Mark Pomerleau
AUGUSTA, Ga. — As the Army is reintroducing electronic warfare capability to formations, it’s looking to give them more cyber weapons as well.
Particularly, with divisions as the main units of action going forward, the service is aiming to add cyber tools at that echelon in the next two years.
While the Army has been on a path to introduce certain capabilities, largely through Radio Frequency-enabled cyber, it is building out new forces to provide cyber power for commanders on the battlefield.
“When we think about it today, we recognize that there needs to be something at division level, because your ability to understand the IP space, understand the networks that you’re operating within, while you’re defending your own and finding potential to work against an adversary’s, there needs to be something within the tactical formations,” Maj. Gen. Ryan Janovic, commander of the Cyber Center of Excellence, said in an interview this week at the TechNet Augusta conference. “We have the cyber mission force, but its ability to focus that level is challenged by the demand that’s put upon it for other priorities, serving geographic combatant commands.”
The cyber mission force includes the 147 teams that the military services provide to U.S. Cyber Command to conduct operations. They are largely aimed at the strategic level and have historically focused on Internet Protocol-based targets, conducting operations from remote locations.
Increasingly, there are targets that either aren’t reachable through IP networks or remote access might not be possible, necessitating the need for more expeditionary cyber capabilities and units. Additionally, maneuver commanders may need certain digital tools on the ground to support their activities.
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