The Americas was the largest segment of the global military mobile computing systems market in 2015, accounting for a share of 49.17%, followed by EMEA with a share of 29.72%, and APAC with a share of 21.11%.In 2015, the major market shares were held by the US and Europe.Various national-level programs such as the US Joint Tactical Network (JTNC) program, Europe’s ESSOR, and other initiative programs initiated by governments of countries such as Germany, France, Italy, and Spain are increasing the growth of the market in the European region.The US DOD and other government services are focusing on the benefits and risks of bring-your-own-device (BYOD) policies. However, the DOD currently prohibits government data on personal devices owing to the risk of sensitive data being

exposed.The US DOD mandates the use of Federal Information Processing Standard (FIPS) validated encryption on devices, which is not currently in-built in commercial devices such as tablets or smartphones.In future conflicts, it is expected that the commanders and non-military leaders will need to work simultaneously to achieve a coherent set of military and non-military effects against the adversary, resulting in the need for innovations in mobile computing systems for seamless communications.