Software That Knows Who's Talking.

• Author: Foster, Sharon
• Position: U.S. Army - Brief Article

The Army Communications-Electronics Command, in Fort Monmouth, NJ., is looking into the use of speech-recognition software, which the commercial director sees as a potentially useful tool in future combat systems.

"Right now we're planning to integrate tactical voice activation into version four of Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below (FBCB2) software, initially as a demonstration capability," said Frank Nissen, chief of the technical management division of the Project Manager for FBCB2.

The FBCB2 project manager's office is part of the Army's program executive office for command, control and communications systems organization.

FBCB2 is a digital-command and control system, mounted on tactical vehicles and other platforms to provide battle command and situational awareness information to the warfighter, from brigade level down to the soldier-platform level, said Nissen. It is the central system of future Army battle command systems, a collection of systems...