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With UNO, Army intends to stop battling its own network

Federal News Network

The Army has a plan to no longer “fight the network.” Through the Unified Network Operations (UNO), initiative, the Army wants to create an agile, software-defined network that is easy to set up and use. The Army is laying the groundwork for this new network set up under UNO in a new draft request for proposals that Lt.

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Army’s latest pivot in its network modernization journey

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The Army is expanding its approach to network modernization. We have invested significant money in our network infrastructure for brigades and battalions our lower echelons of the Army. How will our network when a division employs? How will the division employ their network? But Army leaders, more specifically Lt.

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EchoStar Finalizes Dish Network Acquisition; Hamid Akhavan Quoted

GovCon Wire

EchoStar (Nasdaq: SATS), the parent company of broadband satellite services provider Hughes Network Systems, has closed its purchase of Dish Network in a transaction that strengthens its position as a global terrestrial and non-terrestrial connectivity provider to government and business customers.

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5G: The Transformation of Defense Networks

FedInsider

Friday, October 13, 2023 | 2:00PM EDT | 1 Hour | 1 CPE In 2022, the Department of Defense created a cross-functional team to accelerate the adoption of 5G and future-generation wireless networking technologies, laying the foundation for new opportunities to implement innovative solutions to military needs. and its allies and partners.

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TechNet Augusta 2024: The Army’s Network Is ‘Becoming a Weapon System’

FedTech Magazine

The layered, unified network is secured, allowing for a forward observer to receive intelligence and call for fire — where warfighters radio in for artillery support — with a shot occurring in under three minutes.

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DOD Drives New Interest in 5G Networks Across Government

FedTech Magazine

Upgrading to a 5G network is a simple matter for citizens; our carriers and phones do it for us. The NDAA requires the Defense Department to develop private 5G networks at military bases and other DOD facilities. The NDAA requires the Defense Department to develop private 5G networks at military bases and other DOD facilities.

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Peraton, Rivada Partner for LEO Network Capability Development

ExecutiveBiz

Peraton has partnered with German company Rivada Space Networks to develop an ultra-secure low-Earth orbit network to support mission-critical U.S. OuterNET, the world’s first unified global communications network, keeps data in space from origin to destination, offering […] government communications globally.