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Even the humble helmet, largely unchanged since the Battle of Troy, is going high tech. It’s now part of the “Land Warrior” system, which comes complete with built-in video camera, night-vision goggles and a microphone for voice communications. The helmet is also linked to a Global Positioning satellite which displays a soldier’s location, as well as the whereabouts of other American troops, and suspected enemy positions. The information is all beamed back to battlefield computers, allowing commanders to monitor troops and see what they are seeing simultaneously. To keep costs down, the components of the Land Warrior program run on standard Intel Pentium processors and Microsoft Windows software. Even the Land Warrior’s rifle is equipped with special sensors that see through smoke, foliage and darkness. This gear, still in the prototype phase, is expected to be used by the Special Forces ground troops in Afghanistan. “We will use highly trained Special Forces with digital capabilities for knowing where the enemy is,” says Jon Kutler, a former Navy officer who is now a defense analyst with Quarterdeck Investment Partners.
Even the humble helmet, largely unchanged since the Battle of Troy, is going high tech. It’s now part of the “Land Warrior” system, which comes complete with built-in video camera, night-vision goggles and a microphone for voice communications. The helmet is also linked to a Global Positioning satellite which displays a soldier’s location, as well as the whereabouts of other American troops, and suspected enemy positions. The information is all beamed back to battlefield computers, allowing commanders to monitor troops and see what they are seeing simultaneously. To keep costs down, the components of the Land Warrior program run on standard Intel Pentium processors and Microsoft Windows software. Even the Land Warrior’s rifle is equipped with special sensors that see through smoke, foliage and darkness. This gear, still in the prototype phase, is expected to be used by the Special Forces ground troops in Afghanistan. “We will use highly trained Special Forces with digital capabilities for knowing where the enemy is,” says Jon Kutler, a former Navy officer who is now a defense analyst with Quarterdeck Investment Partners.
