DTRACS devices were capable of sending messages to each other and their dispacthersdispatchers. The dispacthersdispatchers used either a DTRACS device in a box (referedreferred to aas a "Fly Away Kit" or FAK) or online software (QTRACS) to send and receive messages from the drivers. While the DTRACS FAK only allowed limited communications, the QTRACS software allowed the dispatcher to see all communications they sent to and from their trucks as well as thiertheir assigned vehicles "truck to truck" messgagesmessages. It also provided topographical maps, and where neccessarynecessary, satellite imagryimagery provided by NIMA (now NGA).
Vehicles could send free text messages containing up to 1,900 characters. There were all preformated or 'canned' messages where the driver only needed to fill in blank fields and hit send. Such messagewsmessages included NBC1 reports, NEDIVAC message and arrival and departure messages among others.
