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Army rolls out networked Capability Set 13
To meet the aggressive schedule the Army set for Capability Set 13 fielding, dozens of engineers and support personnel at the U.S. Army Tank Automotive Research, Development and Engineering Center, in Warren, Mich., have spent the last six months immersed in design, integration and production activities on the first five “super configuration” mine-resistant, ambush-protected prototype [...]
Army advances networking, force-tracking technologies
The Army is preparing to send its next-generation “Blue Force Tracking 2″ force-locating technology to Afghanistan. The system is faster and more efficient than its predecessor in providing important data to Soldiers who are on the move in combat, service officials said. The Blue Force Tracking 2, or BFT 2, satellite network, which provides Soldiers [...]
Army, industry partner to solve network capability gaps
As the Army gears up to field its first integrated package of tactical communications equipment to deploying Soldiers, the service is already partnering with industry to enhance those technologies for the next capability set. Through the Network Integration Evaluations, or NIE, the Army has established an integrated network baseline that connects all echelons of the [...]
Networked Vehicle Production In Full Swing At US Army Detroit Arsenal
Beginning in October, the U.S. Army will begin fielding the first integrated group of networked technologies — radios, sensors and associated equipment and software — that will for the first time deliver an integrated voice and data capability throughout the entire Brigade Combat Team, or BCT, formation, from the brigade commander to the dismounted Soldier. [...]
Major step taken towards ‘unbreakable’ message exchange
Single particles of light, also known as photons, have been produced and implemented into a quantum key distribution (QKD) link, paving the way for unbreakable communication networks. The results of the experiment, undertaken by a close collaboration of researchers based in Wuerzburg, Munich and Stuttgart, were published 2 August, in the Institute of Physics and [...]
NATO Special Forces Taps Mutualink for Global Cross Coalition Communications
NATO Special Operations Forces Headquarters (NSHQ) announced that it has selected Mutualink as its official interoperable communications platform. Using Mutualink’s ruggedized Valence series platform, NATO SOF coalition partners will be equipped with advanced anywhere, anytime, interoperable communications and information sharing capability. This next generation capability enables warfighters and command and control elements to be securely [...]
Army hosts Network Industry Day
As it looks ahead to more Network Integration Evaluations, the Army hosted an industry day, July 19, to discuss opportunities to collaborate on the future tactical communications network. The goal of the event was to keep the industrial base informed of upcoming requirements to support Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE, 13.2 to be held in [...]
Exelis Provides GNOMAD Communications Systems for US Army
ITT Exelis (XLS) has been awarded a Rapid Equipping Force contract to provide Mission Command On the Move (MCOTM) systems for the U.S. Army 2nd Infantry Division in South Korea. Called Global Network on the Move-Active Distribution, or GNOMAD, the system provides broadband, on-the-move, satellite connectivity through the integration of several commercial-off-the-shelf products. It delivers [...]
Datalink Network Boosts Swedish Armed Forces
The Swedish Defence Material Administration’s (FMV) partnership with Thales has enabled the delivery of a full, national Link 16 infrastructure, and new network management system (NMS), supporting the exchange of tactical data between platforms. Thales has delivered the contract, which was signed in September 2009, on schedule. Link 16 is the secure, jam-resistant NATO-standard tactical [...]
