This Smart-Soldier Gear May Succeed SOCOM's Failed 'Iron Man' Suit
13 May 2020
Military.com | By Matthew Cox
U.S. Special Operations Command wants to equip small teams of operators with advanced smart-soldier gear to stay connected with intel assets anywhere in the world -- even if they have to tap into commercial phone networks.
The Hyper Enabled Operator program is designed to combine existing communications and data analytics technology into a tactical system that allows isolated special operations teams to gather and analyze battlefield intelligence to help them make decisions faster than ever before, Col. Ryan Barnes, director of USSOCOM's Joint Acquisition Task Force, told an audience recently at the National Defense Industrial Association's vSOFIC 2020 industry conference.
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