The Blue Force Tracking (BFT) system — only a few years ago a wonder of battlespace technology — is in the midst of an upgrade. BFT is a building block of operational awareness. It transmits the ...

Before to major combat operations in Iraq last year, many soldiers might not have been comfortable using technology to digitally communicate with one another and commanders as they crossed through ...

The Army’s system for mobile, joint-forces battlefield communications went for an extended test drive with the Army and Marine Corps working together during the recent Network Integration Evaluation ...

TRACKING REVENUE: Northrop Grumman will provide the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) program with a new in-line encryption device, called the KGV-72, with the latest Blue Force ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Feb. 13, 2013) -- On the battlefield, situational awareness technologies provide Soldiers with the locations of friendly forces and hostile activity, which can mean the ...

Army officials want to integrate the Ground Moving Target Indicator radar system with the Blue Force Tracking satellite system so commanders and soldiers get a more comprehensive view of enemy and ...