TRACKING FRIENDLY FORCES
A 2/1 AD Soldier uses the new version of the Army’s friendly-force tracking and messaging software, known as FBCB2 Joint Capabilities Release (JCR), inside his vehicle. Soldiers in the first NIE this summer said that JCR offered faster updates and improved situational awareness for tracking fellow Soldiers’ vehicles. (U.S. Army photo.)
Evaluation 12.1, to be conducted in October and November 2011. This installment will also involve the 3,800 Soldiers of the 2/1 AD and nearly 1,000 vehicles. NIE 12.1 is the second of four events leading up to a fully integrated Bri- gade Combat Team Network Evaluation at the end of 2012.
NIE 12.1 will leverage the network end state from the first NIE as the base- line for additional capabilities and will continue evaluations in support of program-of-record milestones, while intro- ducing industry participation with several commercial-off-the-shelf systems. We are introducing industry participation into the NIE evaluation cycle based on capability gaps identified by the U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command (TRADOC).
To evaluate which systems to include in each exercise, the Army sent “Sources Sought” requests asking industry to propose technological solutions to meet those gaps. PEO Integration led the effort to assess those submissions, match them to known requirements, and assess the maturity and integration potential of each technology.
This adaptive and quick-reaction acqui- sition methodology, referred to as the Agile Process, will allow our network modernization to keep pace with indus- try advances. At the same time, it will maintain the government’s role as lead integrator to ensure that the solutions are interoperable with one another and are inserted on a timetable aligned with the Army Force Generation cycle.
One major development for NIE 12.1 is the participation of Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 2, which for the first time will provide on- the-move network communications all the way down to the company level. While WIN-T Increment 2 is not under formal test until spring 2012, more than a dozen sets of the equipment have been installed on vehicles for use in the NIE 12.1.
One of the key strengths of WIN-T Increment 2 lies in its ability to adapt to changing mission conditions in real time. By taking advantage of both terres- trial and satellite communications, units in austere environments, such as moun- tainous regions, can still connect and communicate through this self-forming, adaptive network. Should a component
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