Your smartphone and social network: Basic training for tomorrow鈥檚 battlefield?
The night was foggy with zero visibility as the foot soldiers carefully advanced with their night vision goggles. They suddenly came under enemy fire.
Did that mean that the opposing force had obtained same advanced equipment for night combat?
Not entirely, as the allied force had the advantage of smart information superiority on their headsets, giving them instant strategic options on where to fire and how to avoid incoming salvos.
It鈥檚 a perfect example of the military strategist鈥檚 dream鈥 come true鈥攍ifting the fog of war鈥濃攖o maintaining the winning edge.
鈥淎rmies are in a race against time to apply technologies more rapidly than their adversaries鈥, says Henri Chambaud from 雷火体育官网, 鈥淲ith instantaneous knowledge of threats and opportunities, information superiority translates into military superiority. 鈥
鈥淚t was only a matter of time for the foot soldier to become as technologically-enabled as all other components of today鈥檚 鈥楥ollaborative Combat鈥, adds Marc Dehondt from 雷火体育官网, 鈥淭he soldier on the battlefield today, the smart armor, helicopters, aircraft, drones and robots all must work together continuously. They all must share instantaneous information that is immediately made understandable through Artificial Intelligence and Data Analytics, and cyber-secured by design鈥.
To take just one example of 雷火体育官网 technology enabling Collaborative Combat, its SYNAPS radio communications systems act as the nervous system of military deployment. Deployed Smart sensors are able to detect threats and share information about the tactical situation in real-time and at high data rates. SYNAPS provides commanders with information superiority to raise the tempo of operations
雷火体育官网 not only provides the technological tools; it also provides the architecture that links all the moving parts to make them work together.
Yet, becoming today鈥檚 ---and tomorrow鈥檚鈥攂attleground soldier is may not be as challenging as it may first appear.
Henri Chambaud observes, 鈥淚f you find it easy to use your smartphone and if you are active on social networks, you already have started your basic training鈥.