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Army Network Integration Evaluation Aims To Empower Soldiers, Gain Overmatch, Officials Say

By Cal Biesecker

Friday, May 25th, 2012

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EL PASO, Texas--The Army is testing software and hardware in the West Texas desert during Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 12.2 aiming to give soldiers a tactical network--and an edge, officials said. The NIE is a semiannual evaluation of laboratory-vetted equipment, software and integration activities led by a triumvirate of Army testers, acquisition and training and doctrine personnel. So far in the evaluation, the network is “doing what we hoped,” 2nd Brigade, 1st Armored Div. (2/1AD) commander Col. Daniel Pinnell said…

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