[ISN] Report: Army network tests failed to adequately assess mobile operations

From: InfoSec News <alerts_at_private>
Date: Mon, 6 Feb 2012 01:10:41 -0600 (CST)
http://www.nextgov.com/nextgov/ng_20120203_6790.php

By Bob Brewin
Nextgov
02/03/2012

Large-scale Army battlefield network tests last summer did not include 
mobile operation scenarios and did not feature robust attacks against 
the networks, the Defense Department's test organization said in its 
annual report to Congress.

The ambitious six-week Army network integration evaluation at White 
Sands Missile Range, N.M., last summer, which had 3,800 soldiers from 
the 1st Armored Division's 2nd Brigade Combat Team put battlefield 
systems through their paces, cost $67 million, or roughly six times more 
than previous tests. The benefits from the larger tests remain unclear, 
said Michael Gilmore, the Defense Department's director of operational 
test and evaluation, in his annual test report submitted to Congress in 
January.

The report said the Army tested 25 experimental systems in the summer of 
2011, the expense of which stressed the service's evaluation capacity.

In addition, the Army should develop operational scenarios in future 
evaluations, the report said. Last summer, brigade and battalion 
tactical operations centers and company command posts operated from 
fixed sites and were dependent on a fixed-aerial tier of 100-foot towers 
and aerostats to establish network connectivity.

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