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Interoperability challenge for ISR Brigade

11th February 2016 - 15:35 GMT | by Beth Maundrill in London

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The new 1 ISR Brigade for the British Army is still finding its feet and is facing challenges as it nears 16 months since being established alongside the 77^th Brigade.

The army’s ISR Brigade was established in September 2014 as part of the Army 2020 initiative and is made up of 19 units which encompass 6,500 personnel, half of which are reservists.

‘The logic for the brigade integration came from some of the key lessons learned from our time in Iraq and Afghanistan. We were very good at the target acquisition but not necessarily the understanding of the broader

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