Automated information distribution in bandwidth-constrained environments

In spite of the incredible advances in computing, battlefield information distribution and processing remains archaic because of the common pitfall of simply automating manual techniques. New technologies have been developed to thwart the propagation of this practice and provide automated information distribution between computers using the limited and constantly varying bandwidth of standard combat net radios. The new technologies are based on three major tenets, namely, exchange data (1) in its most general form, (2) only when truly necessary, and (3) in an efficient manner.<>