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DARPA Completes Initial Field Testing Of Internet At The Tactical Edge

Defense Daily Staff

Friday, August 23rd, 2013

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DARPA Completes Initial Field Testing Of Internet At The Tactical Edge

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) this week said initial field testing has been successfully completed of a secure, private internet and cloud system for front-line soldiers and Marines. Given the constrained communications environment at the tactical edge, the Content-Based Mobile Edge Networking (CBMEN) aims to provide an alternative approach so that front-line troops in remote locations can have access to latest imagery, maps and other important information, DARPA said. Photo: DARPA “CBMEN may not sound revolutionary, because people…

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