Strategypage discusses the evolution of cell phones vs. military radios.
This is one place where COTS could really cut down on expenses. My latest cell phone has a camera, plenty of storage with a mini-SD card, and would be almost perfect for virtually any mission. It even fits into a shirt pocket. The traditional radioman (like Luz in Band of Brothers) may be obsolete. now a days, the CO may have his cell phone and a Bluetooth headset.
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This is one place where COTS could really cut down on expenses.
Then again, maybe not...
My latest cell phone has a camera, plenty of storage with a mini-SD card, and would be almost perfect for virtually any mission.
Except for the following problems:
1. It is not designed to operate in any but the most permissive electronic warfare environments.
2. It is extremely short-ranged. There is a huge infrastructure needed to make the system reach out more than a mile.
3. You cannot talk directly to another user, even if he is in range; you must go through a cell phone tower.
4. It is most assuredly not secure against hacking. Making it secure would consist of shutting down most of those useful features.
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