Urban Battlefield Not a Game.

• Author: Foster, Sharon
• Position: Canadians to use Motorola's ModlOS Tool Suite - Brief Article

Canadian defense researchers will now be able to test the effectiveness of new technology for soldiers on the urban battlefield prior to committing to costly manufacturing.

Motorola Integrated Information Systems Group recently announced that the Defense and Civil Institute of Environmental Medicine (DCIEM) has purchased the ModIOS Tool Suite to be incorporated into the Dismounted Soldier Simulator (DSS), a virtual-reality system.

ModIOS is a combat-training simulation-management, visualization and after-action-review software-tool suite, which can be integrated into the DSS. The DSS can be...