US Army Digital Exercise · Slashdot Mirror

Posted by michael on Saturday April 7, 2001 @02:39PM from the toys-for-tots dept.

johndeerejedi writes: "The 4th Infantry Division (US Army)is conducting an exercise called the Division Capstone Exercise. The official website can be found here. There are lots of videos and photos for those with the bandwidth and/or the patience. We're using the latest digital goodies to give us the edge in this fight. Stuff like the M1A2 SEP tank, FBCB2, and a host of other cool stuff. One thing I thought you might all be interested in is that the FBCB2 and several other command and control systems appear to use a version of Solaris. FBCB2 and many of the other systems our here are used to enhance situational awareness and command and control via a tactical intranet." The combat computer looks pretty cool - automatically tracks its own location with GPS and reports to headquarters...

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Can you say 'APRS' by Brew+Bird · 2001-04-07 11:39 · Score: 4

Automatic Position Reporting Systems are easily available. just check out
Aprs.Org
Re:Quicktime videos,... oh well. by thatmoron · 2001-04-07 11:38 · Score: 3

You have a good point. Linux users cant see these videos. What about me? I don't have a monitor. They should really make it so I can see the movies too.

If there are any spelling errors in the post above it is simply because I don't have a monitor. Not becuase I can't spell.