OFFICIALS OUTLINE NEW RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN VEHICLES AND NETWORK

/ August 10, 2009 at 5:00 AM
The Army's emerging concept for its new ground combat vehicle calls for a very different relationship with the battle command network than that of the manned ground vehicles developed as part of the Future Combat Systems program, according to service officials. The new vehicle concept, which the service's Training and Doctrine command is developing, moves away from network-dependent platforms to instead rely on network-enabled battle command systems, service officials told Inside the Army in an interview last week. "Our ability...

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