IN THE OPERATIONAL 'LAB'
SOLID GOLD
U.S. Army Lt. Gen. Xavier T. Brunson, I Corps commanding general, receives a brief in March on Cobra Gold 23 by members of the 201st Expeditionary Military Intelligence Brigade at Camp 31, Lopburi, Thailand. Cobra Gold demonstrates ongoing readiness to operate throughout the region in support of allies and partners to ensure a free and open Indo-Pacific. (Photo by Sgt. Michael Ybarra, 7th Infantry Division)
Team and the Army S&T communi- ties, Training and Doctrine Command and numerous Army and industry stake- holders are enabling deployed Soldiers to experiment with evolving network technologies to successfully operate and exchange critical data in limited and constrained network environments with increasing network resiliency and security, while enhancing the network for distributed operations.
Obtaining direct user feedback helps PM TN and the Army to ensure capa- bility will meet the needs of the Soldier, which aren’t always clearly articulated in the documented requirements. Te part- nership enables PEO C3T and the S&T community to focus research, develop- ment, and test and evaluation investments on critical needs; guides industry’s internal
development efforts towards capabilities the Army wants to buy; and it provides Army units with opportunities to share their input on the tools they will use every day. As in the previous example, the 101st Airborne Division in Europe is inform- ing the continued development of Seeker as they provide suggestions on which new features would be most beneficial in the next version of the software.
Aderton: Te Army’s campaign of learn- ing paradigm opens the aperture to various partnerships for the materiel developer community. Soldier requirements and feedback are foundational to what our product offices deliver. Trough our devel- opment, security and operations efforts, we partner with units in mitigating and solving operational challenges with our systems. We are hand-in-hand with the
Soldiers. We also work closely with our capability developers and S&T partners, collaborating on the modernized capabil- ities to deliver to the force.
How are these efforts enhancing coali- tion interoperability?
Day: PM TN is committed to develop- ing modular capabilities that support plug-and-play applications in different configurations based on varying mission needs. By separating software from hard- ware through ongoing initiatives such as modem virtualization, we can employ common capabilities on both new and existing platforms. Tis allows for units with different baselines of equipment to still have access to the same modern- ized capabilities. Support for common interfaces and data standards facilitate
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Summer 2023
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