Resilient Networks for Persevering National Defense

Erupting conflict that broke out in Eastern Europe in early 2022 captivated global attention and demonstrated a direct connection between mission success and the ability to assure resilient communications across the battlespace.

While the size of - and technology investments made by - the Russian forces were overwhelming compared to the indigenous Ukrainian national defense, intelligence has suggested that Russian communications infrastructure was poor from the inception of the attacks in February. According to a report published in March by the Royal United Services Institute, this led to makeshift solutions including unencrypted high-frequency radio and mobile phones to relay information and battle orders.

Lessons learned from this years military operations renewed efforts throughout the world to bolster both sovereign communications network and defensive electronic warfare infrastructures. A pronounced message has been received by military decision makers: the next conflict will require resilient interoperability across domains, services and coalition forces.

If we're looking to see how a modern battlefield is impacted by EW and cyber warfare, we need to look no further than what is going on right now in Eastern Europe, Lt. Gen. Maria Gervais, deputy commanding general at U.S. Army Training and Doctrine Command, said, according to Defense News. Everything that we are seeing in Ukraine has implications for a unified network, and almost certainly represents the type of threats we will see.

This reality comes as no surprise to L3Harris Technologies, which has been providing a portfolio of advanced solutions into Ukraine and other countries to enable coalition force cooperation across land, air, sea and space.

The company further partners with in-country companies of its customers to establish integration services, support, infrastructure and sovereign capabilities for larger systems, Faisal Munir, L3Harris vice president of International Business Development, added.

ENABLING INTEROPERABILITY

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