Bat­tle­field net­work con­nec­tiv­ity: U.S. Army Builds Small Unit Net Cloud

The Army took a big step for­ward in its quest for the “holy grail” of bat­tle­field net­work con­nec­tiv­ity: pro­vid­ing satel­lite imagery, video feeds from aer­ial drones, text mes­sag­ing and more robust com­mu­ni­ca­tions to small net­worked teams on the move through rough ter­rain. The idea is to cre­ate a pla­toon or smaller unit com­puter “cloud” that can move with the sol­dier as they move.


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