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By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on May 04, 2021 at 12:29 PM An Army soldier sets up a highband antenna in Afghanistan. WASHINGTON: The Army’s eager to exploit fast-moving commercial tech, from data fabrics to communications satellites, as it urgently upgrades its battlefield networks. But what works for civilians — or even for the other services — won’t always work for ground troops dispersed across the globe in the mud and dirt. A simple example? Power cables. “A commercial off-the-s...

Spectranetix Announces CMOSS TSM Solution for U.S. Army Capability Set 23 on April 27 2021 9:20 PM SUNNYVALE, Calif.--(BUSINESS WIRE)--#C4ISRNET--Spectranetix, Inc., a Pacific Defense company, is proud to announce that its industry-first integration of TrellisWare Technologies’ TSM™ software into a communications solution aligned with the U.S. Army’s C5ISR Modular Open Suite of Standards (CMOSS) and The Open Group’s Sensor Open Systems Architecture™ (SOSA) technical standard has recen...

Preliminary design review looms for Army’s next set of tactical network tools 1 hour ago Ahead of a deployment to Afghanistan, the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade concluded a training rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana, in late January that included training on new Integrated Tactical Network capabilities. CCDC is focusing its network development efforts in part on resilience, with the goal of building a network that can remain operational ...

Preliminary design review looms for Army’s next set of tactical network tools 3 hours ago Ahead of a deployment to Afghanistan, the 2nd Security Force Assistance Brigade concluded a training rotation at the Joint Readiness Training Center (JRTC) at Fort Polk, Louisiana, in late January that included training on new Integrated Tactical Network capabilities. CCDC is focusing its network development efforts in part on resilience, with the goal of building a network that can remain operational...

By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on April 20, 2021 at 6:01 AM Technicians work with a robot’s control system during last fall’s Project Convergence wargames. WASHINGTON: Hundreds of scientists, engineers, and support staff at nine locations worked feverishly earlier this month testing dozens of technologies ahead of this fall’s joint Project Convergence wargames. The hub for the event, Communications Exercise (COMEX) 2, was a new facility at the Army’s Aberdeen, Md. C5ISR Center, the Joi...

The Army’s faster way to field tactical network gear gets its first big test Mark Pomerleau keyboard_arrow_down The Army is looking for critical feedback before it begins fielding its modernized network equipment to new units in 2021. (Sgt. 1st Class Zach VanDyke/U.S. Army) FORT POLK, La. — Paratroopers testing the Army’s latest communications equipment jumped into a sprawling field surrounded by dense woods and moved north upon landing in an effort to secure the area. Significant equi...

Microsoft scores US Army contract worth up to $21.9 billion to make AR systems based on HoloLens 2 device CNN 4/1/2021 By Clare Duffy, CNN Business © Courtney Bacon/US Army Capability Set 3 (CS 3) military form factor prototype of the Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS). (Courtney Bacon) Microsoft has scored another major government contract, this time to produce augmented reality devices for the US Army. The Army announced Wednesday that it had awarded Microsoft ...

Rodney Nelson Good morning. Welcome to Palantirs fourth-quarter 2020 earnings call. Well be discussing the results announced in our press release issued prior to the market open and posted on our investor relations website. During the call, we will make statements regarding our business that may be considered forward-looking within applicable Securities laws, including statements regarding our first-quarter 2021 and multi-year outlook, managements expectations for our future financial and opera...

Navy launches FVL Maritime Strike replacement for MH-60 Seahawk By Dan Parsons | January 29, 2021 Estimated reading time 7 minutes, 58 seconds. The U.S. Navy is rafting up to the Army’s Future Vertical Lift (FVL) game, launching an official search for possible successors to the MH-60R/S Seahawk and MQ-8 Fire Scout unmanned helicopter.  Navy officials plan to conduct an analysis of alternatives (AoA) “to identify cost-effective alternatives to fill capability gaps in the MH-60R/S and MQ...

Army names new director for tactical network modernization team January 25 The Army organization responsible for tactical network modernization is getting a new director. (Justin Eimers/Army PEO C3T) Update: This story has been updated with comment from Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher. WASHINGTON — U.S. Army organization responsible for modernizing the service’s tactical network will soon have a new leader, the army chief of staff announced Monday. Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey, the J-6 of Central Co...