NETWORK CONNECTIVITY
A Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1 Battalion Command Post Node provides network connectivity to Soldiers from the 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division during Week 2 of the NIE. (U.S. Army photo by Claire Heininger Schwerin, PEO Command, Control, and Communications-Tactical.)
Modernization Command. As a team, we are looking at acquisition, test, evalua- tion, and requirements processes to seek a better way of doing business to get tech- nologies and capabilities to Soldiers faster. We’re here to figure out how the Army can manage capabilities that are available now and leverage technologies that may address requirements down the road that we haven’t even thought of yet.
The purpose of this Agile Process is to provide a holistic and integrated approach for the acquisition, testing, evaluation, and fielding of information technology across the Army’s range of operations. The Agile Process incorporates information technology from any available source including programs of record, government- off-the-shelf/commercial-off-the-shelf,
and industry development, and it provides the Army with flexibility to respond to rapidly changing requirements due to the speed of war, pace of information technology development, and changes in how the Army fights.
HOW WILL THE ARMY EVALUATE THE VARIOUS SYSTEMS IN THE NIE? The NIE is broken into two major cat- egories: Systems Under Test and Systems Under Evaluation. There are six Army programs of record under formal test or assessment, which will lead to an acqui- sition milestone for the program. These systems are driving the Army’s network architectural backbone. Additionally, there are more than 20 developmental and emerging networked and non-networked
technologies categorized as Systems Under Evaluation. These technologies will be evaluated under realistic field conditions to help gauge utility, maturity, and performance in response to emerging capability requirements.
There will be three different types of eval- uations during NIE. Type I will evaluate capability solutions under test—programs of record that require formal testing to achieve an acquisition decision. Type II will evaluate developing capability solu- tions—existing programs of record with sufficient maturity levels to accelerate, and Theater Provided Equipment. Type III will evaluate emerging capability solu- tions and may identify potential uses or fill gaps, receive design recommendations, or require Soldier feedback.
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ACQUISITION
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