Laser and microwave weapons are considered critical elements of layered defense, or having different countermeasures ready to thwart different threats.
Capability Set 23 provisions include cellular hot spots for vehicles, improved GPS routing and modernized radios for rapid exchanges with command posts.
“We’re going to see if it’s ITN equipment on there that’s giving them some issues,” the product manager said, “or if it’s the type of Stryker they have.”
“The airborne brigade at JBER will retain its airborne status but the Stryker brigade up here [at Wainwright] will be turning in their Stryker vehicles and transforming into a light infantry brigade."