US DOD adapts commercial 4G LTE Advanced technology for mission command data, imagery and streaming video to battlefield

As the capabilities of commercial wireless systems and technology is advancing  exponentially, the technology gap between them and the military tactical communications systems is widening.   Huge product-oriented investments and standardization efforts by the commercial telecommunications  industry has enabled 4G wireless along with the global standard, Long Term Evolution (LTE) to achieve peak data rate capabilities approximately ten times greater than third Generation Wireless Systems.