If you can't move on the modern battlefield, then you probably can't survive. The system is called Warfighter Information Network - Tactical, or WIN-T. The initial increment of WIN-T for communicating while halted was fielded fast because soldiers desperately needed better battlefield links in the fog of war that was Iraq. It says a lot about how scarce Army modernization funds are today that planners can't find the money to fix this urgent problem fast. The company calls its plan "6X5", because six brigade sets would be bought annually for five straight years.

Source: Forbes March 09, 2017 15:13 UTC