<s>
The	O
Internet	O
of	O
Battlefield	O
Things	O
Collaborative	O
Research	O
Alliance	O
(	O
IoBT-CRA	B-Device
)	O
,	O
also	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Internet	O
of	O
Battlefield	O
Things	O
Research	O
on	O
Evolving	O
Intelligent	O
Goal-driven	O
Networks	O
(	O
IoBT	O
REIGN	O
)	O
,	O
is	O
a	O
collaborative	O
research	O
alliance	O
between	O
government	O
,	O
industry	O
,	O
and	O
university	O
researchers	O
for	O
the	O
purposes	O
of	O
developing	O
a	O
fundamental	O
understanding	O
of	O
a	O
dynamic	O
,	O
goal-driven	O
Internet	B-Device
of	I-Device
Military	I-Device
Things	I-Device
(	O
IoMT	O
)	O
known	O
as	O
the	O
Internet	O
of	O
Battlefield	O
Things	O
(	O
IoBT	O
)	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
It	O
was	O
first	O
established	O
by	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Army	O
Research	O
Laboratory	O
(	O
ARL	O
)	O
to	O
investigate	O
the	O
use	O
of	O
machine	B-Application
intelligence	I-Application
and	O
smart	O
technology	O
on	O
the	O
battlefield	O
,	O
as	O
well	O
as	O
strengthen	O
the	O
collaboration	O
between	O
autonomous	B-General_Concept
agents	I-General_Concept
and	O
human	O
soldiers	O
in	O
combat	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
The	O
IoBT-CRA	B-Device
was	O
created	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
the	O
U.S.	O
Army	O
’s	O
long-term	O
plans	O
to	O
keep	O
up	O
with	O
technological	O
advances	O
in	O
commercial	O
industry	O
and	O
better	O
prepare	O
for	O
future	O
electronic	O
warfare	O
against	O
more	O
technologically	O
sophisticated	O
adversaries	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
In	O
light	O
of	O
this	O
objective	O
,	O
the	O
IoBT-CRA	B-Device
focuses	O
on	O
exploring	O
the	O
capabilities	O
of	O
intelligent	O
battlefield	O
systems	O
and	O
large-scale	O
heterogeneous	O
sensor	O
networks	O
that	O
dynamically	O
evolve	O
in	O
real-time	O
in	O
order	O
to	O
adapt	O
to	O
Army	O
mission	O
needs	O
.	O
</s>
<s>
ARL	O
identified	O
six	O
areas	O
of	O
research	O
that	O
the	O
IoBT-CRA	B-Device
should	O
strive	O
to	O
develop	O
as	O
part	O
of	O
its	O
program	O
:	O
</s>
