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Technology Exists To Fix Army Network Problems Caused By Budget Shortfalls

Wednesday, July 12th, 2017

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The Army’s tactical networking radios are unable to connect to its satellite-based battlefield internet if soldiers are out of sight, but the reason is budgetary not technological.Both the Army and industry agree that using an “air tier” such as an unmanned aircraft outfitted with a repeater antenna can overcome line-of-sight communication issues between dismounted soldiers and their superiors at satellite-connected command posts.That air tier was a central requirement of the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) Increment 3, which for budgetary reasons…

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