The Defense Department faces many obstacles in its attempt to outfit soldiers with reliable, interoperable wireless communications on the battlefield, including battery-life concerns, the need for ruggedized machines and ever-present bandwidth issues. . . .
The Defense Department faces many obstacles in its attempt to outfit soldiers with reliable, interoperable wireless communications on the battlefield, including battery-life concerns, the need for ruggedized machines and ever-present bandwidth issues.

But securing those communications is still far and away the main problem to be overcome regarding such technologies, according to a panel of government and industry experts at an Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association information technology conference May 2 in Quantico, Va.

Marine Corps Lt. Col. J.D. Wilson, team leader for tactical wireless in the program manager's office for communications systems, said the military has a "burning need" for tactical wireless communications and called on the private sector to drive the technologies necessary to make that happen.

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