FUELING NETWORK MODERNIZATION
the current battlefield. Te intent is that we maintain readiness at the same time that we modernize our network.
CS21, the first of four currently planned capability sets, priori- tized infantry formations, and was designed to provide smaller, lighter, faster and more flexible network communications. CS23 technologies are designed to increase network capacities and make them more resilient, and extends the network to Stryker formations. CS25 will build upon the previous capability sets and emphasizes network automation, resiliency and security, and will extend the network to armored formations.
BUILDING INTIAL REQUIREMENTS To inform CS25 and the Armored Formation On-Te-Move pilot, we conducted Soldier surveys and site visits at the National Training Center, at Fort Irwin, California—the Army’s combat training center geared toward armored units—to garner initial Soldier feedback on armored formations and what they would need and want from a mobile network. To increase the efficiency and effectiveness of the pilot, we also leveraged lessons learned from our 2019 Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced pilot in support of CS21, which we conducted to inform a more mobile, lighter and scalable network-equipment set to modernize these signal formations.
Leveraging this Soldier feedback and lessons learned, and even- tually collaborating closely with the pilot unit itself, we built on previous capability-set designs to drive toward our CS25 design goals. We painted an initial picture of the network capabilities we would need to enable during the armored formation pilot. Tese included:
• A real-time common operational picture to enable commanders to make more timely and informed decisions.
• Reduction in fires processing times to increase lethality.
• The ability to fight while dispersed and distributed. The Army understands that today’s command posts are too big and not survivable, and in future multidomain operations the Army will have to fight with units more dispersed and distrib- uted. The final armored-formation network equipment set will enable units and quick-halt command posts to operate decentralized and move more rapidly for improved surviv- ability and lethality.
• Improved network resilience. A resilient network will enable robust uninterrupted worldwide data exchange, situa- tional awareness, enhanced survivability and lethality during
INSIDE COMMUNICATIONS
Soldiers from the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division communicate with the brigade headquarters from inside the network-integrated tracked vehicle at Fort Stewart, Georgia, on Feb. 7. (Photo by Amy Walker, PEO C3T Public Affairs)
multidomain operations. Final equipment sets will provide more signal pathway options to enhance units’ primary, alter- nate, contingency and emergency communications plans. The more signal pathway options that exist for data to travel through, both satellite and terrestrial, the more resilient the network becomes. Network communications will be trans- port agnostic, enabling signals to travel over various modes of network transport, such as those using other orbits, taking the optimal path of least resistance. Automatic primary, alternate, contingency and emergency communications features will switch to a better network pathway without the user’s input.
• Easy to use. Above all, network solutions will need to be easy to use in the heat of the fight, with network complexity pulled off of the edge of the battlefield and put in the rear, where experienced signal Soldiers can manage more complex tasks.
EARLY AND FREQUENT ASSESSEMENTS As part of the capability-set process and the Armored Formation on-the-Move design development, we implemented a DevSec- Ops process, a term frequently used in rapid, iterative software development. DevSecOps brings together the developer, the
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