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Officials Detail Army’s First Network Modernization Capability Set, Procurement Awards Likely Next Spring

By Matthew Beinart

Thursday, June 6th, 2019

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Officials Detail Army’s First Network Modernization Capability Set, Procurement Awards Likely Next Spring

The Army Network Integration Evaluation (NIE)

With the Army’s tactical network modernization effort focused now on dropping new capabilities every two years beginning in 2021, officials said Thursday a preliminary design review of the first set of technologies is underway with procurement contracts likely to be awarded next spring. Joe Welch, acting deputy for Program Executive Office - Command, Control Communications-Tactical (PEO C3T), told attendees at a C4ISRNET conference the first capability set in FY '21 will include delivering core capabilities to establish the new Integrated…

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