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Chief of Staff; 'Debacle' WIN-T System is too “fragile” to survive a real-world battle

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Channel: Samuel Ezerzer · 2017 · News & Politics

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'Debacle' Army Chief cast new doubt on future of Army’s $6 billion tactical WIN-T network
Army Chief cast new doubt on future of Army’s $6 billion tactical WIN-T network
The future of the long-running, multi-billion dollar system that the Army considers the “cornerstone” of its network modernization strategy is somewhat in question, with the service’s top officer saying he’s ordered a comprehensive review of whether the program will actually work, and a powerful senator declaring it a “debacle.”

The $6 billion Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) is the Army’s program to securely move voice, video and data to, from and around the battlefield with a combination of land, airborne and satellite-based antennas, transceivers and computers. It’s been in development since 2007, and the Army plans to spend $420 million in 2018 alone to continue its gradual deployment to brigades and divisions.

But Gen. Mark Milley, the Army chief of staff, said in congressional testimony Thursday that he had directed a “rigorous and painful review” of WIN-T and other Army communication systems because of several concerns, including that the system is too “fragile” to survive a real-world battle.

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