Combat disorients the senses, and accuracy of information is critical with delivering overmatch to the enemy. Despite advances in technology, soldiers are still dependent on verbal communications, toggling through menus, and pushing buttons to provide status updates.
 

At the individual soldier level, this forces a soldier to be heads down in a device instead of heads up in the fight. At echelons above battalion, quality of information impacts decisions for resupply, reinforcement, and clearances for fires.
 

ARC's solution to cognitive burden is accomplished through enhanced situational awareness and predictive logistics. Enhanced situational awareness is achieved by displaying the muzzle orientation and time of discharge for pistol, rifle, and crew served weapons. Predictive logistics automates the "ammo" component of the traditional ACE report by sending consumption information to relevant echelons.