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Testing New Technologies

Aug-31-2009 » Filed Under: 3/2 SBCT , 4/2 SBCT , 5/2 SBCT

The News Tribune reports on new communication systems being used by the 3/2 SBCT and 4/2 SBCT in Iraq.

Gunmen fire on American troops in Iraq. The soldiers pursue, but they can run into problems if the terrain is unfamiliar. Landmarks are confusing. They focus on the wrong building. Or they get turned around in the urban setting.

Now, a communications system that two Fort Lewis Stryker brigades are fielding in Iraq aims to provide leaders with more real-time information – and a better chance of tracking insurgents.

The Tacticomp system can link soldiers on the ground with commanders back at the operations center, using troops’ geographical coordinates and live video from cameras soldiers carry or from drone aircraft circling overhead.


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