ARMY AL&T
The Army’s newly launched wireless SIPRNET kit is a quick, cost-effective, transportable device that provides Soldiers with on-the-go productivity. Here, SSG Stevie Jones (left), the U.S. Forces-Iraq (USF-I) J6 Communications Directorate Server Room NCOIC, and U.S. Air Force TSgt Samuel Sapiera, USF-I System Administrator, work on their mission of providing network core services on both the SIPRNET and Non-classified Internet Protocol Network throughout Camp Victory, Iraq, March 4, 2010. (U.S. Air Force photo by SMSgt Trish Bunting.)
The Program Executive Office Enter- prise Information Systems (PEO EIS) Project Manager Network Service Center (PM NSC), working with U.S. Army Information Systems Engineering Command (ISEC), developed a secure communications system at an “unprec- edented level of efficiency,” said Miguel Buddle, Mobility Kit Project Lead for PM NSC.
Versatile Components Buddle said that the SIPRNET kit, like a commercial broadband wireless card, is a quick, cost-effective, trans- portable device that provides Soldiers with on-the-go productivity. The kit comes in two parts:
• The Part A Component, which resides anywhere that has both a SIPRNET point-of-presence and a local area network (LAN) for use of the Non-classified Internet Protocol Network (NIPRNET).
• The Part B component, which sup- ports the user and can be placed anywhere there is a local NIPRNET LAN drop. One Part A component can provide connectivity to one
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or more Part B components, thus expanding wired and wireless opera- tional capability.
One kit can support three users in wire- less connectivity and 20 users using wired connectivity.
The kit’s versatility stems from its mod- ular, flexible design. Both components can operate on 110- or 220-volt elec- trical power. The kit can interconnect with a Very Small Aperture Terminal to provide SIPRNET capability.
Once it is added to a facility and is hooked to non-secure network cables, anyone can receive access to the SIPRNET system. Secure communica- tion is established across an unsecure network through encryption tunnels between the two components.
‘An Excellent Solution’ The acceptability of the SIPRNET kit continues to rise quickly, thanks to the value it brings to organizations. At Camp Shelby, MS, the largest state-owned training site in the Nation, the 2-part kit has improved training efficiency.
Of Camp Shelby’s more than 100 avail- able buildings used for battalion and brigade elements, only four are physi- cally wired for SIPRNET. However, the kits allowed the installation to accommodate 4,000 Soldiers over time without the huge investment in money, manpower, and materials needed to change building infrastructure. With 8,000 more people trained over the summer, “the kits have been an excel- lent solution for our posts because of so many visiting units. The speed is good, with no limitations,” said LTC
With its state-of-the-art technology and expedient
delivery, SIPRNET will help the Army successfully distribute and process information services to its warfighters.
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