IDF launches digital revolution to replace maps
Date
12/8/2015 4:35:55 AM
(MENAFN- The Journal Of Turkish Weekly) The IDF is developing a digital battle command system that could replace the usage of physical maps documents and stickers traditionally used by the army to issue commanders with combat instructionsThe Jerusalem Posthas learned.
Maj. Moshe Castro head of the Mission-Oriented Technological Branch at the IDF Training Campus in the Negev told the Post on Monday that the new system can be used for both training and real-life missions.
Castro’s branch was set up last year to develop new techniques to enhance soldiers’ learning processes.
Maj. Castro and six IDF programmers graphic designers and engineers recently took part in a 30-hour "hackathon" conference held by Ben-Gurion University of the Negev where they unveiled the system.
"We demonstrated the prototype and it worked" he said.
The new system dubbed Noked (a Hebrew acronym for Digital Battle Procedure) "creates on a screen a 3-D digital table to serve various roles responsible for other forces whether they are ammunition infantry or medical officers. Once the officers receive their battle commands they can efficiently upload a map and then place transparent layers on top of the map to show the latest positions of the forces" Castro explained.
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