Combat ID and Situational Awareness Technologies for the Protection of Disadvantaged Troops
Authors: Dr Grigorios Koutsogiannis and Dr Craig Wrigley
Recent developments in technology have allowed the introduction of numerous sensors and systems that enable fast information exchange within battlespace. Different users are faced with different requirements as dictated by the missions in which they are involved. To complicate matters further, the tempo of modern warfare has made conventional communication tactics inefficient and rendered them unable to provide up-to-date and precise information to the participating units over a wide area. As a result, even in the most advanced armies, blue-on-blue incidents are still occurring.