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摘要

The Turkish army is conducting field trials with a new broad bandwidth, wide-area digital battlefield communications system. This prototype system is designed to provide a common picture of the battlefield in near real time, sharing multimedia information among and between operating systems. Developers of this tactical area communications system, which uses the Turkish acronym TASMUS, claim that by digitizing the battlefield, combat power can be concentrated effectively and decisively. Once developmental army trials with the prototype system are completed by the end of the year, TASMUS is slated to enter production under an approximately $500 million contract over 10 years. Developmental costs are roughly $110 million, depending on whether redesign changes will be necessary following field trials.