{"id":19978,"date":"2019-04-02T20:23:31","date_gmt":"2019-04-02T20:23:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2019\/04\/02\/heres-the-armys-plan-for-getting-more-mature-cyber-technologies\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:04:03","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:04:03","slug":"heres-the-armys-plan-for-getting-more-mature-cyber-technologies","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2019\/04\/02\/heres-the-armys-plan-for-getting-more-mature-cyber-technologies\/","title":{"rendered":"Here\u2019s the Army\u2019s plan for getting more mature cyber technologies"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Cyber materiel development and experimentation will link up with actual Army-level exercises as the service looks to mature technologies quicker.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The move \u201creally does reflect the way that this is probably less now about doing standard technology demonstrations in pristine environments but mainly taking things directly from the lab and putting it in the hands of our operators in the tactical environments that they are actually going to use the equipment in,\u201d Brig. Gen. Jennifer Buckner, director of cyber within the Army\u2019s G-3\/5\/7, said March 21 during an industry event hosted by AFCEA.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army as a whole is looking to use more hands-on soldier experiences with and feedback on new technologies to deliver better solutions based on realistic needs instead of years-long requirements processes that can lead to fielding obsolete technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThe idea of pilots and experimentation in realistic conditions, aligning those experimentation opportunities with actual major exercises \u2014 whether that\u2019s in the Pacific theater or the European theater \u2014 we\u2019ve really done some creative things very quickly to get those things done,\u201d Buckner said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first concrete example of this is fusing Orient Shield \u2014 an annual exercise with Japan and U.S. Army Pacific to enhance interoperability between the two \u2014 with Cyber Blitz, an experimentation effort to mature cyber doctrine and test new cyber technologies.<\/p>\n\n\n\t