Tuesday, October 03, 2017

Add a "Secure" to that Acronym Somewhere

The Army wants a reboot on their tactical internet system:

Delivery of the Army’s controversial Warfighter Information Network-Tactical system will come to a halt in order to reboot the service’s entire tactical network so that it can operate against threats emerging on the battlefield.

It needs to be mobile, robust, and secure if the Army wants to do things like remotely control weapons stations as I proposed in this article on a future infantry/cavalry fighting vehicle.

One can't have an enemy hacking and using weapons on our own vehicles. That takes "friendly fire" to a whole new level.

I honestly lack the knowledge base to judge whether WIN-T is any good. I've read things going both ways. I just know it needs to be good.