"I think the most important thing that I'm communicating to industry is that we need a flexible network in the future," Mark Kitz, leader of PEO C3T, told Breaking Defense. "And we need to be able to iterate our programs so we can have that flexible network in the future."
"I don't want one teammate. I want a team of industry that's going after this really robust set of applications that modernizes this sort of monolithic, single application," Mark Kitz told Breaking Defense.
"It will provide commercial SATCOM subscription services, which include SATCOM coverage in different locations, terminals, bandwidth, training if required by the unit and help desk services," Paul Mehney, public communications director for Army PEO C3T, told Breaking Defense.
“I think across our entire portfolio, there are opportunities for us to simplify and deliver capabilities that allow for our units to have a more flexible network infrastructure,” Mark Kitz said.
No current contracts, awards, jobs or physical moves are being affected by the PEOs restructuring, an Army spokesman said, but the reorg aims to streamline technical capabilities.
The service credited Maj. Gen. Anthony Potts with "postur[ing] the Army to deliver a data-centric optimized network design for a division fighting formation that will support the Army of 2030."
Mark Kitz succeeds Maj. Gen. Anthony Potts, who led the office since June last year.
The way the historic PEO organizations were initially set up was “for a reason,” but now the Army is modernizing, and the shift is needed to support its unified network, Young Bang said.
The Army has nixed future "Capability Set" upgrade packages for brigade networks in favor of smaller, more frequent updates, with the most complex technology reserved for division and corps HQs.