Before to major combat operations in Iraq last year, many soldiers might not have been comfortable using technology to digitally communicate with one another and commanders as they crossed through ...

The Blue Force Tracking (BFT) system — only a few years ago a wonder of battlespace technology — is in the midst of an upgrade. BFT is a building block of operational awareness. It transmits the ...

Viasat (VSAT) will provide engineering and network modernization services to support U.S. Army Blue Force Tracker requirements CARLSBAD, Calif., Sept. 5, 2024 /PRNewswire/ -- Viasat, Inc. (NASDAQ: ...

Viasat (Nasdaq: VSAT) has received a potential five-year, $153.4 million contract from the Defense Information Systems Agency to provide support services for Project Manager Mission Command’s Blue ...

The military will need the ability to see and track allied forces in the network to fight future wars in cyberspace, according to an official at the Air Combat Command. The U.S. military increasingly ...

The Army is getting ready to send an updated version of its digital force-locating technology to ground forces in Afghanistan, according to a story on the Army's website. The next-generation Blue ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Feb. 13, 2013) -- On the battlefield, situational awareness technologies provide Soldiers with the locations of friendly forces and hostile activity, which can mean the ...

Blue Force GPS, direction and speed-based filtering features helps to intelligently monitor and reduce false alarms on security operations. Blue Force tracking leverages GPS technology to recognize ...

TRACKING REVENUE: Northrop Grumman will provide the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) program with a new in-line encryption device, called the KGV-72, with the latest Blue Force ...

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. (Jan. 29, 2018) -- The U.S. Army is beginning a long-term initiative to significantly upgrade its key situational awareness network Blue Force Tracking, commonly known as ...

WASHINGTON — Inmarsat Government announced Nov. 7 it won a $410 million, five-year contract extension to provide internet-of-things satellite connectivity for U.S. Army battlefield tracking devices.