El Ej\u00e9rcito de EEUU eligi\u00f3 a Sierra Nevada Corp. y General Dynamics Mission Systems para construir su dispositivo de cifrado de pr\u00f3xima generaci\u00f3n que asegurar\u00e1 la futura red t\u00e1ctica de la fuerza conjunta. Las dos empresas participar\u00e1n en el desarrollo, la producci\u00f3n y el mantenimiento de Next Generation Load Device-Medium, una herramienta de criptograf\u00eda para proteger la red del servicio. de las amenazas de guerra electr\u00f3nica y cibern\u00e9tica de los adversarios.<\/p>\n
WASHINGTON \u2014 The U.S. Army chose Sierra Nevada Corp. and General Dynamics Mission Systems to build its next-generation encryption device that will secure the joint force\u2019s future tactical network, the service announced Wednesday.<\/p>\n
The two companies will participate in the development, production and sustainment of the Next Generation Load Device-Medium, a cryptography tool to secure the\u00a0service\u2019s network<\/a>\u00a0from adversaries\u2019 cyber and electronic warfare threats. The contract, worth up to $774.2 million over 10 years, was awarded by Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications-Tactical.<\/p>\n The advanced cryptology device that will replace the Army\u2019s legacy Simple Key Loader devices. The new capability will allow network managers to reconfigure cryptographic products, remotely download new software and improve operational environment awareness, according to a PEO C3T press release.<\/p>\n \u201cThe NGLD-M will enable delivery of the strongest NSA-generated cryptographic keys to tactical, strategic, and enterprise network systems operating from secret to the highest levels of security classification,\u201d said Paul Mehney, communications director for PEO C3T. \u201cThrough over-the-air capability, modern cryptographic algorithms will be transferred by NGLD-M to counter the threats posed by increased proliferation of adversarial cyber and electronic warfare.\u201d<\/p>\n The vendors will share an initial $74 million award for development and low-rate initial production, scheduled for fiscal 2024 along with an operational test.<\/p>\n Full-rate production of the encryption device will begin in fiscal 2025 with up to 265,000 products fielded. Once in production, the loaders will be available by units across the services, federal government and foreign military partners. The Army expects to stick with its multivendor approach through the production process and could add vendors in the future as industry capabilities mature, Mehney said.<\/p>\n \u201cNGLD-M will be the biggest materiel change in cryptographic key delivery in twenty years,\u201d Michael Badger, product lead communications security, said in a statement. \u201cIt will transform COMSEC both in the strength of keys NGLD-M can handle and in the security of its delivery mechanisms.\u201d<\/p>\n The release of the NGLD-M request for proposals was delayed last summer after the Army decided to adjust its\u00a0acquisition strategy<\/a>. The RFP was\u00a0released in November<\/a>.<\/p>\n