Basic Information and Communications Package (BICP)

Basic Information and Communications Package (BICP)- main element of an informa­tion management network for tactical units, which gives the commander the following ca­pabilities of information and communication:

-   common information database of all the interacting entities

-   GPS navigation and movement control the of mobile objects (weapons, military equipment, certain military person­nel)

-   exchange of command textual information

-   preparation of solutions and analysis of the situation on the electronic map (diagram) of area

-   automated personnel alert system

-   units management with use of information possibilities of modern computer technology on the march and at pre­defined positions

BICP can be used by any species of troops as a basis for the construction of a tactical information network manage­ment and integration into a unified information environment of specialized computational tasks and earlier imple­mented information systems.