Maintaining the Advantage: Ensuring Superiority in the Battlefield

摘要

In this edition of Army Space Journal, we continue with the theme of 'Army Space--Sharpening Our Edge.' As the Deputy to the Commander for Research, Development and Acquisition, I lead a team of dedicated professionals whose primary objective is helping our Warfighters maintain every possible advantage on the battlefield--allowing them to keep a technological 'edge' over their opponents. We know that supporting the Warfighter means being creative, adaptive, and remaining constantly vigilant. Within Research Development and Acquisition, we are always looking for new ways to apply existing technologies, and evaluating emerging technologies for use on the battlefield. It should surprise no one that the roles and responsibilities of each Soldier have evolved greatly over the past decade of war. Today's brigade combat team is called upon to support very large geographical areas of operations and to carry out diverse tasks as routine. On any given day, Soldiers from these teams might be simultaneously focused on targeting, tracking and locating a cell leader in a terrorist network, while providing security for VIPs or convoys and monitoring a potentially violent demonstration or responding to troops in contact.