Army Soldiers Strap Smartphones to Chests in Push for Faster Battlefield Decisions
Roughly 10,000 soldiers tested the devices with the Android Team Awareness Kit app as the Army weighs wider deployment.
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Army Soldiers Strap Smartphones to Chests in Push for Faster Battlefield Decisions
In the dust of Fort Irwin, California, soldiers from the 4th Infantry Division moved through an urban training lane. Some checked ammunition. Others glanced down at devices fixed to their chests. The smartphones, ruggedized and stripped of consumer features, displayed live maps. Friendly icons moved in real time. Rough enemy positions appeared as red markers. This scene, captured last month during Project Convergence Capstone, reflects a deliber…
These smartphones on soldiers' chests are becoming an important tool in the US Army's plans for a high-tech fight
The End User Devices are attached to soldiers' chests and run on batteries carried on their backs.US Army photo by Sgt. Nathan Arellano TlaczaniUS Army soldiers are using smartphones mounted on their chests for mapping and communicating.Soldiers found the End User Devices useful but ran into connection issues and said they still need physical backups.Army leaders used a recent exercise to assess how many soldiers should have the devices.The sold…
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