FUTURE VISION
In this staged photo, PacStar imagines what a command post using the company’s secure commu- nications modules would look like for Soldiers in a deployed environment. (Photos courtesy of Pacific Star Communications Inc.)
secure wireless communications, cybersecurity and edge comput- ing. Advances in mobility and secure wireless enable DOD and warfighters to quickly relocate command posts in theater and give commanders more flexibility and options to maneuver.
Edge computing enables warfighters to gain access to data and software previously available only at large data centers—including access to cloud services even when wide area network (WAN) access is down. Tactical cybersecurity solutions are increasingly important for warfighters, especially in light of increasing cyber- attacks on our tactical networks.
COMMAND POST MOBILITY U.S. Army and Marine Corps tactical networking and command post programs widely acknowledge the critical need to improve mobility. Te current state of the art for tent-based command posts requires hours of setup, including thousands of feet of copper wiring, which delays network availability and results in a dangerous lack of situational awareness for commanders.
Currently, troops who jump from one location to another typi- cally do so in phases, with tent infrastructure, generators, network
servers and satellite links going up first, followed by the running of cables to provide the local area network command post support. Tis process translates into long delays in availability of critical information services, which, in turn, can lead to increased vulner- ability of people and their systems.
Defensive postures of the past applied to a much more stationary battlefield environment. It was simply assumed that communi- cations would be limited as warfighters moved from position to position. But technology advances by adversaries demand that our warfighters have the same secure communications experi- ence while on-the-move as they do at-the-halt. At the same time, communications solutions must be delivered in a smaller form factor—whether to fit on the back of a Soldier or in a High Mobil- ity Multipurpose Wheeled Vehicle.
And the fight does not stop just because you are moving. Tis is why defense forces need networking on-the-move capabili- ties. On-the-move means communications components that are smaller, ruggedized to adapt to mobility over any terrain, and reli- able in the face of unanticipated conditions such as poor power sources and extreme temperatures.
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