Commercial Multimedia Technologies for Twenty-First Century Army Battlefields

Recommends approaches for the applicability of commercial multimedia technologies to command, control, communications and intelligence needs of the US Army on future battlefields. Battlefield potential is illustrated, and a technology management strategy consisting of specific recommendations to the Army is provided.

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This book responds to an request by the U.S. Army to study the applicability of commercial multimedia technologies to command, control, communications and intelligence needs on future battlefields. After reviewing Army's needs and discussing relevant commercial technologies within the context of a generic architecture, the book recommends approaches for meeting the Army's needs. Battlefield potential is illustrated, and—drawing on lessons learned from the private sector—a technology management strategy consisting of specific recommendations to the Army is provided. The key to future benefits is for the Army to accommodate the rapid changes taking place in the commercial world of multimedia technologies.

Table of Contents


Front Matter
Executive Summary
Introduction
Review of Army Requirements
Review of Relevant Commercial Technologies
Meeting Army Needs with Commercial Multimedia Technologies
Corporate Reinvention in the Information Age
Technology Management Strategy
Conclusions and Recommendations
Appendix: Meetings and Activities