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Sending voice, video, and images via the SRW, sensors such as Unattended Ground Sensors, Small Unmanned Ground Vehicle robots, and Class 1 unmanned aircraft instantaneously disseminated infor- mation across the force. In addition, the NIKs showed an ability to view and share the sensor information in real time on Blue Force Tracking display screens in vehicles on-the- move. WIN-T then beamed the images over longer distances.
The data were shown on a Command Post of the Future display screen,
a battle command application that organizes and displays a wealth of relevant battlefield information.
The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command (ATEC) assigned a 32- person team with 21 data collectors and observers to the exercise; the command is preparing an executive summary of its findings.
“We will continue to learn from this type of exercise. This is not an isolated event, and our success here provides tremendous momentum moving forward. We are going to
continue this. ATEC has been a key contributor to this process,” said LTG William N. Phillips, Principal Military Deputy to the Assistant Secretary of the Army for Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology (ASAALT). “This is a real Army Team effort!”
KRIS OSBORN is a Highly Qualified Expert for the ASAALT Office of Strategic Communications. He holds a B.A. in English and political science from Kenyon College and an M.A. in comparative literature from Columbia University.
Technical Support Facility, Fort Hood, TX; the Future Force Integration Directorate; and personnel from the WSMR and APG installations.
Stressing the Network At WSMR, Soldiers maneuvered vari- ous platforms at vast distances away from one another to see if they could maintain network connectivity. The network was stressed during the numer- ous operational vignettes and in the
diverse temperatures, environments, and altitudes of White Sands.
The Army’s three network wave- forms were established based on the amount of information passed across each, said Rick Cozby, PEO Integration’s Associate Director for Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Testing. Smaller echelons share less information, which
reduces bandwidth requirements. This allows Soldiers to operate successfully with smaller, more portable radios than those needed at higher echelons.
In today’s tactical environment, the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) oper- ates at the lowest level, providing information to individual Soldiers or teams within a company.
As echelon levels increase, more tactical data are shared, and the large communi- cations pipe of Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW) is required. Connect- ivity is achieved through an aerial layer using JTRS attached to unmanned aircraft systems and other components such as airships and Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment towers.
The Network Centric Waveform (NCW) is the satellite layer. It allows warfighters to access the Internet and share voice, video, and data around the globe.
MG John Bartley, Program Executive Officer Integration, concludes a VIP tour during the BCT Integration Exercise on July 15, 2010, at APG. (U.S. Army photo by Joshua Davidson.)
9 OCTOBER –DECEMBER 2010
Today, WIN-T Increment 1 provides warfighters at battalion level and above with the ability to connect to the Army’s digitized systems, voice, data, and video via satellite. WIN-T Increment 2 will build upon these capabilities by extend- ing satellite communications down to the company level and providing
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