{"id":27867,"date":"2018-04-17T13:12:00","date_gmt":"2018-04-17T13:12:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/04\/17\/army-to-test-new-data-sharing-equipment-at-upcoming-exercise\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T18:25:44","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T18:25:44","slug":"army-to-test-new-data-sharing-equipment-at-upcoming-exercise","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2018\/04\/17\/army-to-test-new-data-sharing-equipment-at-upcoming-exercise\/","title":{"rendered":"Army to test new data sharing equipment at upcoming exercise"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

During a major exercise in Germany next month, the Army hope to test technology that will better enable data sharing and communications between the United States and coalition partners.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The Army Coalition Interoperability Solution (ACIS) is a response to an urgent need from U.S. Army Europe to ensure a variety of coalition systems could share position location and other situational awareness data across what\u2019s called the Multinational Interoperability Programme (MIP), an Army spokesman, Paul Mehney, said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACIS, however, is designed to replace the MIP gateway software.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

ACIS will be independent from national command and control systems allowing data and situational awareness information sharing between coalition nations. ACIS, though, will not act as a common operating picture, Mehney said, rather, it will provide a data exchange between coalition systems to form a common operational picture on U.S. Army systems.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One of the most common phrases by top U.S. defense leaders is that the U.S. does not fight alone. These leaders have stressed the importance of coalition interoperability in coordinating plans and communicating in battle.<\/p>\n\n\n\t