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Army Seeks Near-Term Fixes, Years-Long Pivot To Modernize Networks

Army Seeks Near-Term Fixes, Years-Long Pivot To Modernize Networks
Soldiers with I Corps, receive hands-on radio communication training during a field exercise at Joint Base Lewis-McChord, Wash., Jan. 21. This training was provided to give the Soldiers the opportunity to learn how to work and be proficient with the different types of radio communication systems. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. Sinthia Rosario, 5th Mobile Public Affairs Detachment)

During a multiyear restructuring of the Army’s future battlefield communications network, the service will drop components that do not work, fix those that can be repaired or reconfigured and then “pivot” to a new system that can withstand the rigors of future battlefields.The service has adopted a three-pronged strategy to address concerns that several programs within the Army’s network modernization effort – most notably the multi-billion-dollar Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) – were eating up funding without producing operational capabilities.Acting Army…

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