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AOC 2018: US Army looks to tactical edge encryption requirements

21st November 2018 - 12:00 GMT | by Scott Gourley in Fort Bliss

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As part of the Integrated Tactical Network (ITN) concept being explored by the US Army, planners are revising the encryption requirements at the tactical edge of combat operations.

At a media briefing, during the army’s recent Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 18.2 in November, army officials described the exploration of a ‘sensitive but unclassified’ philosophy concerning data at the lowest tactical echelons.

‘The army came to the realisation that, in order to take a radio down to that lowest level, and give it Level I, highest encryption to put secret information across, reduces range, increases power consumption, increases complexity and increases

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Scott Gourley is a US-based writer on defence and security issues. A former US Army …

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