Cloud Warriors: U.S. Army Intelligence to Arm Field Ops with Hardened Network and Smartphones
Thursday, March 28, 2013 - 07:00
in Mathematics & Economics
The U.S. Army ’s Military Intelligence Corps wants to equip its field operatives with a pocket-size tool they can use to locate and identify adversaries, and then disseminate that information to nearby troop commanders as quickly as possible. Their tool of choice--a modified Google Android smartphone with specialized apps, a setup none too different from the ones so many civilians use for multitasking in their daily lives. [More]