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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 Command, will replace Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher as director of the Network Cross-Functional Team, a critical piece of the Army’s modernization efforts. “BG Jeth Rey is the perfect choice to serve as the next director of the N-CFT,” Gallagher said in a statement to C4ISRNET. “His years of experience as a Soldier, NCO, Warrant Officer, and Officer with a multitude of conventional and Special Operations Signal and Cyber assignments make him uniquely qualified to lead this critical moder
Pentagon weapons tester wants to delay fielding of new Army tactical network tools January 15 1st. Lt. Michael Austin, platoon leader for Attack Co., 1-503rd Inf. Regt., 173rd Airborne Brigade, uses the Nett Warrior End User Device to report information to his company commander through the integrated tactical network (ITN) during a live-fire exercise in Grafenwoehr, Germany, in 2018. The exercise helped inform ITN basis of issue and inform ITN design decisions. (Spc. Joshua Cofield/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON The U.S. Department of Defense’s weapons tester recommended that the Army delay fielding decisions for radios and other communications gear from its most recent integrated tactical network toolset until a brigade has a chance to test them fully in March.