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 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 ...

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 ...

The Army is getting ready to send an updated version of its digital force-locating technology to ground forces in Afghanistan, according to a story on the Army's website. The next-generation Blue ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Jan. 29, 2018) -- The U.S. Army is beginning a long-term initiative to significantly upgrade its key situational awareness network Blue Force Tracking, commonly known as ...

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 ...

Blue Force Tracker is a system that gives commanders and troops in the field a real-time picture of the battlefield not possible with conventional maps. This improves situational awareness and reduces ...

The military will need the ability to see and track allied forces in the network to fight future wars in cyberspace, according to an official at the Air Combat Command. The U.S. military increasingly ...