{"id":35273,"date":"2018-09-05T18:50:35","date_gmt":"2018-09-05T18:50:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/09\/05\/whats-standing-in-the-way-of-multidomain-operations\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T00:29:25","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T00:29:25","slug":"whats-standing-in-the-way-of-multidomain-operations","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/2018\/09\/05\/whats-standing-in-the-way-of-multidomain-operations\/","title":{"rendered":"What\u2019s standing in the way of multidomain operations?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 Mutlidomain operations are set to become standard for the U.S. armed services in the coming years, but technical, doctrinal and organizational hurdles remain.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

One impediment to multidomain operations involves issues in linking the service\u2019s disparate communication and information networks to share targeting data and communications. Rebecca Grant, a national security analyst with IRIS Independent Research, identified her \u201cNo. 1 problem” as \u201cthe communications architecture.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

This stuff is not there yet,” she said Wednesday at the Defense News Conference<\/a>. “I\u2019m less worried about the platforms, we\u2019ve got some magnificent platforms. We\u2019ve got to have that communication architecture. All the ability to do that is there, whether that\u2019s secure waveforms or the [radio frequency] links, but we have to take the plunge now, immediately, to go out and experiment with this next year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The need for an integrated communications network was echoed by L3 Technologies’ vice president of communications technology.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cYou need a network that can take all the networks we have right now, a systems-of-systems-level approach, that can tie these disparate networks together because you don\u2019t want to get rid of that install base because its too expensive to replace,\u201d Keith Gentile said.<\/p>\n\n\n\t