{"id":19610,"date":"2018-07-26T21:18:13","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T21:18:13","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/26\/from-shelters-to-vehicles-to-rucks-heres-how-the-army-is-changing-its-command-posts\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T02:53:02","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T02:53:02","slug":"from-shelters-to-vehicles-to-rucks-heres-how-the-army-is-changing-its-command-posts","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/2018\/07\/26\/from-shelters-to-vehicles-to-rucks-heres-how-the-army-is-changing-its-command-posts\/","title":{"rendered":"From shelters to vehicles to rucks, here\u2019s how the Army is changing its command posts"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Researchers are also working on a light mobile command post which can save set up time with a rolled out table ready to go and large screen displays.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n

ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. \u2014 As the Army looks to shrink its battlefield footprint<\/a>, its researchers and engineers are finding ways to make the nerve center of the battle \u2014 command posts \u2014 lighter, more capable and easier to set up and tear down.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

A recently concluded three-year program aimed to do just that, with everything from the shelter devices<\/a> used to house a command post\u2019s gear, to refitting old and new vehicles, to moving an entirely vehicle-mounted communications system off the truck and into the ruck, cutting its weight by two-thirds in the process.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

These are some of the ways that experts with the U.S. Army Research, Development and Engineering Command\u2019s Communications<\/a>\u2013Electronics Center are finding to make command posts more mobile, resilient and effective against enemies that can quickly target and destroy massed formations.<\/p>\n\n\n\t