Annex E. International Armaments Strategy Army Science and Technology Master Plan (ASTMP 1997)
Annex E. International Armaments Strategy Table E.II-6. Computing and Software
| G. COMPUTING AND SOFTWARE | UNITED KINGDOM | FRANCE | GERMANY | OTHER COUNTRIES | JAPAN |
| HIGH PERFORMANCE COMPUTING AND SCALABLE PARALLEL SYSTEMS |  MPP |
Optical processing |
MPP Artificial neural networks |
Artificial neural networks |
|
| NETWORKING | Optical switching |
Tactical fiber optic systems |
Fiber optic systems |
Canada optical switching and
networks China Fiber optics |
Optical switching and networks |
| SOFTWARE ENGINEERING | |
|
Software for MPP and neural
networks |
 India Israel CASE and
applications |
|
| ARTIFICIAL INTELLIGENCE | |
|
|
Many |
 |
| HUMAN COMPUTER INTERFACE | Visually- coupled systems |
Visually- coupled systems |
Visually- coupled systems |
 Canada Visually- coupled
systems Large data-set representation Italy
Haptic/tactile sensors |
Visually- coupled interfaces |