IN THE OPERATIONAL 'LAB'


BUILDING BETTER BANDWITH


A Soldier from the 307th Expeditionary Signal Battalion – Enhanced, 516th Signal Brigade sets up a Scalable Network Node at Joint U.S. Military Advisory Group, Thailand, and Camp Red Horse in Thailand during the unit’s participation in Exercise Cobra Gold 2023. The Soldiers are providing critical network access and support, allowing American and allied partners to communicate securely. (Photo by 311th Signal Command (Theater) Public Affairs)


How is the Army using this new construct of leveraging exist- ing global training exercises as part of network modernization and the acquisition of new systems and programs?


Day: Te opportunity to test and evaluate prototype technologies through real-world exercises provides the Army with invaluable insight into a capability’s effectiveness in a realistic operational environment. Executing hands-on testing with Soldiers earlier in the development process ensures that issues can be identified sooner, and capabilities adjusted with a substantially lower total life cycle cost and schedule impacts, compared to making changes during or after production. By leveraging already planned global training exercises, we have access to field testing environments on a much larger scale with greater frequency than would tradi- tionally be available.


Aderton: Te Army’s updated training construct has enabled the program offices to directly engage our coalition partners and


unravel critical interoperability challenges. PEO C3T’s initiative to provide on-the-spot development during these exercises results in faster development and delivery of capabilities compared to the traditional process. Our developers work directly with the warfighters and coalitions partners to close operational gaps.


How are the Army’s “operational laboratory” efforts enhancing network resilience through agnostic multi-band multi-orbit and enhanced primary, alternate, contingency and emergency (PACE) communications plans, including terrestrial communications? What are some examples of these efforts?


Day: As the Army moves away from counterinsurgency missions, and with what we are learning from the European geopoliti- cal landscape and the pivot to the Pacific, the threat is very different; we face much more sophisticated adversaries. Tere- fore, the service is focused on resiliency in its transport options.


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Army AL&T Magazine


Summer 2023


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