The US Army is going digital, but soldiers still want physical backups of their battlefield maps

The Army tested a wave of high-tech tools at Fort Irwin—digital maps, drones, electronic warfare gear and the prototype NGC2 command system.
Despite the tech leap, many soldiers still carry and trust paper maps as backups when jamming or connectivity failures cut digital links.
The exercise underscored that comfort, redundancy and user feedback matter as leaders refine these new systems.