ARMY AL&T
assistance brigades, which currently provide advise-and-assist support to Afghan security forces.
Walker: What types of requirements is the Army going after?
Coile: Being expeditionary, or rapidly deployable, has always been at the fore- front, along with being more mobile on the battlefield once boots hit the ground. But as we look at potential near-peer threats, we also have to focus on signal path diversity [different network transport options], providing multiple line-of-sight and beyond-line-of-sight signal paths to increase operational flexibility and resil- ience from an electronic warfare and cyber perspective. We are also continu- ing to make equipment simpler to operate with a common look and feel, and reli- able from a maintenance perspective. New expeditionary tactical network transport, like the inflatable Transportable Tacti- cal Command Communications satellite terminals, can be operational in less than 30 minutes, giving units added opera- tional flexibility and enabling them to sustain their own systems.
We also reduced system complexity and increased reliability of many of our
legacy core on-the-move vehicle integra- tions, while reducing the size, weight and power to make them more expeditionary. Tese enhancements include the modern- ized Tactical Communication Node – Lite and Network Operations and Security Center – Lite and the Next Generation Point of Presence and Soldier Network Extension. Tese configuration items are now integrated on Humvees versus much larger tactical vehicles, so they can be easily air-transported.
Again, we are looking at things with a broader perspective and trying to expand and integrate capabilities across the board. Upcoming network operations tools will encompass more of our tactical network design so that signal officers can moni- tor, manage and defend the whole network at once, while providing the flexibility to tailor the network to mission, task and purpose.
Walker: You talked about program agil- ity and the ability to adapt to changing requirements as a lesson learned. What other lessons have you learned during your service as PM for Tactical Network?
Coile: Another significant lesson learned is stakeholder management, keeping the
If the Army makes some good business decisions with whatever constellations they buy, units wouldn’t have to request satellite time for a specific time; it would be available 24/7, just like your cellular network.
Army informed about upcoming deci- sion points. We always have the best and most efficient outcomes when we actively align with stakeholders and actively bring forward recommendations for the Army to make decisions. PM Tactical Network continually pushes and drives information updates on current and future efforts, leveraging forums like the Mission Command Council of Colonels and Mission Command General Officers Steering Committee.
I’ve found, in the past, that we don’t do as well during periods when we have fallen off this track and are executing our own missions without constantly provid- ing feedback to the Army. When we all understand impacts and what hard deci- sions need to be made, they can be made efficiently and effectively without any surprises on either end. Again, it’s all about delivering our one network and working together across the Army as an informed, unified team.
For more information, go to the PEO C3T webs i te at ht tp: //
peoc3t.army.mil/c3t/ or contact the PEO C3T Public Affairs Office at 443-395-6489 or
usarmy.APG.peo-c3t.mbx.pao-
peoc3t@mail.mil.
AMY WALKER has been the public affairs lead at PM Tactical Network for the last
10 years, and was the public affairs lead at PEO C3T for the previous two. She has covered a majority of
the Army’s major
tactical network transport modernization effort, including Army, joint and coalition fielding and training events worldwide. She holds a B.A. in psychology, with emphasis in marketing and English, from the College of New Jersey.
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