[LINK] US Army trials robot 'leccy-n-bandwidth war-mules

[Tom Worthington]

Bernard Robertson-Dunn wrote:
>... I don't reckon they've thought this through. ...
> US Army trials robot 'leccy-n-bandwidth war-mules
> Big Red One needs batteries and bits, not beans and bullets
> By Lewis Page Posted in Science, 27th October 2010 09:16 GMT
> The Register http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/10/27/lockheed_smss_trials/

At present soldiers have to carry different sized batteries for 
different equipment. The approach of the French Army has been to 
rationalise the sizes and numbers of batteries used, the connectors and 
the charging system, with their Fantassin à Équipement et Liaisons 
Intégrés (FÉLIN): <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/FÉLIN>.

The US Special Operations Command is taking a slightly different 
approach, with a recent request for a Google Android, IP and Web based 
"Tactical Situational Awareness Application Suite" (TactSA). This would 
allow a low power tablet computer to be used for multiple purposes: 
<https://www.fbo.gov/index?s=opportunity&mode=form&id=7c935a169b03274bf6e321c0ebd590ac&tab=core&_cview=0>.


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