{"id":32529,"date":"2022-07-27T13:35:20","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T13:35:20","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/uncategorized\/2022\/07\/27\/us-army-sets-timeline-for-demo-of-new-hard-to-detect-mobile-command-post\/"},"modified":"2026-08-07T22:41:06","modified_gmt":"2026-08-07T22:41:06","slug":"us-army-sets-timeline-for-demo-of-new-hard-to-detect-mobile-command-post","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/defensenews\/land\/2022\/07\/27\/us-army-sets-timeline-for-demo-of-new-hard-to-detect-mobile-command-post\/","title":{"rendered":"US Army sets timeline for demo of new, hard-to-detect mobile command post"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

WASHINGTON \u2014 A burgeoning U.S. Army effort to ensure command posts are suited for fights teeming with sensors and combatants using advanced technology could soon be ready for a demonstration.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

While the Mobile And Survivable Command Post<\/a> project is still in the early stages of development, those closely involved are already eyeing a \u201csignificant, fully integrated\u201d exhibition in the fiscal 2026-27 timeframe, possibly as part of the annual Project Convergence exercises.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cProject Convergence is probably in our future,\u201d Tyler Barton, a computer scientist and MASCP project lead with the C5ISR Center, said during a July 21 roundtable with reporters. \u201cProbably not next year.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Project Convergence is the Army\u2019s capstone test of cutting-edge kit and inter-service communications in furtherance of the Pentagon\u2019s Joint All-Domain Command and Control vision for seamless and speedy information sharing on the battlefield. This year\u2019s event, referred to as PC 22<\/a>, will for the first time directly involve allies, Australia and the U.K. included.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

MASCP is one of several Army ventures meant to modernize command posts, which can be cumbersome to move and produce noticeable amounts of heat, noise and electronic artifacts, making them targetable.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

The mobile-and-survivable project digs into the science and technology realms to find solutions. They include remote antenna systems, resilient data storage, enhanced camouflage techniques and materials, and self-sufficient power generation and banking. Considerations must also be made for distance and connectivity; all the speed in the world does not matter if communications and data sharing go bust<\/a>.<\/p>\n\n\n\t