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Army Soliciting Technology Proposals For FY23 Network Modernization Capability Drop

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, January 9th, 2020

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Army Soliciting Technology Proposals For FY23 Network Modernization Capability Drop

The Army Network Integration Evaluation (NIE)

The Army’s tactical network modernization team has begun soliciting white papers to find new technologies to be included in its second capability drop in fiscal year 2023, ranging from low and mid-Earth orbit satellite systems to network transport tools. The request for white papers was released after a November industry meeting in Austin, Texas to inform requirements for the six topic areas across Capability Set (CAPSET) 23. “Capability Set 23 is an iterative development process pulling in the best of…

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