Decision Making Systems Using Wireless Handheld Location Specific Applications

The US Army is seeking an innovative solution to a web-enabled location-specific decision and information system using push/pull techniques with long-range wireless handheld devices. The primary focus is to develop location-specific military softwareapplications that run on a handheld device that can retrieve relevant information from remote sources at ranges that exceed 800 kilometers based on the end user's location. In addition, the end user should have a capability to achieve situation awarenessthrough information requests/queries and to obtain automated status and alerts on their current location. Currently, no systems exist with these unique capabilities. The Phase I program will establish the requirements for a military solution based onextrapolating current capabilities, conducting community end user surveys and by incorporating new and innovative hardware/software technologies using an incremental approach to minimize development risk. A solution to the decision-making system problemwill have broad application to a number of DoD and commercial programs. The project will evolve new technologies and capabilities that can be integrated with commercial handheld devices and SATCOM systems. Commercial application areas include portabletraffic monitoring and route planning, emergency management, vehicle fleet control, improved communication and upgraded software and hardware subsystems for PDA's.