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Military PDA


" The Joint Expeditionary Digital Information System (JEDI) demonstration is designed to exploit commercial Mobile Satellite Services (MSS), such as GlobalStar and ORBCOMM to collect and disseminate a battlefield Common Operational Picture (COP) for soldiers and vehicles in the battle area. Within the JEDI soldier system, the individual warfighter will have lightweight hand-held communications devices that will send and receive the following:

  • Blue and Red force tracking information
  • Early warning of key events on the battlefield
  • Calls for fire 
  • Routine message traffic 
  • Graphic display of the COP 
  • Beyond line of sight communications 

    All of this accomplished with hand-held data communications devices integrated into a load bearing vest that is worn as part of the individual soldiers load bearing equipment (LBE).The four devices that make up the JEDI system are the GlobalStar handset. Viper Binoculars, NINO Palmtop and the Rockwell Precision Lightweight GPS Receiver."

    PDA

    The full story was at U. S. Army Page


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