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get fed through the unit and immediately populate the common operating picture to inform decision-makers at a higher level.”
Not only does Nett Warrior deliver increased situational awareness and command-and-control communication, but it also enables more efficient mission planning and execution.
CHECKING IN
A Soldier from the 2/506, 101st Airborne Division checks his Nett Warrior end user device during a full mission test at a Soldier touchpoint event at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, February. (Photo by Justin Sweet, PEO Soldier)
“Usually it takes hours or days to plan a mission once it comes down,” said Ellis. “Then we sit down and build a sand table and they say, ‘Hey, this is what we're doing,’ so you don't really get to see that 3D aspect of it. Now, once we know we have to hit this village, we can get it planned out pretty quickly, push the mission package out to the other guys, and knock that mission out.”
Nett Warrior end user device [EUD]. Tose all feed straight into the ENVG-B goggles so the Soldiers don't have to open up their EUD and they can keep moving and seeing those graphical icons.”
When the high-resolution ENVG-Bs are paired with a Nett Warrior device, the Android Tactical Assault Kit uses augmented reality applications to overlay map graphics and blue force tracking capa- bilities for increased situational awareness, communication and mission planning across day and night operations. Soldiers can also enter enemy icons on the EUD and share with others across their network.
“Te Nett Warrior technology gives us a better understanding of what we're getting ready to go do, and helps us battle plan and track each other,” said Williams.
Te Nett Warrior feature not only enables increased situational awareness for the dismounted leader, but higher command
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and control as well. Nett Warrior is equipped with a dual channel multi-band radio, which enables communication and data sharing on a much larger scale.
“Tese systems help make communica- tion to leadership easier because sometimes things get hectic out there and I might stumble up, but now even if I can't talk at the moment I can hit a button and push everything that I have on my Nett Warrior out to my chain of command so they know exactly what I’ve got going on,” said Williams.
“It also reduces the potential for fratricide issues and can help units link up with each other, especially if they need to remain in radio silence,” added Kelso. “Tere is consistent visibility of where those blue forces are on the battlefield, and with its dynamic refresh rate feature, it refreshes more often based on the Soldier’s move- ment. When identifying either potential or known enemies, that information can also
Mission planning with Nett Warrior is not only more efficient, but also more compre- hensive. “When you mission plan with the Nett Warrior system, you can show that we're hitting this building here and then you can plan out, since we're hitting this building we can put up support by fire here, the weapons go here, and build from the same operating picture that everyone sees,” Ellis said. “It's a really nice concept because everyone can see exactly the lay of the land and exactly what you're doing in advance, before even going in.”
Te FWS-I optic feeds the view of the weapon sight into the ENVG-B goggle display, allowing Soldiers to accurately identify and engage targets at increased ranges without physically being face to face and without the need for a laser.
“Te FWS-I is mounted in front of the Soldier’s day optic on their M4, which allows you to passively engage targets in a multitude of ranges, out to the max effec- tive range of the weapon,” said Kelso. “You can actually detect targets beyond
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Summer 2021
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