Army’s WIN-T Inc 1 Network Sees Upgrades with Capabilities, Speed

By Tactical-Life

The following is a release from Amy Walker, PEO C3T Public Affairs:

The Army is fielding upgrades for its at-the-halt tactical communications network, Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1, or WIN-T Inc 1, which will increase readiness, security and capability while reducing equipment by a third for a more powerful and expeditionary current and future force.

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“As enemies become more capable at what they do, we need to become more capable at what we do,” said Staff Sgt. William Long, 392nd Expeditionary Signal Battalion, or ESB, non-commissioned officer in charge, or NCOIC, of the upgrade effort for his unit. “This new network equipment we’ll be deploying with enables us to do our job faster and more efficiently to better support the mission and our allies.”

ESBs, such as the 392nd, primarily support other units that don’t have their own organic WIN-T satellite and line-of-sight communications equipment, providing the means to exchange critical battlefield information via the network. The WIN-T network delivers high-speed, high-capacity voice, video and data communications even in the most austere locations. It is the tactical network backbone to which other networked communication systems and mission command applications need …Read the Rest

Source:: Tactical Life