{"id":31313,"date":"2023-10-13T00:00:00","date_gmt":"2023-10-13T00:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=31313"},"modified":"2023-10-16T06:42:42","modified_gmt":"2023-10-16T06:42:42","slug":"digital-transformation-laying-the-foundation","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/adn.monetizemail.com\/?p=31313","title":{"rendered":"Digital transformation: Laying the foundation"},"content":{"rendered":"
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\n Project Convergence 22, C Company of The 2nd Battalion The Yorkshire Regiment – the \u2018Experimental Company\u2019 took the opportunity to take part in more experiments using a number of recourses.<\/p>\n

Fort Irwin in California provides soldiers with a vast training area to experiment with new concepts and equipment.<\/p>\n

On the ground, soldiers from C Company are working alongside the Infantry Trials and Development Unit (ITDU) utilised equipment such as the SkyDIO unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) and variants of the Remote Piloted Vehicles (RPV).<\/p>\n

Project Convergence is the Joint Force experimenting with speed, range, and decision dominance to achieve overmatch and inform the Joint Warfighting Concept and Joint All Domain Command and Control.
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WASHINGTON \u2014 The Army becoming a data-centric, technology-driven service is one of the Secretary of the Army Christine E. Wormuth\u2019s top objectives.<\/p>\n

During her keynote speech to kick off the 2023 Association of the U.S. Army Annual Meeting and Exposition in Washington, D.C., she spoke about the importance this plays in fielding the Army of 2030.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe must continue to embrace innovation and transformation or risk failing to address future threats,\u201d she said. \u201cIn close partnership with industry, the Army has pressed ahead and stayed on track to implement our most ambitious modernization effort in 40 years. With the introduction of each new system, we continue to increase our force\u2019s capability to respond to various threats and serve as a credible deterrent to our adversaries.\u201d<\/p>\n

To expedite changing the Army and its business and operating model to leverage data strategically, the service created the Digital Transformation Strategy in 2021.<\/p>\n

This outlines three key areas the Army must improve to leverage innovative and transformative technologies: modernization and readiness, optimized digital investments, and a technically savvy, operationally effective digital workforce.<\/p>\n

In the last two years, the Army has been laying the foundation of the strategy by implementing the right policy, guidance and resourcing so it can quickly integrate technologies in the future.<\/p>\n

\u201cI think that is a big piece of where we are moving right now, and as you look at the next couple years, it really is about maturing that foundation,\u201d Army Chief of Information Leonel Garciga said during an AUSA panel this week. \u201cI don\u2019t care how good an algorithm is. If you don\u2019t trust the platform, or you don\u2019t trust the network, do you trust the output of that algorithm? I think the answer is no.\u201d<\/p>\n

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One of the key foundational pieces is making sure that the data being collected is properly labeled across the entire Department of Defense. This will allow the systems to communicate and scale quickly.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe\u2019ve got to ensure across all the functional communities in the Army, we have a common way of tagging, governing and ensuring that the data is accurate,\u201d said Under Secretary of the Army Gabe Camarillo, who serves as the Army\u2019s chief operating and management officer. \u201cOnce we do that, then I think we\u2019ll be able to really start humming.\u201d<\/p>\n

The Army is taking an enterprise approach to change and transform faster. It is working on a more unified and coherent network. It\u2019s changing how it trains Soldiers to use and interact with emerging technologies. It\u2019s also adopting industry best practices for software development and updating its acquisition policy.<\/p>\n

\u201cIn order for us to succeed, the challenges aren\u2019t really technical because industry has most of this stuff already figured out,\u201d Camarillo said. \u201cThe real question is how quickly can we adopt and change our processes to make the most advantageous use of capabilities that are already in the market.\u201d<\/p>\n

All this work is being done to give commanders and Soldiers on the battlefield the timely information they need to make informed decisions.<\/p>\n

\u201cSo much of what we do involves software, involves data, it\u2019s going to impact the entire range and spectrum of military operations in the future,\u201d Camarillo said. \u201cFor us to maintain [our technological] advantage, we absolutely, as an imperative, have to get this right.\u201d<\/p>\n

RELATED LINKS:<\/p>\n

Army Digital Transformation Strategy to create a more lethal, ready force<\/a><\/p>\n

AUSA 2023: Key Events<\/a><\/p>\n

ARNEWs archives<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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