ARMY AL&T
The Army needs to build network technology that can remain operational in a contested near-peer conflict.
CCDC supports the Network Cross-Functional Team by provid- ing research, development and engineering for S&T, looking at both near- and far-term technology. In addition to delivering technology for several capability sets, we support efforts for the National Defense Strategy, which targets 2028, and we are look- ing beyond the network-after-next for long-term technology that will be applied in the future. We have to work the whole range of research, development and engineering now if we want new tech- nologies to build new capabilities for the future fight.
LINKING WITH INDUSTRY AND ACADEMIA We work alongside domestic and international industry and academic partners to develop innovative technologies that will become key capabilities for the Army. Sharing information and collaborating reduces duplication and supports the effort to field technologies more quickly, which is critical to the Army’s modernization effort.
One way that we partner with industry and academia is through cooperative research and development agreements, which allow Army researchers to exchange technical expertise and share infor- mation, facilities and equipment with industry. Tis enables the vendors to understand the Army’s needs while the Army evalu- ates the vendors’ technology in an integrated lab and network environment. Our C5ISR Center has nearly 40 such agreements with industry and academia in support of the network.
One example is the C5ISR Center’s partnership with five commer- cial radio vendors to establish agreements to address a gap in the Next Generation Combat Vehicle’s wireless control tether. Trough the agreements, the C5ISR Center briefed the vendors on current threats and capabilities as well as vulnerabilities that have been identified in each of their systems through lab-based
analysis. At least two of these vendors mitigated the vulnerabili- ties in their systems during NetMod X. Te C5ISR Center is in the process of establishing collaborative research and develop- ment agreements with seven additional commercial radio vendors.
Te C5ISR Center is also establishing a Blue Force Tracking Consortium that leverages collaborative research and develop- ment agreements for industry participation. It will tie into the development of an open-standard architecture that enables rapid technology insertion. Tis will address the need for flexibility and agile communications through open standard interfaces, provid- ing industry partners with defined boundaries and system context for the functionality needed throughout the network. Te goal is for industry to insert and integrate new technology into systems that are interoperable throughout the Army.
We also share information through requests for information and by hosting industry days and technical exchange meetings with the Network Cross-Functional Team. We expect industry to outpace some of the developmental technology that we are working on, so these meetings give us an opportunity to iden- tify potential technology solutions the Army can adopt or adapt.
CONCLUSION We have made tremendous strides in our effort to provide a robust network that will give Soldiers a tactical edge in communica- tions on the battlefield. We continue to look for ways to partner with academia and industry on projects that support our effort to provide Soldiers with next-generation technology so they are prepared to fight and win against any adversary in multidomain operations.
As Gen. John M. Murray, commander of Army Futures Command, said, “Tis is an iterative build to the end state. We never truly reach the end state; the end state is constant innovation.”
For more information, go to the CCDC website at https://
www.army.mil/ccdc.
MAJ. GEN. CEDRIC T. WINS is the commanding general of CCDC. He graduated from the Virginia Military Institute and was commissioned in the field artillery in July 1985. His military education includes the Field Artillery Officer Basic and Advanced Courses, U.S. Army Command and General Staff College and the National War College, where he earned an M.S. in national security and strategic studies. Wins also holds an M.S. in management from the Florida Institute of Technology.
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