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CAN TECHNOLOGY SAVE SOLDIERS LIVES IN IRAQ
Why is TIGR an example of horizontal technology?
Horizontal technology involves the transfer of technical knowledge and hardware from one geographic location to another. The TIGR system allows departing units to transfer tactical information to their replacements. When the troops return from patrols, they feed information back into the system, adding to the data available to the next patrol leader. By simply clicking on icons, they can bring up not only sites of past hostile action but also photos and background on local leaders , some to see and others to avoid, videos of hostile and safe places, and reports from previous patrols
How helpful will TIGR be in the future military campaigns? …show more content…
TIGR is a positive step toward closing the time gap between sender and receiver of critical reporting.
The Army's adoption of this program takes advantage of the military's most effective and valuable information gathering resource - the Soldier, because of this “every Soldier has a sensor” concept. Soldiers and convoy commanders record in TIGR any observations and events that occurred along their routes. Both the modern and future battlefields rely heavily on programs like TIGR to assist in gathering and processing information from the asymmetrical battlefield. Now they have their own tool at company level that pulls up a wealth of information that helps determine their safest route.
What is DARPA? What role does it play in developing US military system?
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. DARPA has been responsible for funding the development of many technologies which have had a major effect on the world.
Pick out 5 different DARPA programs and write a brief description on how each would enhance the capabilities of the US armed
forces.
Troops in Iraq also have been given a DARPA computerized language translation system, called GALE, which converts Arabic media reports, both print and electronic, into English and alerts the war fighter to events of interest and other potentially mission-critical information.
And because there are not enough translators in Iraq for each patrol or checkpoint, the agency is at work on another system, called TransTac, which will provide on-the-spot speech translation. It will convert spoken Arabic into English and vice versa, making it indispensable for the troops as they interact with the local population and coalition partners.
DARPA also developed the Wasp, a small unmanned aerial vehicle that weighs two-thirds of a pound, can be carried in a backpack and can fly reconnaissance missions for as long as two hours. Its sensors provide imagery to small military units on the ground, operating in urban areas.
The operator throws the battery-powered device into the air after the propeller is spinning and controls it with a hand-held device that has a seven-inch color screen. It provides real-time pictures for U.S. Marine units. Hundreds are now in use in Iraq.
Another DARPA gadget tested successfully last year and now deployed with troops is Radar Scope, which allows U.S. troops to peer through concrete walls to determine whether someone is hiding inside a building. Teams pursuing enemy forces into structures are using the Radar Scope, which weighs less than 1.5 pounds and works on AA batteries.
Additional sensors are under development, including a radar called Fopen, which last year was successful in penetrating heavy tree foliage and locating vehicles and enemy fighters in Iraq. After it is placed inside a Black Hawk helicopter, operators onboard the aircraft could detect people walking under foliage in and around concealed encampments.
CAN TECHNOLOGY SAVE SOLDIERS LIVES IN IRAQ
Why is TIGR an example of horizontal technology?
Horizontal technology involves the transfer of technical knowledge and hardware from one geographic location to another. The TIGR system allows departing units to transfer tactical information to their replacements. When the troops return from patrols, they feed information back into the system, adding to the data available to the next patrol leader. By simply clicking on icons, they can bring up not only sites of past hostile action but also photos and background on local leaders , some to see and others to avoid, videos of hostile and safe places, and reports from previous patrols
How helpful will TIGR be in the future military campaigns? …show more content…
TIGR is a positive step toward closing the time gap between sender and receiver of critical reporting.
The Army's adoption of this program takes advantage of the military's most effective and valuable information gathering resource - the Soldier, because of this “every Soldier has a sensor” concept. Soldiers and convoy commanders record in TIGR any observations and events that occurred along their routes. Both the modern and future battlefields rely heavily on programs like TIGR to assist in gathering and processing information from the asymmetrical battlefield. Now they have their own tool at company level that pulls up a wealth of information that helps determine their safest route.
What is DARPA? What role does it play in developing US military system?
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is an agency of the United States Department of Defense responsible for the development of new technology for use by the military. DARPA has been responsible for funding the development of many technologies which have had a major effect on the world.
Pick out 5 different DARPA programs and write a brief description on how each would enhance the capabilities of the US armed
forces.
Troops in Iraq also have been given a DARPA computerized language translation system, called GALE, which converts Arabic media reports, both print and electronic, into English and alerts the war fighter to events of interest and other potentially mission-critical information.
And because there are not enough translators in Iraq for each patrol or checkpoint, the agency is at work on another system, called TransTac, which will provide on-the-spot speech translation. It will convert spoken Arabic into English and vice versa, making it indispensable for the troops as they interact with the local population and coalition partners.
DARPA also developed the Wasp, a small unmanned aerial vehicle that weighs two-thirds of a pound, can be carried in a backpack and can fly reconnaissance missions for as long as two hours. Its sensors provide imagery to small military units on the ground, operating in urban areas.
The operator throws the battery-powered device into the air after the propeller is spinning and controls it with a hand-held device that has a seven-inch color screen. It provides real-time pictures for U.S. Marine units. Hundreds are now in use in Iraq.
Another DARPA gadget tested successfully last year and now deployed with troops is Radar Scope, which allows U.S. troops to peer through concrete walls to determine whether someone is hiding inside a building. Teams pursuing enemy forces into structures are using the Radar Scope, which weighs less than 1.5 pounds and works on AA batteries.
Additional sensors are under development, including a radar called Fopen, which last year was successful in penetrating heavy tree foliage and locating vehicles and enemy fighters in Iraq. After it is placed inside a Black Hawk helicopter, operators onboard the aircraft could detect people walking under foliage in and around concealed encampments.