The Army’s CIO outlined priorities for network modernization at a recent Army IT Day hosted by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association in Vienna, Va., and reiterated the Army’s plans to continue “building IT capacity and increasing bandwidth speed by a thousand times.”
“More IT capacity and speed enables home-station mission command, split-based operations, and live, virtual and constructive training,” said Lt. Gen. Robert Ferrell, adding,”We will also ensure that our tactical networks remain on pace with the strategic network efforts and the vision for the end-to-end Network of 2025.”
Ferrell also stressed the mutual dependency of the signal, intelligence, and electronic warfare communities, and said his office is working to expand mission integration – in part by supporting the Army’s new signal and cyber-school at Fort Gordon, Ga.
