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Thanks, Signalsguy, your hands-on experience has greatly clarified the use of these systems. I am re-reading the General Dynamics literature and other Army descriptions of the system along with your comments and feel I'm getting a working knowledge. No, they are two seperate systems. Good to...

Thanks, MCG. The more I hear about it, the more I think ATS and SAS are complementary: ATS being the communication package and SAS being the data display module.

These extracts from the document "Vol 1 Part 2 SAS Definitions as of 03 Dec 2004.doc" (though a bit dated for these high tempo times) seem to suggest that the division between "bn and above" and "bn and below" may be meaningless in the continuum between BG and the Pl sub-section. What do you...

Hi I'm trying to understand the operational difference between the ATS and SAS. It seems they are both part of Iris, with ATS used at battalion and above, and SAS below battalion. but what's the real difference?  Some references to ATS emphasize its radio role, yet occasionally there is a...

Many thanks, a_majoor, for your detailed response. It is very useful to get this kind of insight from someone with recent operational experience. It now seems to me that the concept of "networks fighting networks" should focus on communication networks. So just as previous "revolutions" in...

In their book "Networks and Netwars: The Future of Terror, Crime and Militancy" Arguilla and Ronfeldt argue that networks must be opposed by networks, i.e. networks fighting networks. England has stated that "Typically, the CF has agreed that organizational change is as important to RMA...