US Army evaluates new mobile tactical network of armored formations
By
Colton Jones
Feb 7, 2022
The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command is evaluating a next-generation mobile tactical network designed to use as part of armored formations.
According to a recent Army news release, Soldiers assigned to the “Spartan Brigade,” 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 3rd Infantry Division, are testing and assessing three commercial On-The-Move network equipment sets during the U.S. Army’s three-week Armored Formation OTM Network Pilot at Fort Stewart, Georgia.
The Army will use the Soldier feedback and data collected to inform the Army’s Capability Set 25 network design and market research to determine currently available and maturing industry solutions for potential armored formation network integration.
The Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical is one of the U.S. Army offices that delivers the Army’s network modernization strategy. Fielders from the PEO C3T’s tactical network project office arrived at Fort Stewart in mid-November 2021 to receive the equipment by rail, inventory it and sign it over to the Spartan Brigade units executing the pilot. Engineers from General Dynamics, the industry lead integrator for the pilot, arrived in early December to begin internal network testing and network terminal and vehicle-server initialization in preparation for new equipment training.
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