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It is a frequently overlooked fact that much of the U.S. Army Transformation now taking place within the interim brigade combat teams has absolutely nothing to do with the Stryker family of wheeled armored vehicles; rather, it is in the support systems and subsystems where many of the Army's key transformational capabilities are being introduced, explored and expanded. A case in point involves the Trojan Special Purpose Integrated Remote Intelligence Terminal, Lightweight Integrated Telecommunications Equipment (TROJAN SPIRIT LITE).
The latest member of the TROJAN SPIRIT family is based on the AN/ TSQ-190(V) TROJAN SPIRIT II. Fielded to Army divisions, corps and echelons above corps (EAC), the TROJAN SPIRIT II provides commanders with worldwide tactical to strategic connectivity and access into classified networks-not provided by other systems-to support near real time intelligence information requirements and force protection. As such, TROJAN SPIRIT provides critical support.
"It provides the commanders reach back [capabilities] into national networks and databases to support military intelligence, force protection and other military requirements," explained Ken Chaney, chief, Trojan Systems Integration and Fielding Office (SIFO), U.S. Army Communications Electronics Command (CECOM).
CECOM's Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate (I^sup 2^WD)-now part of U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command (Provisional), Fort Monmouth, N.J.-is the material developer for the TROJAN family, including TROJAN SPIRIT II and TROJAN SPIRIT LITE. The combat developer is the U.S. Army Intelligence Center & Fort Huachuca, Ariz., with the U.S. Army Intelligence and Security Command, TROJAN Management Office, serving as executive agent for the system.
The TROJAN system was originally fielded in the early 1990s. "The first prototypes were fielded in Desert Shield and Desert Storm," Chaney said. "There were 13 prototypes built in Vint Hill Farm, Va. That's where our organization used to be. They were built in 39 days and fielded to Saudi Arabia. Nobody wanted to give...