Tags: Information Appliance.
DATAR short for Digital Automated Tracking and Resolving was a pioneering computerized battlefield information system. DATAR combined the data from all of the sensors in a task force into a single overall view that was then transmitted back to all of the ships. Commanders could then see information from everywhere not just their own ship’s sensors.Development on DATAR was started by the Royal Canadian Navy in partnership with Ferranti Canada (later known as Ferranti-Packard) in 1949.