La Pinerolo has concluded the 1ª SIO 2019

(To Army Majority State)
29/05/19

The training activities aimed at achieving the operational capabilities of the units subject to the Joint Rapid Reaction Force (JRRF) and those connected with the Forza NEC (Network Enabled Capability) Project Campaign with the 1 ^ Integration Session were completed. Operational (SIO) 2019 conducted by the "Pinerolo" brigade.

The exercise, which started in early May, saw the brigade and the dependent regiments operate with other units of very high specialized connotations belonging to the whole Army, deployed simultaneously in the polygons of Torre di Nebbia (BA) and Torre Veneri (LE). The purpose of the exercise was to acquire an effective ability to operate completely digitally, using the Command and Control systems, tactical means, as well as individual equipment, within the program called "Safe Soldier".

The commander of the Southern Operational Forces, general of the army corps Rosario Castellano, accompanied by the commander of the Acqui division, division general Fabio Polli participated in the final phase of the exercise. Brigadier General Francesco Bruno, commander of the “Pinerolo” mechanized brigade, explained the activities carried out by the units participating in the 1st SIO during a briefing. General Castellano visited the digitized command posts deployed in the polygon and attended a level exercise Digitized Tactical Group, engaged in a stabilization operation of a crisis area. Through the use of the communication systems of the digitized command posts, the commander of the Southern Operative Forces was able to appreciate all the phases of the maneuver conducted simultaneously by the units deployed in the polygons of Torre di Nebbia and Torre Veneri.

In greeting all the staff present, General Castellano complimented the level of training achieved, the motivation of the personnel employed and the skills expressed both in operations on the national territory and abroad, not only by the "Pinerolo" brigade but by all the members who participated in the exercise.

In the course of the technical - tactical activity, the synergy between the systems and the means has allowed to obtain a flow of communications between Digitized Command Posts (geolocalised navigation, formatted messages, observation management, identification and engagement of targets), with the consequent knowledge in real time of the friendly and enemy tactical situation. During the 1 ^ SIO, for the first time, the systems for implementing security in the management of information data flows were experimented, the use of new UAV (Unmanned Aerial Vehicle) remotely piloted aircraft by the Tactical Information Brigade (BITAT), as well as the systems that will allow the interoperability of the Command and Control capacities between the Army component with the Naval Landing Forces and with the Air Force systems to collect information regarding the positions of the ground units and transfer them digitally to the air support structures that request them. The Forza NEC project, a joint Defense-Industry project, aims to reduce communication and information acquisition times in military operations by means of new information technologies.