ARMY AL&T


A Soldier uses Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below to plot the position of friendly forces. (U.S. Army photo courtesy of PEO C3T.)


• Joint Capabilities Release, next- generation software for Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below display screens featuring Army- Marine Corps interoperability and advanced mapping tool kits.


• Mounted Soldier System, a combat vehicle Soldier ensemble that integrates advanced gear such as a helmet-mounted display.


• Spider, a remote munitions delivery system.


In addition to laying the groundwork for subsequent integration into a broader network, the concurrent LUTs will help facilitate logistical and financial efficiencies, said LTC Darby McNulty, Integration Trail Boss, PEO Integration.


“We spend an enormous amount of resources to coordinate single pro- gram tests at multiple locations each year, so from a funding and resource management perspective, there’s cer- tainly some efficiencies with combining these LUTs,” McNulty said. “There is an upfront investment required to get us to a baseline network, then you


The LUTs will place the Program of Record technologies into operationally relevant scenarios to collect data, answer questions, and validate requirements for the individual systems.


save money by combining testing and inserting technologies.”


The LUTs will place the Program of Record technologies into operation- ally relevant scenarios to collect data, answer questions, and validate require- ments for the individual systems, McNulty explained.


“We will build the scenarios so that they are able to validate their requirements and then validate their performance,” he added.


The combined LUTs will be followed by the integration exercise during the INBE, McNulty and Wendel said. “If you integrate upfront and deliver technologies as part of a larger tested


and evaluated network, these network technologies will ultimately work better for the Soldier,” said McNulty. “The entire Army Network Modernization Strategy is predicated upon building a robust Brigade Combat Team [BCT] baseline configuration. The INBE is the first of four major steppingstones on the road to executing a fully integrated BCT Network Evaluation at the end of 2012.”


KRIS OSBORN is a Highly Qualified Expert for the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Office of Strategic Communications. He holds a B.A. in English and political science from Kenyon College and an M.A. in compar- ative literature from Columbia University.


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