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Army Seeks To Halt Battlefield Network Modernization Program, Shift $554 Million Elsewhere

Wednesday, October 4th, 2017

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Months after telling Congress the Army’s battlefield network is critical to success in future wars, service officials want to strip the program of funding because the communications system cannot stand up to threats a near-peer adversary would pose.In May, the Army requested $400 million for the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 2 (WIN-T2). Officials returned to Capitol Hill on Sept. 28 to request stripping the program of $554 million in fiscal 2018 to pay for other priorities.“Our intent is to halt…

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