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Army Network CFT Appoints New Director Brig. Gen. Jeth Rey has been appointed the new director of the U.S. Army’s Network Modernization Cross-Functional Team (CFT), succeeding former director Maj. Gen. Peter Gallagher, who retired from the Army in May. The N-CFT is a part of the Army Futures Command – the newest four-star led command –stood up to focus on emerging tech and future battlefield weapons. Under the leadership of Gallagher, the first director of the N-CFT, the Army rolled out capability processes sets, which are new sets of tactical network tools developed and delivered biann...

Army Tests Network Capabilities at Joint Readiness Training Center BATTLEFIELD COMMUNICATIONS 6/30/2021 Defense Dept. photo Soldiers are testing new tactical gear in support of the Army’s efforts to modernize its network capabilities. The service has been embarking on a series of capability sets as it works to advance its connectivity through Army Futures Command’s network cross-functional team. Technology developed under Capability Set 21 was recently put through its paces at the Joint Readiness Training Center, which is located at Fort Polk, Louisiana...

By   Sydney J. Freedberg Jr. on June 02, 2021 at 3:27 PM A paratrooper puts together a radio. WASHINGTON: Despite cuts to Army modernization writ large, funding to upgrade battlefield networks is up 25 percent in the service’s 2022 budget request, rising $537 million to a total of $2.7 billion. That’s more money than requested for any of the Army’s other modernization priorities, said the Army’s acting assistant secretary for acquisition, Doug Bush, in remarks to industry this morning. The Army has six broad priority areas, and the network is, nominally, number four. It comes in af...

Army Light Infantry, Stryker and Armored Forces Are Getting This Advanced Comms Gear A forward observer with the 82nd Airborne uses AN/PRC 148 2-channel Leader radio to transmit position location information obtained from the Android Tactical Assault Kit (ATAK) during a live fires exercise at Camp Atterbury, Indiana in January 2019 (U.S. Army/Justin Eimers) 7 May 2021 U.S. Army modernization officials are pushing forward with a plan to outfit light infantry, Stryker and armored combat brigades with advanced radios and communications kits designed to speed decision-making even under sophistica...

How commercial satellite constellations fit into the Army’s future tactical network designs 4 hours ago U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, assemble a satellite antenna in 2019 in Slovenia. The Army is looking for smaller satellite terminals for low-Earth and medium-Earth orbit capabilities. (Paolo Bovo/U.S. Army) JOINT BASE MYER‐HENDERSON HALL, Va. — The U.S. Army will begin implementing advanced satellite communications technology to increase network resiliency as part of its next iteration of tactical network tools. ...