{"id":24605,"date":"2018-07-26T21:31:57","date_gmt":"2018-07-26T21:31:57","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/uncategorized\/2018\/07\/26\/want-siri-or-alexa-ready-for-tactical-ops-this-army-command-is-working-on-it\/"},"modified":"2026-08-08T03:11:35","modified_gmt":"2026-08-08T03:11:35","slug":"want-siri-or-alexa-ready-for-tactical-ops-this-army-command-is-working-on-it","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/c4isrnet\/c2-comms\/2018\/07\/26\/want-siri-or-alexa-ready-for-tactical-ops-this-army-command-is-working-on-it\/","title":{"rendered":"Want Siri or Alexa ready for tactical ops? This Army command is working on it."},"content":{"rendered":"<figure class=\"wp-block-smg-jwplayer-video\"><atype-video-jwplayer nostick=\"true\" playlisturl=\"https:\/\/cdn.jwplayer.com\/v2\/playlists\/fCzRqMW8?tags=2b35da8d-ab42-4c43-ab99-b158875cfc95\" poster=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/video-poster-2b35da8d-ab42-4c43-ab99-b158875cfc95.jpg\" aspectratio=\"16 \/ 9\" mute autostart=\"false\"><\/atype-video-jwplayer><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">The Expeditionary Mission Command\u2019s three year project includes finding ways to make generators and distribution outlets more manageable for the troops.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md. \u2014 As the Army improves its mission command posts, one of the key areas where it has made changes is how soldiers can operate computers for everything from sharing information to tracking friendly and not-so-friendly forces.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Staff at the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.militarytimes.com\/news\/your-military\/2018\/03\/29\/new-tech-will-use-virtual-reality-to-help-eod-see-mine-threats-on-the-battlefield\/\" target=\"_blank\">Army\u2019s Research Development Engineering Command<\/a> have upgraded items from tablet-style computers, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/03\/21\/armys-all-in-one-nvg-will-merge-sighting-shooting-battlefield-awareness\/\" target=\"_blank\">display systems<\/a> and ways to use voice commands rather than keyboards for controlling devices.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During a recent display at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland, soldiers who work as trainer\/observers at the National Training Center at Fort Irwin, California, gave demonstrations of the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.armytimes.com\/news\/your-army\/2018\/07\/19\/the-army-is-one-step-closer-to-fielding-a-next-generation-weapon-sight-now-that-theyve-been-dropped-out-of-perfectly-good-airplanes\/\" target=\"_blank\">new capabilities<\/a> for the Tactical Computing Environment.<\/p>\n\n\n\t<aside class=\"smg-interstitial-link wp-block-smg-interstitial-link\">\n\t\t<a href=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/armytimes\/newsletters\/daily-news-roundup\/2018\/03\/22\/the-future-of-nonlethal-laser-weapons-dazzling-lights-to-talking-plasma-balls\/\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__media\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"300\" height=\"214\" src=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/Soldier-dazzler.jpg.jpg?w=300\" class=\"smg-interstitial-link__image wp-post-image\" alt=\"\" \/>\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"smg-interstitial-link__content\">\n\t\t\t\t<span class=\"smg-interstitial-link__kicker\">Related<\/span>\n\t\t\t\t<h3 class=\"smg-interstitial-link__title\">The future of nonlethal laser weapons: Dazzling lights to talking plasma balls<\/h3>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p class=\"smg-interstitial-link__excerpt\">Troops have seen nonlethal weapons alternatives grow from flashlights to a host of visual, audio and physical tools.<\/p>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t<\/a>\n\t<\/aside>\n\t\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Sgts. 1st Class Sheena Ferrell and Ramon Contreras Jr. showed how soldiers using the new devices can share \u201cone common operating picture\u201d with each other.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16_TCE-edited.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-69642\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16_TCE-edited.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16_TCE-edited.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16_TCE-edited.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/16_TCE-edited.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As part of their efforts to improve Expeditionary Mission Command posts, the Army has added new features to field computing to include voice command, sharing screens and symbology features for tablets. (U.S. Army Research Development, Engineering  Command)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Users can track individual vehicles on the wide-ranging training area, mark obstacles, terrain features, enemy positions and other items with preprogrammed symbols and use a chat feature to send messages or attachments to other soldiers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Alongside those efforts is another piece of software that gives soldiers a Siri or Alexa-type voice command capability, but contained to the device, rather than relying on the computing cloud or an Internet connection.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"800\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/22_SMASH-edited.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73651\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/22_SMASH-edited.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/22_SMASH-edited.jpg.jpg?resize=300,200 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/22_SMASH-edited.jpg.jpg?resize=768,512 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/22_SMASH-edited.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,683 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As part of their efforts to improve Expeditionary Mission Command posts, the Army has added new features to field computing to include voice command, sharing screens and symbology features for tablets. (U.S. Army Research Development, Engineering  Command)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The program, Single Multimodal Android Service for Human Computer Interaction, or SMASH, has been a part of the larger effort to improve Expeditionary Mission Command across the Army.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Users can simply speak commands such as \u201cShow Blue Force layers,\u201d or \u201cbig picture,\u201d to have icons or elements appear or disappear on the digital map.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Another quick-use feature is to mark specific incidents for later use in after action reports.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The demonstrator gave the example of selecting a shorthand for marking a spot for a roadside bomb, speaking the words \u201cFrench fries,\u201d and the device immediately marked and alerted the map, which would also be relayed to those sharing the same features.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"675\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31_DVA-edited.jpg.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73653\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31_DVA-edited.jpg.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31_DVA-edited.jpg.jpg?resize=300,169 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31_DVA-edited.jpg.jpg?resize=768,432 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/31_DVA-edited.jpg.jpg?resize=1024,576 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As part of their efforts to improve Expeditionary Mission Command posts, the Army has added new features to field computing to include voice command, sharing screens and symbology features for tablets. (U.S. Army Research Development, Engineering  Command)<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Some lower tech but important additions are portable, roll-up displays, and software called Display Viewer Application that replaces a massive hardware device used to share computer screen displays across a closed, Local Area Network within the command post.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1200\" height=\"900\" src=\"\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/30_CPDS-edited.JPG.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-73654\" srcset=\"https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/30_CPDS-edited.JPG.jpg 1200w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/30_CPDS-edited.JPG.jpg?resize=300,225 300w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/30_CPDS-edited.JPG.jpg?resize=768,576 768w, https:\/\/one.sightlinemg.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/08\/30_CPDS-edited.JPG.jpg?resize=1024,768 1024w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1200px) 100vw, 1200px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">As part of their efforts to improve Expeditionary Mission Command posts, the Army has added new features to field computing to include voice command, sharing screens and symbology features for tablets. 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