Approaches for Edge-Enabled Tactical Systems
Abstract
The Software Engineering Institute (SEI) is a federally funded research and development center at Carnegie Mellon University. The SEI works with defense and government organizations, industry, and academia to improve software-reliant systems. As part of its mission, the SEI funds several internal research and development (IRAD) projects each year. This year, the SEI is funding the Edge-Enabled Tactical Systems IRAD. The objective of this IRAD is to enable boots-on-the-ground warfighters to build mission-specific operational pictures on handheld smartphones and tablet computers. These devices are rapidly entering service through initiatives such as Connecting Soldiers with Digital Applications. The SEIs goal is to improve warfighter effectiveness and safety by bringing tailorable and realtime situational awareness to the smallest tactical unit. The challenge for the Edge-Enabled Tactical Systems IRAD is to identify and implement a strategy that supports warfighter-directed tailoring of operational pictures provided on handheld devices. Achieving this capacity involves filtering large volumes of data to reduce unnecessary clutter and increase the relevance of data that soldiers receive in the field. Warfighter control over what informationis displayed and how it is displayedis also essential. Key to success is enablingcapabilities that allow warfighters to adaptoperational pictures to support the widerange of missions that they undertakefrom humanitarian to civil support to warfightingand doing it all on the handheld devices that all soldiers will carry with them in the future.
Document Details
- Document Type
- Technical Report
- Publication Date
- Feb 16, 2011
- Accession Number
- AD1118401
Entities
People
- Edwin Morris
Organizations
- Carnegie Mellon University