This page lists things that we should emphasize in the presentation.
Phone transcripts are not actually stored in an Intelligence Summary database, but the real database is classified. We will use our own database name and format, and simply tell the audience that the military has their own (similar) database.
We will make two videotapes during the demo runs. One videotape will be taken from over a soldier's shoulder (i.e., it will show the soldier's point of view). The videotaped soldier will be the one that sees the bad guy enter the building. The other videotape will show different areas of the "battlefield". So, in the first case, the videotaper will follow the soldier, and in the second case, the videotaper will roam around the demo area.
The demo replays should show the current locations of all "critical" messages (e.g., put an icon on the map that indicates which computer currently has the observation message for the first bad guy).
The military does not currently provide compute power to the individual warfighter. Thus, we should begin the demo presentation with a description of existing programs that aim to provide such compute power. Two existing programs are the Army's Land Warrior program and DARPA's Small Unit Operations project. In addition, during Urban Warrior exercises in March 1999, the Marines tested a small laptop computer that was strapped to a soldier's chest.
By giving an overview of these programs, we can make clear that we understand reality (i.e., the average soldier is not going to carry a full-sized laptop into the field), and are working toward solutions that can be used in the military's ongoing modernization efforts.
(The Army's Land Warrior program will have small, lightweight ruggedized computers. Program fielding has been delayed until 2002 or later, due to problems with funding and with minimizing the total system weight. The program also includes heads-up displays, laser rangefinders for Army rifles, and so on.)