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ments. GMU is using this data to construct an architectural<br />
model that will enable prediction of BTRA-BC requirements<br />
over a wide range of conditions.<br />
GMU has developed a family of software models that can<br />
predict performance of tools such as BTRA-BC at specific levels<br />
of computational power and network capacity. These models are<br />
expected to be essential when requirements of operating the<br />
BTRA-BC services over tactical networks are explored. The end<br />
product will be a system that can support the warfighter most<br />
effectively while making supportable demands on networks and<br />
computers in the tactical environment.<br />
The J-GES program has also executed a series of replication/<br />
synchronization experiments evaluating ESRI’s 9.2 synchronization<br />
capabilities against a series of use cases provided by<br />
the Maneuver Support Center at Fort Leonard Wood, Mo. The<br />
primary goal was to understand whether this COTS technology<br />
supported the concept of operations for data collection, generation<br />
and update of the Army’s Theater Geospatial Database in<br />
the field.<br />
A secondary goal was to understand the doctrine, organization,<br />
training, materiel, leadership and education, personnel<br />
and facilities issues associated with fielding this technology to<br />
the soldier. This is critical to understanding the overall impact<br />
to the warfighter as new technologies are evaluated. Initial<br />
findings in this series of experiments are that the technology<br />
works but will need customization to make it usable by the<br />
soldier in the field.<br />
The J-GES program’s ability to speed technology transition<br />
to the battlespace, assess the value of information, evaluate<br />
intelligence and geospatial information-sharing architectures,<br />
and develop geospatial policies and procedures will accelerate<br />
the fielding of select future force capabilities. J-GES also leverages<br />
and enables interdependent, network-centric warfare—<br />
ensuring that warfighters collect, exploit and share up-to-date<br />
geospatial information to gain competitive advantage in the<br />
operational environment.<br />
More information on these experiments and other ongoing<br />
experiments can be found at www.tec.army.mil/JGES/index.<br />
html. ✯<br />
Jamal B. Beck is the public affairs specialist, and Dan Visone<br />
is the J-GES program manager, for the Engineer Research and<br />
Development Center-Topographic Engineering Center.<br />
Contact Editor Harrison Donnelly at<br />
harrisond@kmimediagroup.com. For more information related to this subject,<br />
search our archives at www.<strong>MGT</strong>-kmi.com.<br />
To support the J-GES program, TEC constructed a laboratory consisting of five reconfigurable enclaves that support netcentric geospatial experiments. [Photo courtesy of Army Topographic<br />
Engineering Center]<br />
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