CAPABILITY, SET
Te Army uses its two-year incremental capability set process to execute network modernization across the force while keep- ing pace with technology advancements and emerging threats. Each capability set builds off the previous and is infused with commercial solutions informed by Soldier touch points, global experimentation, and developmental and operational tests that are synchronized and combined for maximum efficiency and effectiveness.
“Te Army is now three years into the capability set fielding and development process and we have strong momentum,” said Maj. Gen. Anthony “Tony” Potts, program executive officer for Command, Control, Communications ‒ Tactical (PEO C3T). “To deliver usable, actionable data to commanders, when and where they need it, we need a network transport that is modu- lar, scalable and tailorable. We have to make it easier for our signal officers to set up multiple transport layers. We also want to understand where we can spread across [network] layers to be smarter about the way we use the bandwidth that is available.”
Te Army’s network community works on several capability sets at a time. While currently fielding CS-23, the Army is simulta- neously prototyping and experimenting for CS-25, and maturing science and technology (S&T) efforts for CS-27 and beyond.
CS-21, which already has been fielded, focused on expeditionary and intuitive capabilities for infantry formations at the brigade level and below. Building on the CS-21 foundation, CS-23 focuses on network capacity, resilience and convergence, and CS-25 furthers automation and protected network capabilities. CS-23 and beyond target network modernization for mounted formations, as well as networking the division formation.
CS-25: AUTOMATED AND PROTECTED CS-25 is moving from the prototyping and experimental phase to the system design and development phase, which begins with the CS-25 preliminary design review in April 2023. Tis review will ensure alignment of requirements, enabling technology, acquisition and funding to help ensure a successful transition from S&T to programs of record.
CS-25 solutions will help deliver data at the point of need, through the integration and enhancement of numerous capabil- ities, such as the new Command Post Integrated Infrastructure; resilient transport-agnostic network capabilities that incorporate initial high-throughput, low-latency multi-orbit SATCOM and automatic primary, alternate, contingency and emergency (Auto- PACE) solutions to reduce Soldier burden; and more robust cloud capability. CS-25 also advances the Army’s tactical data fabric and C5ISR/Electronic Warfare Modular Open Suite of Stan- dards, which enables the Army to insert cards embedded with networked capabilities.
Soldiers will plan and manage the CS-25 unified network through an integrated set of unified network operations (UNO) software tools and begin to use zero-trust data security principles through UNO’s Identity Credentialing and Access Management software.
THIS IS WARFARE
Military service members assigned to the 7th Air Support Operations Squadron, Fort Bliss, Texas, and 729th Air Control Squadron, Hill Air Force Base, Utah, conduct warfare operations at the Technical Operation Center – Lite in October 2022 during Project Convergence 22 experimentation at March Air Reserve Base, California. (Photo by Spc. Brenda Salgado Morales, Army Futures Command)
CS-27 AND BEYOND: MULTIDOMAIN CAPABLE Key CS-27 design goals evolve multi-path signal diversity, Auto- PACE, data-centric network transport capabilities and modern security architecture. Major advancements include spectrum effi- ciency across dismounted and mounted platforms, and a unified network that blurs the lines between the traditional lower- and upper-tier tactical networks, bringing them together through seamless multi-path transport networking.
76 Army AL&T Magazine Spring 2023
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