The Paradigm-Changing, Data Sharing Breakthroughs at Project Convergence ’21

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By Kris Osborn – President & Editor-In-Chief, Warrior Maven

Seconds after a group of enemy fighters emerge from behind a ridge, U.S. Army soldiers discern and transmit location and targeting details across an entire dismounted unit using software programmable radio-generated high-bandwidth waveforms to instantly network data.

Perhaps then a drone, helicopter or nearby ground unit can instantly respond to counterattack with precision? 

Extending beyond this self-contained ad-hoc network wherein each radio is itself also a wireless router linking other nodes, what if this terrestrial connectivity could also send time-sensitive data to a command center equipped with Medium or Low Earth Orbit Satellite terminals? 

In this instance, key combat details can not only be networked across a deployed force in a specific geographical area of operations, but commanders and decision-makers potentially thousands of miles away might also see crucial information in real time. 

This kind of technical capacity, long on the radar and under development by Army networking engineers, can extend command and control and combat situational awareness across thousands of miles, giving decision makers an ability to receive an integrated battlefield picture. Not only that, commanders can then offer input, direct resources or make crucial maneuver decisions based upon new, incoming threat information.