Downloaded from https://www.everyspec.com FM 34-54 and signals sensors. Much can be gained by integrating MASINT and TECHINT. The disciplines are not competing but complementary. Many MASINT technologies and subdisciplines lend themselves towards bringing traditional TECHINT into the information age. Sensors are used to derive information in NRT, so that it can be fed to the supported commander in time to effect the decision cycle. A-6