The Internet of Things (IoT) is undeniably transforming the way that organizations communicate and organize everyday businesses and industrial procedures. Its adoption has proven well suited for sectors that manage a large number of assets and coordinate complex and distributed processes. This survey analyzes the great potential for applying IoT technologies (i.e., data-driven applications or embedded automation and intelligent adaptive systems) to revolutionize modern warfare and provide benefits similar to those in industry. It identifies scenarios where Defense and Public Safety (PS) could leverage better commercial IoT capabilities to deliver greater survivability to the warfighter or first responders, while reducing costs and increasing operation efficiency and effectiveness. This article reviews the main tactical requirements and the architecture, examining gaps and shortcomings in existing IoT systems across the military field and mission-critical scenarios. The review characterizes the open challenges for a broad deployment and presents a research roadmap for enabling an affordable IoT for defense and PS.

翻译：物联网（IoT）无疑正在重塑组织间的通信方式以及日常商业与工业流程的运作模式。其在管理大量资产、协调复杂分布式流程的领域的应用已证明具有高度适配性。本综述分析了将物联网技术（如数据驱动应用、嵌入式自动化及智能自适应系统）应用于现代战争革命的巨大潜力，并指出其可带来与工业领域类似的效益。研究识别了国防与公共安全领域可借助更优商业物联网能力、提升作战人员或应急响应人员生存能力的典型场景，同时实现成本降低、运营效率与效能提升。本文回顾了主要战术需求与架构，剖析了现有军事领域及关键任务场景中物联网系统的差距与不足。综述揭示了大规模部署面临的开放性挑战，并为实现经济可行的国防与公共安全物联网提出了研究路线图。