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Confusion can be your worst enemy. There's no place more chaotic, stressful, and dangerous than battlefields, where confusion can be disastrous. Until now, those battlefield decisions were made based largely on sporadic reports via radio. Miscommunication and cumbersome analysis can eat up critical time and put lives at risk. Through The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and its Command Post of the Future (CPoF) program, Viz is using CoMotion-based software to change battlefield communication and analysis. The goal is to fluidly transfer the perspectives of individual commanders among all participants on the battlefield. Our intuitive interface visually displays those perspectives, offering every participant a macro view based on micro views of the situation. Now able to quickly extract meaning from data and the possible outcomes of actions, commanders make decisions more quickly, more efficiently, and (more important) better than the enemy does. Results of user testing by generals and officers have been dramatic: 300% increase in communications 300% increase in situational awareness 400% increase in successful execution Now, bear in mind that these are tough customers. Because they put lives on the line (including their own), they place their trust only in tools that work without fail. If you command military forces or a business, call us and we'll help you outmaneuver your competition. Media Coverage Army taps team for command post of the future (August 2004) U.S. military tests Command Post of the Future (August 2004) Viz lands $20 million contract from U.S. Army (July 2004) "The Iraqis Will Be Our Eyes And Ears. This Is Their Country"-- On patrol with the U.S. 1st Cavalry (July 12, 2004) Division Uses 'Command Post of Future' (June 2004) No Withdrawal -- Contractors vow to stay course in Iraq (May 2004) Battle Tested (April 2004) New High-tech Tools Help Soldiers Pinpoint Gunfire in Iraq (March 2004) Cutting Through the Fog of War (February 2002)

Product Interface High resolution [2132x856: 656K] Med. resolution [1066x428: 236K] Low resolution [533x214: 76K] This visualization shows how team members share on-the-ground assessments simply by populating their maps with both hard data and half-formed hypotheses, bypassing the need for lengthy reports and presentations. Downloadable Project Information Full Project Description [PDF: 2.8MB] Brief Project Overview [PDF: 92K] More Command and Control Visualizations Command and Control Visualization Portfolio [PDF: 14.2MB]

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