Soldier feedback is provided based on the execution of missions including combined arms maneuver, wide area security and stability operations. The NIE helps the Army enhance its expeditionary mission command network baseline.
“The network is our country’s greatest advantage over any future adversary,” said Lt. Gen. Patrick Donahue, Deputy Commander of U.S. Army Forces Command. “What I saw at NIE is a very concentrated effort which will allow us to continue to use the network to our advantage in a contested environment.”
“I saw great technologies being displayed and tested in the hands of Soldiers. I am very happy with what I saw.”
Fourteen separate capabilities or systems were under test, evaluation, or assessment throughout NIE 16.2 to include the Warfighter Information Tactical Increment 3 and Spider Increment 1A.
The WIN-T is an information network comprised of multiple radio waveforms and platforms that extend the Army’s communication network allowing voice, data, and video to travel in an upper tier satellite network.
The Spider is a command activated, networked anti-personnel munitions platform designed to provide early warning of enemy activity and protect the force. The Spider can employ both lethal and nonlethal munitions, minimizing possible harm to noncombatants.
“What the Army learns here is critical to our future modernization efforts,” said Hon. Patrick J. Murphy, Secretary of the Army. “We see what works and what makes sense for our Soldiers.
NIE is the Army’s largest annual operational exercise that tests and evaluates systems and capabilities and provides hands-on Soldier feedback to inform modernization efforts.”
The overall goal is to provide troops on ground with the most advanced equipment possible. In a world where every dollar counts, its essential new systems are thoroughly evaluated.
“We must have a culture that values stewardship of resources and do a better job within the constraints of a tightening fiscal environment,” Murphy added. “It’s imperative we maximize efficiency in everything we develop, purchase and employ. This is the fiscally responsible choice for the taxpayer.”
Since 2011, NIEs have influenced the fielding of integrated network capability sets of network hardware and mission command applications to divisional units throughout the Army.
The Army will continually adapt the NIE process to meet current needs in order to enhance and validate the Mission Command Network of 2020 and beyond.
| Date Taken: | 05.17.2016 |
| Date Posted: | 05.17.2016 16:25 |
| Story ID: | 198394 |
| Location: | FORT BLISS, TEXAS, US |
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