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Army Seeks Standard, Flexible, Open-Architecture Network Baseline To Allow Rapid Future Upgrades

Wednesday, February 21st, 2018

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Establishing a standard, open architecture for its battlefield network should allow the continuous introduction of emerging technologies and will inspire non-traditional, innovative businesses to pitch new operational capabilities to the Army, according to the general in charge of modernizing the service’s communications system.Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher, who heads the Army’s network cross functional team (CFT), wants to establish an open-architecture baseline capability for the entire Army that can be rapidly, continuous updated as new technologies emerge or to meet evolving…

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