{"id":16068,"date":"2019-05-03T17:24:58","date_gmt":"2019-05-03T17:24:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/05\/03\/which-units-need-the-latest-and-greatest-capabilities-the-army-wants-to-figure-that-out\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:54:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:54:06","slug":"which-units-need-the-latest-and-greatest-capabilities-the-army-wants-to-figure-that-out","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2019\/05\/03\/which-units-need-the-latest-and-greatest-capabilities-the-army-wants-to-figure-that-out\/","title":{"rendered":"Which units need the latest and greatest capabilities? The Army wants to figure that out."},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Army leaders have recognized they can\u2019t outfit every unit with the newest, state-of-the-art technology. As a result, the service is trying to determine which units will receive the best IT and communications equipment first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cWe need to field differently if we\u2019re going to meet the needs of the National Defense Strategy. The current processes that we are using \u2026 is too dynamic for our big Army to be able to keep up with,\u201d Col. Jay Chapman, division chief for mission command in the Army\u2019s operations, training and planning office, said May 1 during an AFCEA hosted event. \u201cThe Army is too large to field everything to everybody. As you all know in this audience, IT is expensive and the Army, as big as it is. means it will take 5, 10, 15 years to field a piece of kit to everyone in the Army.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\t