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It chooses the fastest route by ‘crowd sourcing’ traffic conditions, with user inputs updating this dynamic element in real time. This allows for the most efficient use of the road.

Extrapolating this cheap and commonsensical solution to the battlefield, the ‘crowd sourcing’ of inputs from friendly elements on the battlefield soldiers, weapons systems or surveillance devices that form a part of one’s own force builds up a common operating picture of the battlefield that is updated in real time.

The ‘battlefield transparency’ this creates enables soldiers and combat commanders to react to emerging situations faster than the enemy.

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This would be paid out over five years, but the army is unwilling to earmark even Rs 1,000 crore (Rs 10 billion) per year for this revolutionary project which would harness India’s demonstrated skills in information technology.

Given the range of technologies that it would galvanise, the BMS would be not just a ‘force multiplier’ for the military but equally for the ICT economy.

Why does developing two BMS prototypes cost so much?

The cheap jordan sneakers other ICT based networks the army is developing such as the ‘artillery command, control and communications system’ which integrates fire support from artillery guns; or the ‘battlefield surveillance system’ that integrates surveillance systems are basically software systems.