Satellite Firm Boosts U.S. Army Bandwidth in South Asia

摘要

Sitting before three flat-panel computer monitors displaying graphical map and satellite imagery in the U.S. Army's Command Post of the Future in Baghdad, commanders with the 3rd Infantry Division have instant access to intelligence and can talk to fellow commanders on secure Voice over Internet Protocol (VoIP). Over in the barracks, enjoying their downtime, soldiers use their computers to download music files, send instant messages and chat with friends and family back in the United States via Web cameras and VoIP. The applications used by commanders during operations and soldiers during downtime may be different, but in the newly digitized U.S. military they want the same thing: bandwidth, and lots of it.