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The networked soldier is key to the future of the Canadian Army, allowing for the robust situational awareness and communications capability needed to remain sharp in an ever-changing environment, writes Samantha Bayard of Army Public Affairs.

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“What we mean by that is soldiers are part of a team and a force on the ground that are able to sense, to assimilate information, to receive direction, to be able to influence programs or emerging operations and to have the ability and the systems behind them to do that,” explains Brigadier-General Christopher Thurrott, Chief of Staff Strategy (COS Strat).

The command teams have access to data elements such as maps, imagery and statistics through satellites; the soldiers on the ground can recognize visual cues and other sensory data on the battlefield itself, our system has to be able to synthesize intelligence at various levels.