CHANGING NETWORK, NEW NAME


THE ROAD TO IMPROVEMENT


Vehicles equipped with mobile WIN-T, including the Stryker at the end of this convoy at the National Training Center (NTC), Fort Irwin, California, enable mobile mission command, advanced communication and a real-time common operating picture from anywhere on the battlefield. PM Tactical Network will continue to improve WIN-T, as well as the rest of the Army’s tactical network, across all echelons and domains. (U.S. Army photo courtesy of the NTC Operations Group)


BETTER ALIGNMENT Te new name better suits the program office’s holistic mission and vision. Te program office will continue to develop, field and manage the Army’s tactical net- work transport systems to support reliable, expeditionary global network connectiv- ity, but it will accomplish its goals from an all-encompassing viewpoint.


“Our new name is not only a reflection of our continued dedication to our mis- sion, but a new way of doing business across the Army and joint forces,” said Col. Greg Coile, PM for Tactical Net- work. “Our one-network vision sees the network as a whole, from the Soldier on the ground, to the commander maneu- vering on the battlefield in his networked vehicle, to network connectivity back to home station. It’s all one network, no matter the domain, the location or the joint or coalition battlefield partner.”


Additionally, the PM’s subordinate prod- uct managers for WIN-T Increment 1 and WIN-T Increment 2 will be renamed the product managers for Network Modern- ization and Mission Network, respectively.


PM Tactical Network delivers a scal-


able suite of integrated tactical network communication and network and cyber management capabilities to support


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today’s complex joint, coalition and civil missions worldwide. PM Tactical Net- work will still manage the core at-the-halt and on-the-move WIN-T network trans- port equipment, enhancing network mobility,


simplicity and cybersecurity,


and will augment these core capabilities with robust expeditionary network trans- port equipment.


A 71-YEAR LINEAGE Te lineage of PM Tactical Network dates to 1946, with the advent of satellite com- munications at the U.S. Army Research and Development Laboratories at Fort Monmouth, New Jersey. Later, military operations in Desert Storm, as well as in Operation Enduring Freedom and Oper- ation Iraqi Freedom, revealed that the outdated mobile subscriber equipment could no longer keep up with the pace of battle. WIN-T was conceived to solve this problem and enable mobile mission command on the battlefield. Te field- ing of the initial Joint Network Node (JNN) capability started in 2004 to sup- port operations in Iraq and Afghanistan. In June 2007, the WIN-T program was restructured into four increments, and the JNN program was then absorbed into WIN-T Increment 1.


PM Tactical Network is assigned to the Program Executive Office for Command,


Control and Communications – Tactical (PEO C3T), which develops, acquires, fields and supports the Army's mission command network to ensure force readi- ness. Tis critical Army modernization priority aims to enable commanders and Soldiers to stay connected and informed at all times, even in the most austere and hostile environments. PEO C3T is deliv- ering the network worldwide, providing high-speed, high-capacity voice, data and video communication capabilities to


“The world is


changing, the fight is chang ing, and we must continue to evolve the Army’s tactical network if we want to dominate on the battlefield.”


Army AL&T Magazine January - March 2018


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