"The future network must be high-speed, it must be high-capacity, it must be multi-path, and ubiquitous to the user," said Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey, director of the Army's Network Cross-Functional Team.
How commercial satellite constellations fit into the Army’s future tactical network designs 4 hours ago U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, assemble a satellite antenna in 2019 in Slovenia. The Army is looking for smaller satellite terminals for low-Earth and medium-Earth orbit capabilities. (Paolo Bovo/U.S. Army) JOINT BASE MYER‐HENDERSON HALL, Va. The U.S. Army will begin implementing advanced satellite communications technology to increase network resiliency as part of its next iteration of tactical network tools. Adding low-Earth orbit and medium-Earth orbit capabilities commercial satellite constellations into the service’s tactical network repertoire is part of the service’s effort to shift to dispersed battlefields, instead of the fixed fiber communications and forward operating bases that defined the last two decades of war in the Middle East.
Pentagon weapons tester wants to delay fielding of new Army tactical network tools January 15 1st. Lt. Michael Austin, platoon leader for Attack Co., 1-503rd Inf. Regt., 173rd Airborne Brigade, uses the Nett Warrior End User Device to report information to his company commander through the integrated tactical network (ITN) during a live-fire exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany, in 2018. The exercise helped inform ITN basis of issue and inform ITN design decisions. (Spc. Joshua Cofield/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Defense’s weapons tester recommended that the Army delay fielding decisions for radios and other communications gear from its most recent integrated tactical network toolset until a brigade has a chance to test them fully in March.