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The US Army is preparing for a massive digital transformation

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The US Army is preparing for a massive digital transformation

In order to develop into a multi-profile force, the US Army is emphasizing the "Unified Network Plan". Under this plan, and if all goes well, U.S. soldiers will have global connectivity to the unclassified network by the end of 2023 and global access to the classified network by the end of next summer.


The US Army has been working on a Unified Network Operations (UNO) plan for the past three years. This plan envisions "a single and global network to which forces can connect anywhere and also move to different locations" rather than being isolated from tactical space and distant facilities, "creating interfaces in data, communications and connections."

Lieutenant General John Morrison, Deputy Chief of Staff, hinted that the network currently deployed in the Pacific area of ​​responsibility will become global and provide new opportunities to support flexible networks and data processing:
This will move the army's network infrastructure from a fragmented, theater-oriented model to a more efficient and secure one.

Now the US Army network is focused on the theater of war. Soldiers have multiple systems, network operations capabilities, logins and form factors to perform their key functions, which are displayed on the monitor of the main command post, where they manage and secure the network.

For the US military to be successful on the battlefields of tomorrow, advocates argue, network upgrades are needed in every area—air, land, sea, space, and cyberspace.

Therefore, innovation is necessary to achieve technological superiority over US adversaries. This will increase the effectiveness of the army and strengthen the overall cybersecurity structure.

If there is a single, simple and intuitive user interface where soldiers can manage endpoints from a single device that accesses all the different network nodes in their unit, they can plan, control and secure the network more efficiently and effectively. It is believed that this single interface concept can ensure that soldiers can better communicate data and network information to the commander.
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  1. Palestinian
    Palestinian 27 August 2023 17: 48
    +3
    I hope our guys from killnet will pour heartily on these warriors
  2. tralmaster
    tralmaster 27 August 2023 17: 51
    +11
    The more global the easier it is to destroy. There is no need to chase them, you need to look for methods to suppress and destroy this network. It will be cheaper.
    1. opuonmed
      opuonmed 27 August 2023 18: 16
      -2
      this will not work for a nuclear war, well, if in a nuclear war there will be a removal of the satellite system and communications! but for other wars it’s more suitable! this network clearly, like the country, will not survive a nuclear attack! current who will arrange a nuclear war examples there are red lines already crossed but a nuclear war has not started!
  3. evgen1221
    evgen1221 27 August 2023 17: 52
    +1
    I gave one minke whale a mane on a dark night, and take off all the secret data from the tablet as much as you can. The intelligence agencies of all countries approve this plan of the pentogon and wait in a low crouch.
    1. beybender
      beybender 27 August 2023 18: 18
      -1
      You think cool, you hit me in the head, instead of asking a question, but in Russia something like this will happen?!? I look at the poop on the head, it doesn’t work out very well
      1. bk0010
        bk0010 27 August 2023 21: 21
        0
        There will definitely not be a secret network: in the field there are no conditions required for certification of a workplace for working with stamped documents.
    2. Plover
      Plover 27 August 2023 19: 47
      +1
      You, apparently, have never worked with information systems. There is always a level of access and more than expected - never see. There are also tracking patterns of commands and if your "requests" and actions are out of the ordinary, then this is detected.
  4. faterdom
    faterdom 27 August 2023 18: 02
    +3
    The main thing then is to connect this entire network e
    Biden's head so that he can mentally control every Marine or other unit.
    Both Biden will have fun, and the Pentagon will not be bored.
    If Biden falls asleep during the game (war), then according to the principle "if a friend is injured, then a friend will jump up, she will avenge him) - Camilla Harris will also put on a control helmet with interest
    a global secret network and will also be happy to be pulled off "into soldiers" or "into tanks".
  5. Fangaro
    Fangaro 27 August 2023 18: 02
    +7
    The technological superiority of the United States, unfortunately, is. But this superiority will have holes and patches.

    If there is a single, simple and intuitive user interface where soldiers can manage endpoints from a single device that accesses all the different network nodes in their unit, they can plan, control and secure the network more efficiently and effectively. It is believed that this single interface concept can ensure that soldiers can better communicate data and network information to the commander.

    But at the same time, the possibility of penetration into the network of "unwanted outsiders will increase." Or it will not be an intuitive interface, but a rigid system for receiving and transmitting information.
    1. A2AD
      A2AD 28 August 2023 03: 23
      0
      If there is a single, simple and intuitive user interface
      That is, they are so stupid that they can no longer figure it out in a regular smartphone. Do they need an interface with only one button? laughing
  6. opuonmed
    opuonmed 27 August 2023 18: 06
    -3
    Well done on the battlefield, they will see the enemy in front of them, they think! and it won’t be so it’s not clear what is happening to the soldier of the unit, etc., etc.! well, this is a current for wars where satellite systems and communications at the global level will not be taken out, well, if they don’t make satellites protected from impulses, well, or there will be a lot of them after destruction, new ones will be sent! concept they are already making wars of the future!
    1. your1970
      your1970 28 August 2023 17: 22
      0
      Quote: opuonmed
      Well done on the battlefield, they will see the enemy in front of them, they think! and it won’t be so it’s not clear what is happening to the soldier of the unit, etc., etc.! well, this is a current for wars where satellite systems and communications at the global level will not be taken out, well, if they don’t make satellites protected from impulses, well, or there will be a lot of them after destruction, new ones will be sent! concept they are already making wars of the future!

      Oha ....
      Each commander has his own level and access code. Let's let the regimental commander have 5 conditional company-level commanders, those 10 platoon commanders - conditionally.
      They receive orders from him - he gives them information. Everything is in order ..
      And now let's imagine the headquarters and the shell that flew into it - which killed the regimental commander, deputy and NSh.
      In reality, whoever is alive, the eldest of the officers, is in command. The last living lieutenant .....
      В CASH In the future, there will be a dead end - this officer may have a low level of access, and there is no one to confirm the increase in the level - headquarters tyutyu ...
      And create UNIVERSAL the access code is impossible - otherwise, having caught some major of the chief of food, we will promise him Kamaz condensed milk lol and he will send l / s to minefields or in the forehead to machine guns ...
      Is it possible to 100% eliminate this? Naturally, no...
  7. Galleon
    Galleon 27 August 2023 18: 32
    +3
    No news will reach our strategists. If in the West they are developing reconnaissance and communications with all their might, we still have farther and thicker missiles and shells. How hypnotized.
    1. Essex62
      Essex62 27 August 2023 19: 17
      +1
      The thicker and farther the rockets we have, the longer the world will be on the verge of balancing. Until the Freemasons have the opportunity to dump the ball, on the same, suitable for life. They remember all the time, a fat one can fly into a habitat.
    2. Puzoter
      Puzoter 27 August 2023 21: 32
      0
      Let them do it if it works well. And one does not interfere with the other
    3. your1970
      your1970 27 August 2023 23: 06
      +2
      Quote: Galleon
      No news will reach our strategists. If in the West they are developing reconnaissance and communications with all their might, we still have farther and thicker missiles and shells. How hypnotized.

      In one of the countries, they decided to move from credit cards to identification and access to an account using a fingerprint. Literally a month later, the idea was abandoned - the crime began to stupidly cut off the finger and run with it to the ATM ...
      The idea might be good, but...
  8. Roust
    Roust 27 August 2023 18: 40
    +2
    We are also technically developing very well, but we should not give up the ability to work with paper maps and a compass on land, as well as with a sextant and a gyrocompass at sea.
  9. _simply
    _simply 27 August 2023 18: 52
    0
    And purely theoretically, it is possible to infect such a network with a virus ...
    1. opuonmed
      opuonmed 27 August 2023 18: 59
      0
      it’s possible, but the network is clearly not on Windows and will not work on Linux))) and they use their components or allies, well, who invented the components, etc., etc., that is, they won’t be able to put a bookmark on them, they know about all the bookmarks and manage them))) and this network will obviously be controlled by artificial intelligence, probably not exactly)))
      1. A2AD
        A2AD 28 August 2023 03: 25
        -1
        it is possible, but the network is clearly not on Windows and not on Linux will work)))
        It's on Windows. Such grandmothers will pass by? Yes, not in life. And the fact that it will be buggy, as always, is even good. Then on updates it will still be possible to raise the dough. laughing
  10. Green
    Green 27 August 2023 19: 14
    +2
    Starlink if anyone does not understand. Removing at least some of the satellites from orbit is no longer a solvable problem, and there is no need to throw hats on - the Ukrainian Front has clearly shown everything.
    Communication rules the world.
    1. Tigr
      Tigr 27 August 2023 19: 31
      +3
      Quote from Vert
      The Ukrainian Front showed everything intelligibly.
      Communication rules the world.

      Well, how did this starlink help to overcome the minefields on the Ukrainian front?
  11. 75 Sergey
    75 Sergey 27 August 2023 19: 40
    0
    But if you manage to crack this network, then their whole system will collapse, they will not be able to distinguish reality from fiction.
    1. opuonmed
      opuonmed 27 August 2023 20: 21
      0
      not a fact if information is duplicated on a separate one) I think they won’t do without quantum encryption)
      1. your1970
        your1970 27 August 2023 23: 08
        +2
        Quote: opuonmed
        not a fact if information is duplicated on a separate one) I think they won’t do without quantum encryption)

        Everything will rest on access to the network of a banal platoon commander on the battlefield ....
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        2. opuonmed
          opuonmed 27 August 2023 23: 59
          0
          fuller possible ! maybe they solved this issue since they are building such a system)