{"id":25882,"date":"2019-06-19T20:32:38","date_gmt":"2019-06-19T20:32:38","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2019\/06\/19\/this-mobile-comms-unit-has-people-talking\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T17:58:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T17:58:06","slug":"this-mobile-comms-unit-has-people-talking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2019\/06\/19\/this-mobile-comms-unit-has-people-talking\/","title":{"rendered":"This mobile comms unit has people talking"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army has a slew of ongoing efforts to modernize its tactical network, including a focus on a pilot unit that moves quickly through the world and spectrum to tailor critical communications systems support.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced (ESB-E) supports units that don\u2019t have organic comms capabilities. These could include military intelligence battalions, chemical battalions, engineering battalions or air defense artillery branches.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2018\/12\/18\/the-army-is-developing-a-lighter-more-agile-comms-kit\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/byebyenie.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The Army is developing a lighter, more agile comms kit<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army continues to leverage prototyping and experimentation to inform purchasing decisions.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The ESB-E can also augment regular Army units, as a renewed focus on great powers requires all units to be much more mobile and expeditionary. What that means for signal battalions is their gear will have to be easily carried and set up to enable them to maneuver with units in a rapid manner.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe Army\u2019s transitioned to focusing on data environment and near-peer threat. The need for those logistical tails and for the enablers to move rapidly has increased, which is part of the demand signal that has gotten us away from\u201d the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical of the past, Maj. Jeff Forry, S-3 50th Expeditionary Signal Battalion, told C4ISRNET during a demo of Army network modernization efforts at Fort Myer June 18.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Forry said they\u2019ve provided much more modular and scalable capabilities than the Humvee-mounted, satellite transportable terminal-based capabilities of year\u2019s past.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In March 2018, the Army authorized the beginning of the ESB-E pilot, which is intended to create more mobile and agile kits for signal brigades.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As part of the pilot, three companies under the battalion have been outfitted with capabilities from three vendors. This includes basebands \u2014 made by DTech, PacStar and Klas Telecom \u2014 with accompanying Tampa Microwave or L3 satellite terminal dishes of varying diameter depending on the users the unit needs to accommodate.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Overall, the battalion has packages to provide communications for a variety of users.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cWhen I plan a mission, less than 20 users, I\u2019d start looking at small [packages] \u2026 when we start pulling 20 up to 48 I\u2019m looking at medium, and then after that we\u2019d either use multiple mediums or start looking at the [large] package,\u201d Forry said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The modularity of the kits mean, in many cases, just adding more users merely involves just sliding a small router into the baseband and utilizing a slightly larger satellite terminal. This is easier than the old WIN-T way of doing things where teams needed to bring full transit cases to add more users and bandwidth.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">One user noted that the modularity of the kit allows teams to mix and match based on the requirement. For example, if they only need connectivity to the Pentagon\u2019s secret network, as opposed to the unclassified network, they only need to bring those services with them.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a recent event at Dugway Proving Grounds, members from the signal battalion supported a chemical brigade, which had to get in and out of affected areas very quickly. The team took a small package and was able to get communication up in less than 10 minutes. They were onsite for 20 minutes, packed up and moved to the next site.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Army is continuing to utilize training events, combat training center rotations and exercises such as Saber Guardian in Europe to evaluate systems within the pilot program and execute operational tests for the gear.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">\u201cThe different approach we took for this prototype that we\u2019re doing is we didn\u2019t go set off a dedicated unit to do an operational test,\u201d Col. Greg Coile, project manager for tactical networks at Program Executive Office Command, Control, Communications-Tactical, said. \u201cTheir operational test is when they go to Saber Guardian, when they go do the operational support, that is how we\u2019re testing and &#8230; we use that user feedback going forward.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coile added that this ongoing experimentation also allows units to get more repetitions as opposed to the old way of doing things, where the unit would get the equipment two weeks ahead of an operational test at something like the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.c4isrnet.com\/it-networks\/2018\/11\/26\/the-armys-new-network-isnt-actually-new\/\" target=_blank>Network Integration Evaluation<\/a>. Now units get an entire year with the equipment, which means the value of feedback is much higher, Coile said.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The capabilities for the ESB-E unit will be part of the Army\u2019s first delivery of capability in 2021 for its network modernization the service is calling capability set 2021.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/it-networks\/2019\/05\/02\/army-lays-out-timeline-for-2021-network-update\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/4530289.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">Army lays out timeline for 2021 network update<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">The Army wants flexibility to insert new technologies into its network as it continues to modernize.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Coile said the pilot will run until September, after which the Army will begin to make decisions on down-selecting vendors and outfitting actual units with the kits. The plan is to have every unit have the same equipment, as opposed to three companies currently outfitted with different vendor equipment for the prototype.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">A battalion will be complete in 2019, Coile said, and they are funded for three more in 2020. Moreover, they\u2019ll buy more in late 2020 to early 2021 and field those three.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In 2021 there is funding for another three units, but the Army leadership will have to make a decision on what units get that.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Army is piloting an effort called Expeditionary Signal Battalion-Enhanced, designed to create tailored communications systems 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