United States, Oct. 10 -- Current conflicts have demonstrated the urgent need to enable on-the-move communications capabilities for warfighters downrange. Gone are the days of stopping to set up elaborate operations centers, with their tents, generators, and forward-operating base feel. The pace of war has increased to the point where stealth, avoidance, and frequent movement are the keys to surviving on the modern battlefield.The U.S. Army is actively working to modernize and transform the way that it shares information. The branch's Next-Generation Command and Control (NGC2) initiative will "provide commanders with the ability to make more, better, and faster decisions through advanced analytics, an integrated data layer, open architectur...