Thread by @alexfrudolph

A big ol' whopping $2.7 million for ISS end-user devices for the integrated soldier system.

Coincidentally, I am writing a paper about the integrated soldier system and cyber. So let's take a look together!

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So what is the Integrated Soldier System (ISS)?

In modern warfare, when the military tries to connect everything to everything, the ISS is the military's (notably the Canadian Army) to turn soldiers into walking sensors.

But what does this mean?

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Remember the game of telephone? Where a message moves along and changes little by little until, at the very end, the message is completely different.

Now imagine a similar game of telephone when soldiers attempt to communicate intelligence to an aircraft or artillery.

A key part of the ISS is sensors-to-shooters, whereby you decrease the risk of miscommunication by reducing the need to be repeated.

In essence, soldiers on the ground are able to transmit targeting data directly to the "shooter." Said shooter being plane, artillery, etc

This is about improving command and control at scale. Functionally, it removes some risk of miscommunication due to limiting the times it must be repeated.

However, this introduces new risks. Bad operational security, cyber threats, out of date doctrine & training, are some

How do these things affect the Canadian Armed Forces and what should the Canadian Army in particular?

Stay tuned in 2023 for the article! Beyond providing connectivity to soldiers, digitally transforming begins with capabilities but starts with doctrine.