Within

military operation A military operation is the coordinated military actions of a state, or a non-state actor, in response to a developing situation. These actions are designed as a military plan to resolve the situation in the state or actor's favor. Operations may ...

s, a local operational picture (LOP) is a single identical display of relevant (operational) information of the

battlespace Battlespace or battle-space is a term used to signify a unified military strategy to integrate and combine armed forces for the military theatre of operations, including air, information, land, sea, cyber and outer space to achieve military ...

(e.g. position of own troops and enemy troops, position and status of important infrastructure such as bridges, roads, etc.) constructed for local use. A LOP is an emerging military concept. Although, there are literary examples that suggests that a LOP is for the use of a

platoon A platoon is a military unit typically composed of two or more squads, sections, or patrols. Platoon organization varies depending on the country and the branch, but a platoon can be composed of 50 people, although specific platoons may range ...

commander Commander (commonly abbreviated as Cmdr.) is a common naval officer rank. Commander is also used as a rank or title in other formal organizations, including several police forces. In several countries this naval rank is termed frigate captain. ...

and its coverage range is 250 meter radius."Challenge # 30: Local operational picture: Improving local area awareness", Candidate Design Challenge 7 Submissions,

Massachusetts Institute of Technology The Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) is a private land-grant research university in Cambridge, Massachusetts. Established in 1861, MIT has played a key role in the development of modern technology and science, and is one of the ...

Soldier Design Competition VI, Academic Year 2008-2009 A LOP assists a platoon commander to achieve ''

situational awareness Situational awareness or situation awareness (SA) is the perception of environmental elements and events with respect to time or space, the comprehension of their meaning, and the projection of their future status. An alternative definition is tha ...

''.

Relationship to the COP

Various LOPs may be shared electronically and fused into

common operational picture A common operational picture (COP) is a single identical display of relevant (operational) information (e.g. position of own troops and enemy troops, position and status of important infrastructure such as bridges, roads, etc.) shared by more than ...

(COP). Generally, sharing the LOP to form a COP implies that the LOP is replaced by the COP and hence has limited duration.

Construction

A LOP is constructed with the aid of platform mounted/dismounted

sensor A sensor is a device that produces an output signal for the purpose of sensing a physical phenomenon. In the broadest definition, a sensor is a device, module, machine, or subsystem that detects events or changes in its environment and sends ...

s that determine geo position and signatures.

Relationship to the COP

Construction

See also

References

Further reading