The US Department of Defence (DoD) has revealed the US Army’s new 15-year strategy for modernising its enterprise network.
Titled ‘Shaping the Army Network: 2025-2040’, the new guideline will focus on key areas affecting networks and systems to meet operational information requirements and sustain technological asperity by 2040.
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The areas include dynamic transport, data to decisive action, robotics and autonomous operations, computing and edge sensors, cybersecurity and resiliency, and human cognitive enhancement.
US Army chief information officer / G-6 lieutenant general Robert Ferrell said: "Shaping the Army Network: 2025-2040 provides the long-term strategic direction for army enterprise network modernisation within the context of the Army Operating Concept.
"Using the IT baseline described in the Army Network Campaign Plan as a starting point, the intent is to guide development of science and technology requirements to get to ‘what’s next’ in the evolution of the army."
In a separate note, the US Army is planning to transition the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) $120m Plan X cyberwarfare programme, which aims to assist government agencies in planning, executing and assessing cyber network operations.
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By GlobalDataMilitary Aerospace reported that the programme focuses on technical areas for building a prototype system, including system architecture, cyber battlespace analytics, mission construction and mission execution, and intuitive interfaces.
Image: The army’s long-term network strategy, called Shaping the Army Network (2025-2040), was released during a conference in Tyson’s Corner, Virginia, US. Photo: C. Todd Lopez/US Army.
