The Army completed major upgrades to the Regional Hub Node (RHN) in the U.S. Central Command (CENTCOM) area of responsibility, the last of the five worldwide RHNs to receive the upgrade. The effort significantly improves operational flexibility and sets the stage for new early entry satellite communications capability and network transport convergence efforts.  The fixed…

Suppose you are supporting an early entry Global Response Force (GRF) mission; which network equipment would you rather fly in with: two large sheltered vehicles that take up critical cargo space in your C-17 aircraft, or a few carry-on transit cases that provide 12 times the bandwidth?  Continuing to inform requirements and seek solutions for…

The Army’s new Rapid Vehicle Provisioning System (RVPS) reduces the time it takes to provision a brigade’s approximately 70 networked vehicles from four weeks to less than five days. The system acts like a filling station, connecting the vehicles to a single server, which can provision, load, configure and install needed software simultaneously, versus conducting…