High-Tech Humvee will be used by Marine Corps

The Marines will begin testing two high-tech Humvees next month at a base in Twentynine Palms, Calif. The Humvees will be outfitted with the M2C2 or "Mobile Modular Command & Control", and will enable war zone commanders to see where their troops are heading and how close they are to the enemy. The equipment aboard each prototype cost about $1 million, but the Marines already own some of the machines used. Producing more of the M2C2 systems could also lower purchasing costs.Experts say the advanced satellite and wireless technology will save Marine lives in battle.

I love to see technology like this being used by our Marines. I have always felt that incorporating more technology into the tools that the armed forces are using would save lives.

Source: Associated Press