Ft. Hood iScout to Persistent Ground Surveillance System (PGSS) Cueing Demonstration

The 504th Battlefield Surveillance Brigade BfSB certification exercise CERTEX was held at Ft. Hood, TX, February 28 to March 11, 2011, in preparation for their deployment to theater. At the request of Don Nibblett and the Army G-2 office, the U.S. Army Research Laboratory ARL was asked to conduct training classes for Soldiers using iScout sensors, as well as demonstrate the slew to cue capability of the Persistent Ground Surveillance System PGSS using iScout sensors as detection triggers. This memorandum report chronicles the technical aspects and challenges of the successful exercise at Ft. Hood and provides recommendations for future testing.