Congress allots about half the money requested for Army command post modernization program

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Congress allots about half the money requested for Army command post modernization program
Andrew Eversden
 

WASHINGTON — Congress granted partial funding for an Army tactical network program to modernize command posts after the effort hit delays.

In the earlier House version the fiscal 2021 budget bill, lawmakers proposed eliminating funds for the program, called Command Post Integrated Infrastructure (CPI2), citing the request as “ahead of need.” In the final compromise, which President Donald Trump still has to sign, lawmakers opted to give the program $23 million of about $50 million requested by the Army Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T), the modernization team’s acquisition arm.

Paul Mehney, communications director for that acquisitions office, said the program’s schedule changed “due to delivery timelines of the prototypes” and the “testing timelines for brigade combat teams and division headquarters.”

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