Situational Awareness/Marines
posted on
Nov 29, 2010 02:50PM
http://www.afcea.org/signal/articles/templates/Signal_Article_Template.asp?articleid=2434&zoneid=285
There is more about the project but this stood out for me:
JBC-P program personnel declined to comment on specific handheld devices being evaluated because of proprietary reasons, but some companies already have signaled their intent to compete in the handheld device market. Lockheed Martin announced in June that it has developed a ruggedized Tactical Digital Assistant for dismounted forces. Billed as being compatible with both FBCB2 and emerging JBC-P requirements, the device reportedly allows dismounted soldiers to communicate securely and share vital situational awareness data with mounted forces. It supports full-motion video and sensor command and control, and can host the Google Android operating system. Lockheed also announced in June that it has constructed a new JBC-P systems integration and demonstration center in Orlando, Florida, which immerses visitors in an audiovisual battlefield simulation, demonstrating the overall JBC-P command and control vision. The center uses open-architecture hardware to illustrate the sharing of situational awareness and command and control data among air and ground platforms, dismounted soldiers and tactical operations centers.