Program Manager: Mr. Jeffery Paul
Mission:
Current military operations are focusing efforts on urban and asymmetric warfare, as well as distributed operations, but small unit leaders lack the capability to issue commands and share mission-relevant information in an urban environment non-line-of-sight. Various factors that can impact mission effectiveness and tempo of operations are:
- Leaders communicate by shouting and hand signals;
- Teams operate within earshot and line-of-sight;
- Intra-squad radios are hard to hear; and
- Leaders must stop to use handheld displays.
Military operations in the urban terrain (extensive areas with hostile forces, non-combatant populations, and complex infrastructure) require special capabilities and agility to conduct close-combat operations under highly dynamic, adverse conditions. In short, tactical leaders need the ability to adapt on the move, coordinate small unit actions and execute commands across a wider area of engagement. Significant tactical advantages could be realized through the small unit leader’s ability to intuitively generate/route commands and timely actionable combat information to the appropriate team or individual warfighter in a readily understood format that avoids information overload.
