Mobile Situation Awareness System (MSAS)

The Mobile Situation Awareness System (MSAS) is a secure blue force tracking system that can be run over a variety of communication networks based on commercial off-the-shelf technology. It consists of hardware-independent software that is typically loaded into dismounted situational awareness equipment, such as a ruggedized personal digital assistant (PDA), which automatically sends its user's GPS coordinates to a command post. At the same time, it allows individual soldiers to...