Fast-Track Field Experimentation Program Accelerates Delivery of Tools to the Battlefield: "A fast-track field experimentation (FX) program at the Naval Postgraduate School (NPS) has significantly reduced the time it normally takes for new battlefield technologies to be vetted through the defense acquisition and field-testing/evaluation processes.
Warfighters typically have to wait several years for new technologies to wend their way through these lengthy procedures before they reach the battlefield. But that's changing.
Right now, for example, U.S. Marines on operations in Afghanistan are using a surveillance and situational awareness tool that didn't exist less than a year ago.
For that tool, called SIGEAGLE,"
