Speaking at the recent Network Enabled Operations conference in Arlington, Virginia, Colonel John Morrison, the U.S. Army's LandWarNet/Battle command director, said the military branch is looking to expand its net-centric architecture.

The Army already relies on a net-centric architecture approach to maintain efficiency for battlefield networks, but now wants to involve individual soldiers, according to a Defense Systems report on the colonel's speech.

Morrison said the Army will first build and extend network capability to as many units and formations as possible. The military is also looking to add a capable and affordable mobile digital company command post, he said.

Currently, the Army's service is far from achieving full enterprise efficiency, but expanding its net-centric architecture will extend the network from headquarters to the field.

According to a recent report from Pyramid Research, more organizations figure to adopt a net-centric architecture during the coming years. The report found a "significant amount" of respondents were willing to spend a large chunk of their IT budget - between 10 and 20 percent - on a net-centric architecture. And nearly 60 percent have already deployed a managed service, having done so for one to four years, according to the report.