Personal Decision Support Aids for Special Operations, Report of Syndicate One

Abstract : Syndicate 1 identified three criteria upon which to guide its work; the subject must be useful to NATO, it should have a counter-terrorism focus given recent events and it should produce results within 18 months. In response, a concept was developed to provide powerful improvements in capability for NATO teams of special operations soldiers, applicable to counter-terrorism and a diversity of other operational missions. The goal is to facilitate coordinated action within a small unit and to provide improved situation awareness to the individual soldiers.