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2007-06-30 Great White North

Canadian forces seek data fusion capability

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Posted by lotp 2007-06-30 00:00|| || Front Page|| [2 views ] Top

#1 The Canadians on the ground in Afghanistan are rock solid. Real time second guessing from Ottawa isn't going to help them do their jobs.

Posted by Classical_Liberal 2007-06-30 00:39|| 2007-06-30 00:39|| Front Page Top

#2 .....joint information and intelligence fusion capability project, said the idea is to provide a toolset for the commands to put together the mission picture.

Please replace highlight word with "soldiers."

Posted by Besoeker 2007-06-30 08:17|| 2007-06-30 08:17|| Front Page Top

#3 For now the correct word is "commands" ... but understood to apply at all echelons.

In the US, it's the Common Operational Picture, available across the services to commanders from the theater level down to tactical ops centers. Some capabilities in place now, others to come.

For it to get to the individual soldier level we need to deploy some of the equipment from the Future Combat Systems suite. Although, there have been some creative uses of ruggedized PDAs which have been through tactical testing and are being/going to be fielded shortly IIUC. For example, the Commanders Digital Assistant, which collects real time info at the platoon level, collates it and pushes a fused map of incidents and info back down to platoons and squads on patrol.

Posted by lotp 2007-06-30 08:30|| 2007-06-30 08:30|| Front Page Top

#4 From USJFCOM:
Common Operation Picture (COP) - A single identical display of relevant information shared by more than one command. A common operational picture facilitates collaborative planning and assists all echelons to achieve situational awareness.

Common Relevant Operational Picture (CROP) - A presentation of timely, fused, accurate, and relevant information that can be tailored to meet the requirements of the joint force commander and the joint force and is common to every organization and individual involved in a joint operation. Click here for more information regarding CROP.

I'm not a soldier, but according to the Army War College's study of the first year in Iraq, even our initial efforts at a COP which fused human, UAV and other sensor data was of significant impact on combat and post-combat operations.

Posted by lotp 2007-06-30 08:33|| 2007-06-30 08:33|| Front Page Top

#5 Data Fusion!
I figure that's what, 20 years or so away?

Posted by Shipman 2007-06-30 20:26|| 2007-06-30 20:26|| Front Page Top

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