NETCOM Showcases Global Network Capabilities at TechNet Augusta 2026
Held Aug. 17 through 20, TechNet Augusta focused on command and control and counter-command and control in support of Army warfighting. The conference brought together military, government, industry and academic leaders to examine how innovative and interoperable technologies could be delivered to warfighters with greater speed and efficiency.
NETCOM served as the Army's global integrator of information, connecting enterprise information technology with tactical warfighters across every theater. The command supported more than 1.1 million Army 365 users, approximately 200,000 SIPR users, 20,000 mobile devices and roughly 10,000 cyber and IT professionals worldwide.
At the same time, NETCOM operated and defended the Army's global network against approximately one million cyber-attacks each day, providing the secure information infrastructure required to support command and control and multi-domain operations.
The command's presence at TechNet Augusta provided an opportunity to demonstrate how that global mission translated into tangible capabilities.
NETCOM subject matter experts participated in multiple technical sessions throughout the conference, engaging directly with Army organizations and industry partners on the future of the Unified Network. Topics included identity and access management, classified directory services, global network transport, secure classified networking and enterprise computing.
The sessions included discussions of the Master Army Provisioning System, Army Unified Directory Services Classified, the Global Secure Network, the Army Global Unified Network, Army Enterprise Computing capabilities and more. NETCOM experts also contributed to discussions on intelligence support for signal operations and network modernization.
Rather than presenting these capabilities in isolation, NETCOM used the sessions to demonstrate how individual technologies contributed to a larger enterprise architecture designed to connect the Army from the strategic level to the tactical edge.
That effort was reflected in the presentation by NETCOM Commanding General Maj. Gen. Jacqueline D. McPhail, "Forging the Global Warfighting Platform: Operationalizing the Unified Network Now for 2030 and Beyond." The presentation focused on operationalizing the Unified Network and connecting network modernization to the Army's future warfighting requirements.
The transformation centered on Zero Trust, modernization of the network fabric and data-centric command and control. Together, these efforts were intended to reduce the seams between enterprise and tactical networks while providing commanders with secure and reliable access to the information and applications required to make decisions.
McPhail also participated in "AI, ADOCs, and All Things Cyber," a senior-level discussion examining artificial intelligence, Army data operations and cybersecurity. The panel brought together leaders from across the Army and Department of Defense to address the challenges associated with employing emerging technologies at operational speed.
For NETCOM, the discussion reinforced a fundamental relationship between artificial intelligence and the network. AI capabilities required trusted data, resilient infrastructure, secure transport and effective cybersecurity. NETCOM's role was to provide and defend the global information environment through which those capabilities could operate.
The command's participation also underscored the importance of partnership.
Modernizing the Army's network required more than technological investment. It required continuous collaboration between operational formations, Army technical organizations, government leaders and industry. TechNet Augusta provided a forum for those organizations to exchange ideas, communicate requirements, examine emerging technologies and identify solutions to complex operational challenges.
NETCOM's technical experts provided industry partners with insight into the Army's requirements while gaining access to commercial innovation and specialized expertise. That exchange helped connect technology development with the realities of operating a global military network in contested environments.
The partnership was particularly important as the Army continued its transition toward a unified, data-centric warfighting platform capable of supporting multi-domain operations.
For NETCOM, the objective remained clear: integrate, modernize and defend the network so commanders and Soldiers could fight, move and communicate with confidence.
Through continued collaboration with Army and industry partners, NETCOM would continue reducing technical seams, strengthening cybersecurity, modernizing network infrastructure and extending enterprise capabilities toward the tactical edge.
TechNet Augusta demonstrated that the future of Army command and control depended not on any single network, application or technology, but on the ability to integrate them into a resilient global platform.
NETCOM remained at the center of that effort, working with its partners to ensure the Army's information advantage remained available wherever and whenever the force needed it.
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