PM VIEW: COL. TROY CROSBY LT. COL. SHANE SIMS

摘要

The Army is significantly upgrading how it tracks friendly forces as a way to increase readiness. During the fiscal 2019 budget roll out in February, Army officials at the Pentagon indicated that the service would be accelerating and baselining its Joint Battle Command-Platform, which provides friendly forces awareness information known as blue force tracking as well as encrypted data and faster satellite network connectivity. The change is intended to solve mounted mission command problems across all formations. The new budget request shows the service is serious about the issue. The Army asked for $431 million for the program in FY2019. That's up from a total of $283 million during the FY2018 budget. Moreover, the Army plans to procure 26,355 systems as opposed to 16,552 from the FY2018 budget.