This study examines the ability of the commercial marketplace to meet the future needs of the Army on the tactical battlefield. A framework is developed linking the Army's future operational capabilities to system design tradeoffs. This framework is then used to examine how well commercial systems can meet Army needs. We find, using this methodology, that commercial wireless systems will not meet the Army's future needs, and the Army needs to trade off requirements with future investments in research and Army-unique systems.
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