COTS Journal, May 2021

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SPECIAL FEATURE

The Future Framework for the Integrated Battlefield from GET Engineering By John Reardon, Editor The The Arm Forces continues to find answers to complex networking solutions from GET Engineering. GET known for its intent to do the right thing for its clients for the past 3 decades, has introduced a solution that draws upon their experience to address the needs of here and now. Initiatives such as the Air Force’s Joint all Domain C2 (or JADC2) or the Army’s Sensor-to-Shooter are based on the premise that a connected battlefield will be able to take advantage of the next generation of machine learning and GET plans to be on the front line. The goal of having a highly integrated battlefield is not just a bunch of communications people, it is a warfighting business, explained Marine Corp Lt. General Dennis Crall. Crall is

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the Joint Staff ’s director of command, control, communications, and computers – referred to as the J-6. He goes on to explain how combining sensors through communications across all domains is a priority that demands a sense of urgency. That the communication framework will support the Five-Eye allies early in the process to assure their support and integration. This includes the United States, the United Kingdom, Australia, Canada, and New Zealand. Having thoroughly discussed the concept, they all were forthcoming in sharing their data for the benefit of all. It was acknowledged that working with the industry by adopting best practices will assure that everyone doesn’t run off and do something incompatible. Making systems interoperable is difficult in the data center, but to

affirm that interoperable truly means they work together when deployed, Crall has set off to define a framework that will draw upon known commercial standards that meets the need of the warfighter. It was clear to the leadership of GET that by combining the best of the commercial world and their knowledge of the defense market, that they could provide a solution that would address the complexities of what the next generation warfighters face. From field-deployed GPUs and other high-power compute engines, the need for a rugged, performance-oriented router that can deliver high speed, secure data was a must. The need to put these routers into the field at the edge and affirm they meet the


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