The Army wants to fine-tune unit equipment and composition and get critical real-world feedback on specific technologies during unit deployments.
The service says a new concept called “transformation through contact” will allow formations in theaters to adjust their setups so they don’t have to wait until they return to the U.S. for new equipment. It is said that the purpose is to Top executives.
The pace of future conflicts will be even faster. This means that not only will troops have to move more quickly across the battlefield themselves to avoid being killed in action, but they will also need new equipment on faster timelines, with faster counterattacks on tactics and technology. The service wants to use force rotation to determine what skills and composition the force needs.
“The Army is really busy. We know some adjustments are going to have to be made,” Army Chief of Staff Gen. Randy George said in remarks at AUSA on Tuesday.
He explained that Europe and the Pacific would be a great place for soldiers to learn how certain technologies and capabilities are being used, rather than waiting to return home. He cited unmanned aerial systems and electronic warfare tools as examples.
“Normally, everyone would say, ‘When I go back to America, I’ll have this window. This is the time for me to transform,'” he says. “I know that we can actually do that while we’re in Europe. We can actually test things in a new environment, a different environment. What we’re doing, what we’re doing in electronic warfare, we can actually work with our allies and partners and do all of that. It’s an adjustment that we’re making based on reality. The Army is very busy. .”
The feedback the Continental Army is seeking from these units is what type of equipment a particular formation requires. George specifically mentioned electronic warfare, noting that each unit, from artillery battalions to cavalry companies, will require different equipment.
Officials have said in the past that there is no one-size-fits-all solution to electronic warfare.
George noted that some of these adjustments apply to a wide range of technologies.
“We’re selecting a few brigades that are going to really do what we call transformation through contact…We’re going to coordinate the networks within those formations. We’re going to give them the UAS, the “We’re going to give them small UAS that they have in their formations. We’re going to add electronic warfare capabilities within those formations. We’re looking at adding robotics,” he said.
In a podcast released Monday, George said Army units can use deployments and exercises to adjust their network architecture.
“How can we tune their network, make it leaner, leaner, lower signature, more mobile? Even if we offer them the ability to get small off-the-shelf UAS. Same. Now we go back to working with the companies. Give them additional electronic warfare capabilities, give them loitering weapons,” he said. “We’re going to do it in Europe, we’re going to do it in the Pacific, we’re going to have our forces make adjustments…we’re going to make improvements from the bottom up, and then we’re going to do it within military command here in the CONUS, in the continental United States. .”
The Army has sought to make its network more mobile, agile, and adaptable so that units can adjust specific capabilities as needed.
George has already observed that the Army is improving its network architecture and increasing unit mobility on the battlefield, and commanders at every echelon candidly say they believe the network is a top priority. insisted. Depends on the network.
During a recent visit to the National Training Center, George said:cent The armored division had five vehicles, RF shielding, small drones to provide detection and protection, and a command and control node that could move in five minutes.
“That’s where we need to be. It was a very low-level signing,” George said. “You don’t want people to say, ‘Hey, that’s the department.’ [tactical operations center] It’s a battlefield. ‘…You don’t want to be seen. They want to blend into their environment. ”