COMMAND, UNENCUMBERED
collaboration with the U.S. Army Train- ing and Doctrine Command. It has developed multiple capability demonstra- tors that are changing the dynamics of the traditional command post by unte- thering commanders and providing them with the same or better capabilities than they had with their stationary, networked mission command systems.
Large, fixed buildings and tents are giving way to flexible, intelligent and on-the-move command post capa- bilities. Software systems are allowing mobile collaboration across echelons. Process workflows are automating steps to help commanders make decisions. “Smart” advanced human-computer interfaces are on the horizon, such as hands-free speech, gesture and eye com- mand technologies.
Modernizing the Army’s technologies has always been the driving force for CERDEC; every thought, design and prototype is created with tomorrow’s warrior in mind.
THE SMART APPROACH Te Army’s vision for
agility, the Command
Post 2025 and Beyond aims to improve maneuverability,
lethality and
precision. CERDEC’s Expeditionary Command Post Capability program is helping to inform Command Post 2025 concepts while supporting the Command Post 2040 Strategy, which focuses on sur- vivability and effectiveness.
However, innovation for innovation’s sake never reaches the Soldier; the key to suc- cessful innovation is to keep operational utility at the forefront through hands- on evaluations by Soldiers. CERDEC develops, fabricates and integrates com- mand post technologies at its Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Recon- naissance (C4ISR) Prototype Integration Facility. Trough an iterative develop- ment process, each capability ends up in the hands of Soldiers for evaluation and feedback—from active and retired commanders down to infantry foot Sol- diers—to ensure that the technology is relevant to the modern Soldier.
With this “build a little, test a little” approach, CERDEC’s command post prototypes and technology demonstra- tors are already helping the Army meet its modernization priorities by reducing the development process from years to months.
Te Army’s new cross-functional teams, designed to expedite capabilities that will address near- and long-term war- fighting challenges, most likely will look to an iterative development approach to rapidly deliver new technologies into Soldiers’ hands. CERDEC is providing representatives to two of the eight teams, each of the two designed to address the Army’s network command, control, communication and intelligence (C3I) priority. All cross-functional team lead- ers report directly to the undersecretary of the Army and the vice chief of staff.
Te C3I cross-functional team is focus- ing on a unified network transport layer, joint
and coalition interoperability, a
mission command application suite, and command post mobility and sur- vivability. CERDEC’s representative is providing input into mission command applications and command posts. Te second network-related cross-functional team addresses position, navigation and timing (PNT). CERDEC’s
significant
contributions to the Program Manager for PNT led to its inclusion in the PNT cross-functional team, where several rep- resentatives will help to shape this critical mission command capability.
ROOM TO RUN The Expeditionary Battalion Command Post, one of CERDEC’s Expeditionary Command Post Capability demonstrators, offers workspace for 12 to 15 command post staff. Soldiers of the 1st Squadron, 1st Cavalry Regiment Main evaluated the command post during Network Integration Evaluation/Army Warfighter Assess- ment 16.1, conducted in September 2015 at Fort Bliss, Texas. (U.S. Army photo by Edric Thompson, CERDEC)
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