Deployments, pandemic interrupted Integrated Tactical Network testing

By Evan Ochsner / January 28, 2022 at 1:14 PM
The Army's Integrated Tactical Network requires further testing after earlier exercises were interrupted by deployments and the pandemic, according to an annual report by the Pentagon's chief weapons tester issued this week. The deployment of the 82nd Airborne Division forced the cancellation of a soldier touchpoint scheduled to occur in early 2020, so a full Operational Readiness Assessment was not completed before the fielding decision was made, according to the report and an Army spokesman. The Army tried to make...

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