DELIVERING TECHNOLOGY
Vision: Soldiers at the tactical edge have trusted and responsive sensors, communications, and information adaptable in dynamic, austere environments to support battlefield operations and non-kinetic warfare. Our strategy is to invest in technologies that increase capability, performance, and affordability of Army C3I Systems.
Communications Mission Command
The C3I Portfolio is focused on harnessing next-generation computing, sensing, electronics, and communications technology as a way to empower and unburden Soldiers by improving their situational awareness (SA) on
While also focused on mid- and long- term developments, the C3I Portfolio is heavily immersed in tracking and harnessing the latest commercial, government, industry, academic, and laboratory progress to accommodate the fast pace of technological change.
For example, our Nett Warrior program succeeded in harvesting the latest in technological innovation with respect to handheld, smartphone-like mobile tech- nology. Nett Warrior is a Soldier-worn dismounted mission command system that provides unprecedented command and control and SA capability to sup- port the mission of the dismounted combat leader.
Nett Warrior includes a smartphone-like electronic display device that graphically shows Soldiers’ locations on a digital map that can be shared on the Army network.
Sensors
Nett Warrior also uses software-program- mable radio capability in the form of a Joint Tactical Radio System handheld,
Software-programmable radio can trans- mit larger Internet Protocol packets of voice, data, images, and video across the force in real time, in some cases using high-bandwidth waveforms.
Also, the S&T community successfully developed an improved, man-portable target acquisition and laser designation system called the Target Location and lighter-weight than similar previous or existing technologies, the system transitioned to PORs in 2011 with PEO Soldier.
The new programs are called the Lightweight Laser Designator Targeting System.
The C3I Portfolio staff is also working diligently on a number of key areas, such as tactical multifunction electronic war- fare planning, jamming techniques for counter-IED missions, and electro-optic/
Intelligence / Electronic Warfare
infrared/radio frequency countermea- sures for helicopter survivability.
Basic Research is a key portfolio wherein we look to identify or discover paradigm- changing, next-generation fundamental science and foundational technology that has the potential to provide the future Army with quantum leaps forward in capability.
We are now conducting Basic Research with a mind to what new capabilities might emerge in the 2030 to 2050 timeframe.
What is interesting about Basic Research is that it often uncovers substantial inno- vations that are not fully recognized at the time of discovery.
What we now know and value as light- weight laser designation has such a research history. While some of the laser-related research history reaches to the 1950s, in - widely used in the U.S. military until the mid-1980s.
As a result, today we strive to inspire and empower our laboratories, academic partners, and industry colleagues to
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