5 projects that advanced the Army’s future networking capabilities in 2020 December 29, 2020 Sgt. Urial Ibarra, 289th Composite Supply Company, 553rd Combat Sustainment Support Battalion, 1st Cavalry Division Sustainment Brigade, calls in a radio check during radio communications sergeant's time training on Fort Hood, Texas, March 14, 2019. (Spc. Calab Franklin/U.S. Army) WASHINGTON — The U.S. Army Research Lab made important progress in 2020 on projects that will have major implications for war fighter communications and networking in the future. The projects tackled a wide range of futuristic technologies, from “unhackable” quantum networking developments to an X-ray vision-like project that could enhance surveillance capabilities. The lab also made advances mesh networking, a capability that the Army views as core to the future of its battlefield communications.