Network integration tests aim to reduce 'fog of war' | Article | The United States Army: "A massive network test, termed the Network Integration Evaluation, or NIE, which kicked off last week here, will evaluate capabilities of a developmental vehicle-mounted company command post system intended to give enhanced on-the-move networking to company commanders.
Keeping a mobile commander well informed can be tough. Communications trouble, both technical and environmental in nature can cause a leader at any level to not feel he has enough information to make the right decision. In combat this lack of information is so common it's earned itself the name 'fog of war.'
'A key portion of the Network Integration Evaluation will take a look at collapsing networked battle and mission command capabilities into mobile company command post platforms,' said Paul Mehney, chief of public communications for Program Executive Office Integration, one of the offices involved in the evaluation.
'This may give company commanders the ability to take advanced network technology with them as they move around the operational environment -- they will no longer need to be tied to a static location to receive mission command information,' he explained"
