Army's "Future Force Warrior" passes major milestone
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The US Army's 'Future Force Warrior' (FFW) is closer to being fielded as the Ground Soldier System after it demonstrated its electronic networking capability in August 2006. The FFW Advanced Technology Demonstration will be concluded by the end of 2007, with participation in Command, Control, Communications and Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) On-The-Move (OTM) 07 and Air Assault Expeditionary Force/Spiral D serving as the culminating events.
Publication Name: Military Technology
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0722-3226
Year: 2006
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Active protection systems (APS) for the US Army: Future force capabilities to meet current force needs
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Armour alone can no longer fulfill US Army's platform protection needs as per the Future threats and the Future Force's combined requirements for mobility, transportability and protection. Consequently, Programme Manage Unit of Action (PM UA) is developing an integrated hit-avoidance suite that will work with in conjunction with other networked survivability measures to protect the Future Combat Systems.
Publication Name: Military Technology
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0722-3226
Year: 2006
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Total asset visibility: RFID efforts support seamless asset tracking for the 21st century army
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The location and status of every asset belonging to the US Army is provided by Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tagging and tracking. RFID-related technologies need to be sufficiently advanced to meet the requirements of a seamless Total Asset Visibility (TAV) architecture and the several key technology areas that must be worked upon, to achieve such a target are discussed.
Publication Name: Military Technology
Subject: Military and naval science
ISSN: 0722-3226
Year: 2006
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