Soldiers assigned to Assault Company, 1st Battalion, 8th Infantry Regiment, 3rd Armored Brigade Combat Team, 4th Infantry Division, head out on a patrol during a field training exercise, demonstrating Next Generation Command and Control AN/PRC-166 radio technology on Fort Carson, Colorado, September 18, 2025. The NGC2 ecosystem integrated software applications, infrastructure, data, and transport into a unified operational architecture, providing commanders with real-time information to make more, better and faster decisions. (U.S. Army photo by Sgt. William Rogers)
U.S. Army Soldiers, assigned to the 6th Squadron, 8th Cavalry Regiment, and the Artificial Intelligence Integration Center, conduct drone test flights and software troubleshooting during Allied Spirit 24 at the Hohenfels Training Area, Joint Multinational Readiness Center, Germany, March 6, 2024. (U.S. Army photo by Micah Wilson)
Maj. Gen. Jeth Rey, Director, Network Cross-Functional Team, Army Futures Command, discusses data centricity for the Army of 2040 at AUSA Global Force Symposium & Exposition 2023 on May 28, 2023 in Huntsville, Alabama. (U.S. Army Photo by Patrick Hunter)
Soldiers with the 2nd Cavalry Regiment conduct dismounted operations during Dragoon Ready 2023 using the Integrated Tactical Network (ITN) capabilities. (Photo Credit: Sgt. Rebecca Call)
The Army wants to introduce more obfuscation and deception for its units and command posts to "hide in plain sight" in the spectrum, according to top officials.