TY - BOOK AU - PENGELLEY Rupert TI - Bird in the hand: Bowman bridges the digital divide for the British Army PY - 2005/// KW - MILITARY COMMUNICATIONS SYSTEMS KW - TACTICAL RADIOS KW - BOWMAN SYSTEM KW - COMMAND AND CONTROL KW - BRITAIN KW - ARMED FORCES N2 - Describes in some detail the complexity, scale, and progress to date of the British Army's Bowman digital communications project. Notes that despite the long development period and the opportunity to learn from other countries projects, the project is by no means complete, and that there is no substitute for live trials to confirm whether such systems actually work in practice ER -