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Communications

Finnish Marines prepare to board on a Swedish CB90-class fast assault craft ahead of an amphibious assault demonstration during the Nordic Response 24 military exercise on March 10, 2024, at sea near Sorstraumen, above the Arctic Circle in Norway. Nordic Response 24 is part of the larger NATO exercise Steadfast Defender. The exercise involves air, sea, and land forces, with over 100 fighter jets, 50 ships, and over 20,000 troops practicing defensive maneuvres in cold and harsh weather conditions. (Photo by Jonathan NACKSTRAND / AFP)

Latest NATO expansion includes massive increase in DIANA innovation accelerator sites

The number of DIANA accelerator sites across the multinational network will more than double, as will the number of related test centers, the alliance announced.
U.S. Marine Corps Sgt. Anthony Peter, a rifleman with 3d Littoral Combat Team, 3d Marine Littoral Regiment, 3d Marine Division, establishes radio communications during Marine Littoral Regiment Training Exercise (MLR-TE) at Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, California, Feb. 20, 2023. (U.S. Marine Corps photo by Cpl. Scott Aubuchon)

Marine Corps plans to upgrade 50,000 radios across the force

The multi-channel, software-defined radios will ensure communications equipment does not fall into obsolescence.
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A U.S. soldier of 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), communicates over the radio during Saber Junction 18 at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 23 , 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Dhy’Nysha Shaw)

Establishing communications at-the-halt may not be viable for most Army formations in future conflicts, program executive officer says

Future conflict will likely be so fast paced that smaller units won't have time to set up command posts, necessitating on-the-move capabilities.
Deputy Chief of Staff, G-6 Lt. Gen. John B. Morrison, Jr. highlighted Army Risk Management Framework reforms during keynote remarks at the three-day Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association’s TechNet Cyber event at the Baltimore Convention Center on April 26, 2022. (DoD photo)

Army to kick off ‘bring your own device’ pilot in coming weeks

The initiative will allow soldiers to plug their personal IT devices into Army networks.
A U.S. soldier of 4th Battalion, 319th Field Artillery Regiment, 173rd Infantry Brigade Combat Team (Airborne), communicates over the radio during Saber Junction 18 at the U.S. Army’s Joint Multinational Readiness Center in Hohenfels, Germany, Sept. 23 , 2018. (U.S. Army photo by Spc. Dhy’Nysha Shaw)

Ukraine-Russia war teaching US military a lesson about secure communications

The ongoing conflict demonstrates the need for secure battlefield communication and the potential for soldiers to undermine it.
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