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Army Standardizing All Tactical Mission Command Systems By 2019

Wednesday, August 9th, 2017

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The Army is standardizing its mission command software across the active and reserve component to simplify the network architecture of operational units.Over the next two years, the Army will provide standard, updated mission command software applications to all 400-plus operational units in an effort to reduce network complexity, standardize training, allow swifter software updates and increase unit interoperability.What will emerge after 2019 is the Army’s Common Operating Environment, which will consolidate about 12 legacy software and hardware systems into a…

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