Soldier networks.I liked your recent article in the February issue (Soldiers on the Move Have Yet to Profit From Information Age, page 44). I would like to clarify a few points that I think are important. You point out the networking challenges below the battalion and company level. While this is true for light infantry infantry soldiers selected and trained for rapid evolutions. See also: Light , we deliver this capability to mechanized mech·a·nize tr.v. mech·a·nized, mech·a·niz·ing, mech·a·niz·es 1. To equip with machinery: mechanize a factory. 2. brigade combat teams down to the platoon level. More important than MicroLight microlight or microlite Noun a very small private aircraft with large wings microlight n → ultraligero microlight n being a line-of-sight radio is the fact that it's a networking radio offering simultaneous voice, video, data and situational awareness tracking. Additionally the article talks about the limited bandwidth of the radio. In fact, the radio is currently being employed for Land Warrior, using about a third of its capability. The dismounted soldiers do not have to ration bandwidth to maintain voice and data. The soldiers don't control this--it's controlled by the network. Rationing bandwidth to maintain voice and data is not an issue. Additionally, dismounted soldiers do not have to rely on Stryker. Also, the ITT ITT Initial Teacher Training (UK) ITT I Think That ITT Invitation To Tender ITT Individual Time Trial (professional cycling) ITT Intention-To-Treat ITT In This Thread (forums) "sidehat" radio cannot yet run the EPLRS EPLRS Enhanced Position Location and Reporting System (also seen as EPLARS) waveform, as the story reported, because we haven't yet provided that capability to ITT. MB Hodgkiss Raytheon Network Centric Systems |
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