Preventing info overload for 'Future' soldiers
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If all goes to plan, the Army's future armored brigades will be a fully wired force, complete with drones, robots and sensors and connected through a next-gen wireless network. That means a firehose of data -- imagery, video feeds and other information -- will be streaming in from sensors, along with voice, instant messages and other communication. Managing that flow of information will pose a major challenge, and the service is conducting early network tests to see if the system can work.