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Key to US Military's
Future Exists in
Huntington Beach
Huntington Beach -
Computer scientists are
working on wireless
communications network that
could be the key to the US
military's future. For more
than a year, the engineers
have pieced together 18
separate types of combat
systems. Writing software
that will one day link
soldiers on the battlefield
with satellites and unmanned
ground vehicles, a small
army of private contractors
led by Boeing, is charged
with making this vision of
future warfare a reality.
More than $14 billion
has been earmarked
for the Future Combat
Systems project by the Army.
An additional $6 billion may
be added this year. Delivery
of some of the technology is
expected as early as 2008,
with the goal of equipping a
3,000 soldier unit by 2014.
The Army's vision includes a
high-tech force with
soldiers equipped with
handheld computers and
access to near real-time
information about enemy
positions, supplies needed
and more. Remote-controlled
attack craft could be
navigated over the same
system.
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