The Office of the Under Secretary of Defense for Research and Engineering and the Indiana National Guard have tested technologies designed to establish resilient communications among warfighters during the inaugural joint Technology Readiness Experimentation 2023.
During TREX23-1, the OUSD(R&E)’s Mission Capabilities Office used signal devices, cyber protection tools, counterintelligence systems and surveillance and reconnaissance equipment in a mock disaster scenario where resilient communications had to be re-established for non-combatant evacuation operations, the Department of Defense said Tuesday.
Lessons learned from the scenario will inform future technology development and transition initiatives.
“TREX is a new and enduring campaign of experimentation developed to support the Rapid Defense Experimentation Reserve initiative,” said Thomas Browning, deputy chief technology officer for mission capabilities at OUSD(R&E).
“A key attribute of RDER is the focus on a campaign of experimentation that enables the collection of a body of evidence to accelerate technology transition to the field,” Browning added.
TREX23-1was held at Camp Atterbury in Indiana and saw the participation of more than 300 attendees, including representatives from the U.K. and Australia.
