The next generation of military systems will be all rugedized commercial. Work by the army in that direction has already began. The links below, contain some limited information on military communication systems. For more information, visit his page on Telecommunications. Internet and the world wide web.
Computer chips are today's high technology.
Tomorrow's high technology is Nanotechnology. The internet, is still the baby of the marriage between powerful computer chips and software. The number of components placed on a chip the size of a fingernail doubles every 18 months. Present state of the art devices are made at .18 micron geometries. As geometries decrease, the number of components and speed increases.