Updated network gear allows US soldiers to be more dispersed with lower digital footprints

This is part two of a three-part series examining the conclusion of the Army’s transforming-in-contact 1.0 initiative and looking forward to the next iteration. Part one can be found here.

Modernized network capabilities tested during a recent exercise in Europe allowed U.S. military forces to operate more dispersed with lower electronic footprints — making them hard for the enemy to discover.

That unit, 3rd Brigade, 10th Mountain Division, was the last of three experimental brigades testing the first iteration of a concept dubbed transforming-in-contact, a top priority for the Army that aims to change the way the service buys, trains and employs equipment.

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