DefenceTalkTo make it easier for Soldiers to manage the vast tactical communications network, the Army plans to operationally evaluate newly enhanced and simplified network operations, or NetOps, tools during Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE, 16.2 this spring. The NetOps tool suite enables communications officers (S6s and G6s) and staff to provide a second set of […]https://www.defencetalk.com/army-prepares-to-test-enhanced-network-operation-tools-at-nie-16-2-66469/

DefenceTalkRemotely-controlled weapons systems have drastically reduced the number of Soldiers needed for perimeter security at an expeditionary base camp here. “Every Soldier I have assigned to securing the perimeter is one I don’t have that can execute support missions,” said Lt. Col. Raphael Heflin, commander, 142nd Combat Service Support Battalion, or CSSB, 1st Armored Division. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/remote-controlled-weapons-augment-soldiers-on-perimeter-at-nie-16-1-65558/

DefenceTalkIn this season’s Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE, taking place on White Sands Missile Range, or WSMR, and Fort Bliss, Texas, coordinated units of remotely-operated and automated aircraft will be used to represent a possible threat on tomorrow’s battlefields. Members of the Targets Management Office with Program Executive Office for Simulation Training and Instrumentation, or […]https://www.defencetalk.com/drones-to-take-network-integration-evaluation-by-swarm-65538/

DefenceTalkThe Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE 16.1, which takes place Sept. 25 through Oct. 8, will be the largest NIE ever, since the exercises started in 2011, said Brig. Gen. Terry McKenrick. Normally, there are between 3,500 and 3,800 participants in NIE, said McKenrick, who is the commanding general, Brigade Modernization Command. NIE 16.1 has […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-hosts-largest-ever-joint-combined-network-exercise-65489/

DefenceTalkFORT BLISS, Texas: “The greatest threat I face as a brigade commander on the battlefield is not [enemy] tanks, snipers or IEDs,” said Col. Chuck Masaracchia. “It’s defending the network.” Masaracchia, who is the commander of 2nd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, spoke just prior to the start of Network Integration Evaluation 16.1, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/cyberattack-no-1-threat-says-brigade-commander-at-nie-16-1-65486/

DefenceTalkSeveral unit command posts and a full fleet of tactical vehicles are built and ready to be equipped with the most advanced technology the Army has to offer. The rush of activity is in preparation for Network Integration Evaluation 16.1/Army Warfighter Assessment, also known as NIE/AWA 16.1, which is set to begin in late September. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-army-prepares-systems-partner-nations-for-network-exercise-65226/

DefenceTalkTaking advantage of lessons learned through several Network Integration Evaluation cycles, the Army is fielding to its first unit a new, smaller ground satellite terminal designed to provide high-capacity, beyond-line-of-sight communications to newly digitized command posts at the company level. “One of the main goals the Army had in creating the Company Command Post was […]https://www.defencetalk.com/smaller-satellite-terminal-solution-network-integration-evaluations-48136/

DefenceTalkThe Asymmetric Warfare Group, the “operational arm” of U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, is leveraging Network Integration Evaluation 13.2’s multi-echelon training and live mission sets in which Soldiers from 2nd Brigade Combat Team, 1st Armored Division, are conducting tactical operations. Referring to the Asymmetric Warfare Group, or AWG, as the Army’s global scouts, Lt. […]https://www.defencetalk.com/asymmetric-warfare-group-targets-nie-13-2-47847/