Article: Situational Awareness Improves the FBCB2 Picture

Many of the ground and aviation platforms in Afghanistan and Iraq are equipped with Force XXI Battle Command Brigade-and-Below (FBCB2) or its satellite, sensor and communications-based variant Blue Force Tracking (BFT). The capabilities and benefits of these systems have been widely reported and praised during Operations Enduring Freedom (OEF) and Iraqi Freedom (OIF). This article will discuss how the FBCB2 situational awareness (SA) picture can be improved.

FBCB2 Capabilities

FBCB2 is the principal digital battle command systx m at the brigade and unit level. All users are robustly networked via terrestrial and satellite communications. FBCB2 takes a feed from a Positior Location Device ...

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