Case Studies: Space-Based Blue Force Tracking - Monitoring Movement in Real Time

Seven years later, military leaders can send troops into combat with the knowledge that they'll be safer. This is due to the development and implementation of Space-Based Blue Force Tracking, which utilizes the speed and precision of space-based systems to accurately monitor and report troop positions and movements back to a command and control headquarters—all in real time.

The U.S. Space Command/Booz Allen Hamilton team completed the project ahead of schedule, and by early October 2001, Blue Force Tracking was operating 24 hours a day in support of allied operations in Afghanistan.

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