IOBT: EMPOWERING READINESS TO MEET COMMANDER INTENT
In the future, military operations will rely less on human soldiers and more on interconnected technology, leveraging advancements in embedded systems and machine intelligence in order to achieve superior defense capabilities. The Internet of Battlefield Things will connect soldiers with smart technology in armor, radios, weapons, and other objects, to give troops “extra sensory” perception, offer situational understanding, endow fighters with prediction powers, provide better risk assessment, and develop shared intuitions.
The initiative is a collaboration between the Army Research Lab, academia, and industry.