At the TOC, MAJ Paul Tavarone moni- tored information feeds and issued updated orders using Tactical Informa- tion Technology for Assured Networks (TITAN), another application included in the D2D evaluation. TITAN helped de-clutter the commander’s screen and filter the information to meet specific mis- sion needs, while providing a simplified template for orders that linked graphics, photos, and text to the common operat- ing picture (COP).


“I know how it works on paper and ace- tate, and doing it this way is much more efficient,” Tavarone said. “I think you can act on [information] much easier when you see it graphically, rather than just in paper form.”


COMMANDER’S PERSPECTIVE The D2D capabilities were also an improvement for those receiving the orders.


FROM INFORMATION TO ORDERS


MAJ Paul Tavarone (right) and SFC Samuel Grimes monitor information feeds and issue updated orders using Tactical Information Technology for Assured Networks, one of the applications involved in the D2D capabilities demonstration at Fort Dix.


“Being able to get the information accu- rately and quickly—without the use of the radio or a runner or things of that nature—the margin of error for not understanding the mission, or all the additional coordinating instructions, is much better,” said CPT Joseph Mucci, the Company Commander for the exer- cise. “Anyone that wants a clear picture of the battlefield, you’re going to get a lot of information. But so long as you understand what’s going on and you have a clear picture of your Soldiers and the mission, everything else is just that much more help.”


TITAN also enabled mission command systems, such as Command Post of the Future (CPOF) and Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below/Blue Force Tracking, to incorporate key data from other environments that commanders needed to make decisions, such as logistics


information on troop strength or biomet- rics information on an enemy captured at a checkpoint, said Dr. Israel Mayk, CERDEC’s Technical Lead for TITAN.


Other capabilities relevant to D2D but not shown in the vignettes were dem- onstrated separately. In one scenario, for example, the unit detected a mine- field—crucial information that Soldiers typically would have to enter manually into a series of systems before it reached the commander and the COP of the bat- tlefield. Instead, an artificial intelligence application called Warfighter Associate combed through various text chat tools, detected conversations about the mine- field, pulled out the grid coordinates, and delivered them to CPOF, averting possible danger.


“That information automatically shows up on the CPOF common operating


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