The Israel Defence Forces (IDF) are set to introduce a new portable command, control, and information (C2I) system for its ground forces that will take the form of a smartphone and smartwatch that together will provide real-time information to officers on the location of friendly and hostile forces, as well as analysis of the situation in the area and route suggestions, Jane's reports.
The C2I system called Shaked is expected to significantly speed up mission planning for field officers, according to Lieutenant Colonel Oren Mazliah, head of the C2i and Simulators Branch in the IDF Ground Forces’ Technology Division who spoke to Jane's.
Pre-mission planning will enable company commanders to use the system to issue instructions and routes to platoon commanders, who can then do the same for their squad commanders. Currently, this type of mission planning involves hardcopy maps, which require officers to draw enemy and friendly positions by hand based on data received over radio communications.
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