FUELING NETWORK MODERNIZATION
Additional near-term features of the prototype solution could provide simpler network operations utility, as well as a reverse geolocation information capability that can actually pinpoint the origin location of the jamming. Units would then know if the jamming was self-inflicted by things such as closely located friendly satellite termi- nal emissions, or if it came from an adversary and that threat could be eliminated.
As part of the Army’s capability-set strategy in support of its Capability Set (CS) 25 and CS27 resiliency and security goals, the Army used a DevSecOps approach to reduce risk before the excursion. Following multiple vendor demonstrations, the service used the integration facilities at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, working closely with its industry partner to conduct numerous laboratory-based experiments.
The Army is aware that our adversaries have the ability to jam signals. The antijam capability excursion provided a good look at what currently exists in the realm of the possible and what will be needed to support a large scale multidomain operational fight.
—John Anglin and Amy Walker
Soldier and the requirements community early and often in the process to ensure secure Soldier-centric designs while dramat- ically compressing the time it takes to deliver new equipment.
As part of this process, the team conducted risk-reduction exper- imentation before the pilot, at a developmental support site at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. Tey also used the facility to provide a regional hub node (RHN)-like capability known as the production test node during the pilot so it wouldn’t disrupt real-world RHN missions. RHNs are large hubs that enable global connectivity to transport information both within theater and around the world.
During the pilot, the 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, stressed the network equipment during real- istic brigade-driven mission threads in remote training areas at Fort Stewart. Soldiers provided user feedback on three different commercial prototype equipment sets, each with varying degrees of satellite and line-of-sight capabilities. Tese interoperable commercial network systems included mesh network data radios, emerging on-the-move antenna and satellite communications
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capabilities and small, at-the-quick-halt satellite communications terminals. Leveraging commercial technology allows us to keep pace with innovation and have multiple communication path- ways available for our commanders.
Soldiers also provided operational feedback on how armored formations could potentially fight with these new and emerging systems on a future battlefield. In addition, we took advantage of the opportunity to cost-effectively inform additional network modernization efforts, including antijam capabilities, signal retransmission, expeditionary next-generation satellite transport- able terminals and QR codes affixed to systems that enabled Soldiers to pull up corresponding, real-time training materials on an issued tablet.
CONCLUSION Te Army will leverage both quantitative data derived from instrumentation integrated on the vehicle platforms and qual- itative data, including Soldier feedback, to inform the CS25 armored formation on-the-move network designs. Te Army Test and Evaluation Command was also on site and compiled
THE MEDIUM IS THE MESSAGE
First Lt. T. J. Allen communicates with the brigade headquarters from inside his network-integrated tracked vehicle at a remote location at Fort Stewart, Georgia, on Feb. 7. (Photo by Amy Walker, PEO C3T public affairs)
Army AL&T Magazine
Fall 2022
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