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Army Evaluation Of On-The-Move Communications Under Way

Tuesday, June 12th, 2012

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El PASO, Texas--The Army is evaluating whether it can connect voice, video and data on the move from soldiers at the company level up to the brigade commander and beyond to division headquarters--and whether it adds to the effectiveness of their operations. General Dynamics [GD] is the prime contractor on the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2, or WIN-T Inc 2, recently completed its Initial Operational Test and Evaluation (IOT&E) here at White Sands Missile Range, N.M. It is the initial…

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