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Uncovering the colorless core of the Army’s network

Uncovering the colorless core of the Army’s network

The name may sound like some super hero power taken from the pages of a comic book, but the “colorless core” is carrying the Army’s network into the future, enabling Soldiers to send information across the battlefield securely and efficiently, even when on the move. “Think of the colorless core as cloaking device for data,” [...]

Tablet PC to replace paper for Network Integration Evaluation

Tablet PC to replace paper for Network Integration Evaluation

The U.S. Army Test and Evaluation Command is beginning to replace paper with digital data collection options in preparation for the next Network Integration Evaluation at White Sands Missile Range this May. NIE’s are large scale evaluation events designed to mature the Army’s tactical network, a wireless computer network that provides the Soldier with new [...]

Soldiers execute realistic scenario, face hybrid threat as NIE begins

Soldiers execute realistic scenario, face hybrid threat as NIE begins

The Army’s largest ever network field exercise rolled into action today, as more than 4,000 Soldiers began to execute a rigorous scenario designed to measure the performance and operational value of advanced tactical communications equipment under real-world conditions. Spread across a battlespace the size of Delaware, the Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE 12.2, will challenge [...]

Network modernization business practices allow Army to trim costs

Network modernization business practices allow Army to trim costs

Facing an environment of emerging fiscal constraints, the Army is using its Network Integration Evaluation efforts, part of the Agile Acquisition Process, to force a shift from Research, Developmental, Technical and Engineering efforts to the procurement of mature network capability that will be fielded starting in 2013. This effort has resulted in significant cost savings [...]

Commanding Troops ‘On The Move’ During Network Integration Evaluation

Commanding Troops ‘On The Move’ During Network Integration Evaluation

The Army is evaluating the mission command-on-the-move capabilities that allow Soldiers to communicate vertically and laterally through voice and data in a tactical operational environment. The testing and evaluation of the network components, or technologies and system capabilities, is occurring through a series of semi-annual network integration evaluation exercises, at Fort Bliss, Texas, and White [...]

Army kicks off second Network Integration Evaluation

Army kicks off second Network Integration Evaluation

When he fought in Iraq in 2007, Capt. Joseph D. Perry did tactical communications “the old school way, with a map board and a radio.” Today at the Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE, the company commander can take his pick of digital systems to quickly reach both his Soldiers at the tactical edge and his [...]

Army conducts large-scale network exercise at White Sands

Army conducts large-scale network exercise at White Sands

The Army is immersed in an ambitious Network Integration Evaluation exercise here, designed to simultaneously test programs of record and assess a host of emerging network technologies, Army senior leaders said. The Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE, is a key part of the Army’s network strategy, and includes five programs of record going though formal [...]

 
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