{"id":18880,"date":"2022-02-10T13:01:00","date_gmt":"2022-02-10T13:01:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2022\/02\/10\/us-army-improving-how-it-tests-its-tactical-network\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:59:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:59:03","slug":"us-army-improving-how-it-tests-its-tactical-network","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2022\/02\/10\/us-army-improving-how-it-tests-its-tactical-network\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army improving how it tests its tactical network"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. \u2014 Learning from the fielding of the first iteration of its modernized network kit, the U.S. Army is maturing the way it tests its tactical network.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has adopted an incremental, multiyear strategy <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/it-networks\/2021\/12\/28\/how-are-the-us-armys-tactical-network-upgrades-coming-along-we-put-the-question-to-several-military-officials\/\" target=\"_blank\">to modernize its network<\/a> and deliver new capabilities to soldiers. These service plans to field new \u201ccapability sets\u201d with upgraded technologies every two years, each one building on the last. Capability Set \u201821 focused on infantry brigades, with Capability Set \u201823 focusing on Stryker brigades and Capability Set \u201825 focused on armored brigades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Capability Set \u201823 is expected to reach critical design review this April, which will lead to a procurement decision. To get there, the Army needs to conduct a series of tests to ensure the technologies are ready, and it\u2019s tweaking those tests based on the lessons learned from testing and fielding Capability Set \u201821, Maj. Gen. Robert Collins, program executive officer for command, control, communications-tactical, told C4ISRNET during a visit to Aberdeen Proving Ground in Maryland Feb. 2.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One of the biggest lessons learned from the Capability Set \u201821 effort was how to set up the test in order to get better data.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cHow do we instrument each one of these nodes, collect the types of traffic, whether it\u2019s message completion, whether its demands and really characterize that,\u201d Collins said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The instrumentation tools will allow the Army to harvest data, synthesize it and see how it performed.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">New instrumentation tools were built by the Army Command, Control, Computers, Communications, Cyber, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Center that allowed testers to see the entire network, which didn\u2019t exist for Capability Set \u201821. That data allows the Army to do proper analysis and demonstration, ensuring what they\u2019re building fits the Army\u2019s needs.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army also built out robust mission threads for the technical test to see if a piece of equipment would deliver the needed network capabilities in multiple operational scenarios. Mission threads focused on the following capabilities:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Voice, which focused on analog and digital voice communication;<\/li><li>Situational awareness and command and control data exchange, which focused on messages and location information exchanged by various platforms;<\/li><li>Data exchanges between electronic warfare and signals intelligence tools that focused on how they pass data of various classifications across the network;<\/li><li>Call for fires, which focused on passing data from dismounted and mounted fires platforms across aspects of the network, and;<\/li><li>Point to point data exchanges;<\/li><\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials said the scenarios were critical to helping get the analysis they needed, allowing them to see how a unit fights with the network over multiple types of events from a threat perspective. Given that it was a technical test, they could inject a simulated threat, which is more difficult during an operational test where soldiers are conducting an exercise.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h1 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Test strategy<\/h1>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Officials said that following the critical design review, they will undertake a series of operational tests and experiments with units to inform a fielding decision involving what capabilities go to what units at what echelons. This is part of a multifaceted codified test strategy the Army is developing for its network, something <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/battlefield-tech\/it-networks\/2022\/01\/28\/us-armys-tactical-network-must-overcome-several-challenges-says-pentagon-weapons-tester\/\" target=\"_blank\">it\u2019s been criticized for not having already<\/a>. While a multifaceted testing approach was used during the Capability Set \u201821 process, it\u2019s been enhanced<b> <\/b>for Capability Set \u201823 based upon feedback from around the military, new tools and more mature technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe overall strategy \u2026 is a series of operational activities that will lead up in support of the procurement and the fielding decision,\u201d Collins said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Developmental tests will be conducted on specific components with an eye toward interoperability and integration. Then there will be threat-based tests that include cyber and electronic warfare. These will be phased operational readiness assessments and exercises that will take place in Europe allowing the Army to understand if Capability Set \u201823 is ready to physically give to units.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A fielding decision is expected in March 2023.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Army conducted a technical test of the next iteration of its tactical network, applying lessons from the first go 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