhoun will allow reservists to fill out their mobilization paperwork on their phone.

24 months ago

C4ISRNET

South Korea to create new command that would control strategic weapons

The command would give the orders to subordinate military assets to strike enemy targets or intercept hostile missiles as part of the Kill Chain strategy and the Korea Massive Punishment and Retaliation plan.

Ukraine war tactics reaffirm US Army’s modernization thrust, service chief says

The conflict in Ukraine is showing the U.S. Army that it's on the right track when it comes to its own modernization priorities, the Army chief of staff said.

2 years ago

Special Report: Inside CECOM

Maj. Gen. Randy Taylor says he thought of CECOM as “the ones who rebuilt comm gear after redeployment or provided high-end technical support in the field” — a serious underestimation.

7 years ago

Army looks to streamline command post tech

In a faster-paced future operating environment, the Army must move away from large forward-operating bases and tactical operations centers.

7 years ago

Here's what the Army's tactical network for the future will look like

With some changes discussed, the Army is now taking a new vision to its tactical networks.

7 years ago

US Army to halt WIN-T — its battlefield network backbone

Delivery of the Army’s highly controversial Warfighter Information Network-Tactical system will come to a halt in order to reboot the service’s entire tactical network so that it can operate against threats emerging on the battlefield.

7 years ago

Army making good on plans to streamline networks

The effort to update mission command network software and hardware across the Army, Army Reserve and Army National Guard, set to begin later this year, should impact some 400 units by the time it’s completed in 2019.

7 years ago

Visualizing tactical networks

Soldiers test equipment for multi-domain combat and prepare to maximize its effect in dynamic battlefields during the two-week long Network Integration Evaluation that takes places annually at Fort Bliss outside of El Paso, Texas.

7 years ago

Rethinking the battlefield: Army drives toward lighter, smaller, mobile systems at NIE

For the new light infantry unit conducting the Network Integration Evaluation out at Fort Bliss, Texas, smaller, lighter and more mobile systems that don’t inherently make soldiers enemy targets due to heat and electromagnetic signatures are on the wish list for future system iterations.

7 years ago

Interview: US Army Gen. Perkins talks NIE, battlefield networks

The U.S. Army is nearing the end of its two-week annual Network Integration Evaluation at Fort Bliss, Texas, where it tests out capabilities to determine how to continue to shape the network in the context of real battlefield operations.

7 years ago

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