EMERGING TECHNOLOGY AND MODERNIZING THE ARMY


NETWORK RESILIENCY


MULTIPLE PATHS LEAD TO


Army agencies work to improve satellite communications increasing network capabilities and ease of use for all Soldiers.


by John Anglin and Amy Walker H


eadlines of recent global conflicts continue to underscore the critical need for secure resilient network communication options on the battle- field to enhance survivability and lethality. Te Army fully expects any future adversary to use every means at their disposal to jam or corrupt the


network. When units can’t pass the data that commanders need to make rapid informed decisions, both the mission and lives are at risk.


To enhance the network for future large-scale combat operations, the Army is in a state of continuous network transformation, with one eye on shifting battlefield tactics, and the other on emerging commercial and military technologies that could potentially help to combat them.


One way the Army is enhancing network resiliency is through agnostic transport diver- sity by increasing the number of network communication pathways available to units. Te more signal pathway options that exist for data to travel through, the more resil- ient the network becomes, keeping Soldiers and their commanders connected, informed and lethal.


Te Army’s network transformation includes the ability to simultaneously and automatically communicate across numerous frequency bands, satellite orbits and line- of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight systems. To be successful on complex future battlefields against sophisticated enemies, the Army will need to use more of the planet’s spacescape, expanding beyond the traditional geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO). Tis signal pathway diversity includes multiple frequency bands and high throughput, low latency (HT/LL) multi-orbit network transport, leveraging low Earth orbit (LEO), medium


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