Talk:Blue force tracking

Context
This page is marked "insufficient context", but it's not clear to me what is missing from the context. Can someone unfamiliar with the topic say what else this page should cover? &mdash; Dj segfault 08:39, 18 February 2008

Blue Force Tracking should certainly be merged w/FBCB2. FBCB2 is the primary system. BFT and EPLRS are the two possible configurations of FBCB2 when certain peripherals (GPS reciever and MT2011E Transciever for instance) are added. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 204.34.247.9 (talk) 16:15, 28 August 2008 (UTC)

No, this should not be merged with FBCB2. FBCB2 is one of MANY BFT devices in use by the MAJCOM's today. The executive agent of JBFSA (Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness), ARSTRAT, who controls access and data sharing for BFT devices could point you in the direction of numerous BFT devices that are NOT FBCB2. BFT stands on its own as a generic term for military GPS tracking regardless of service or use. This article has a definite Army bent to it, and should represent a more unified Joint version of BFT. Renlain 14:51, 18 NOV 08

If I understand correctly that Blue Force Tracker is a joint system to be employed by all services, while Force XXI Battle Command Brigade-and-Below (FBCB2) is an Army construct, then, no, BFT should remain a separate entry in —Preceding unsigned comment added by Nav130 (talk • contribs) 12:16, 4 September 2008 (UTC)

This site has been in need of one bit of information corrected over the last at LEAST THREE years. Northrup Grumman is no longer the Prime Contractor for this system, as they just provide installation kits. Engineering Solutions and Products, Inc is now the company that installs and provides all technical support for the variant in the article. *is a member of Engineering Solutions and Products, aka ESP, Inc*89.211.62.250 (talk) 12:47, 31 March 2009 (UTC)

This page is referring to one particular system to accomplish the goal of Blue Force Tracking, not the generic term. I propose that the page being renamed "Blue Force Tracker" or to the preferred name of the specific system this page discusses. At the very least, a page with this title should contain an accurate description of the term Blue Force Tracking. I nominate the following:

The Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff (CJCS) describes BFT as the “employment of techniques to actively or passively identify and track US, allied, or coalition forces for the purpose of providing enhanced battlespace situational awareness.”

Just for the record, there are a number of systems today, in a number of NATO nations, that are employed to accomplish these goals. —Preceding unsigned comment added by 82.19.74.0 (talk) 12:27, 6 May 2009 (UTC)

I've change the thing about "Blue" in Blue Force Tracker referring to cold weather or something. Blue is the color used for friendly forces in NATO standard symbology.CatCube (talk) 06:33, 25 September 2010 (UTC)

Boat Anchor?
How far does this lag current technology?

Your COTS phone does this, surfs the web securely, processes MS Office and plays video and music.

Does this articled belong in the general topic that includes the $100,000 toilet seat?

It is an interesting and informative article (thank you), but it seems to describe dated technology and deserves further comment along that line. — Preceding unsigned comment added by 74.96.52.159 (talk) 11:01, 10 April 2012 (UTC)

BFT integrates features that are indeed available on the civilian market, cell phones (as you pointed out), SATCOM, GIS, data fusion, etc. How well does your COTS phone do all of those things when the cell network is down? As for how far the technology lags, that is a subjective question (How much is this year's Garmin better than a 2010 Garmin with updated maps?), but if you can find sources that analyze this topic, please, be bold!153.26.178.61 (talk) 05:40, 15 May 2016 (UTC)

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Capitalization
Is it "blue force tracking", "Blue Force Tracking", or something else? TypoBoy (talk) 21:29, 27 March 2024 (UTC)