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Charles Hoskinson
Charles Hoskinson is a contributing writer for Defense Systems.
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Simplifying control of unmanned systems
Military and industry researchers are working on ways of simplifying the control of unmanned systems as the number and types used by the armed services continue to grow.
- Charles Hoskinson
Defense Systems
Sequestration slows the pace of data center consolidation
Efforts by the Army and Navy to meet the Defense Department’s mandate to consolidate data centers have been slowed by the automatic budget cuts that took effect earlier this year – an irony considering that the process is one of the Pentagon’s top priorities for saving money in a tight budget environment.
- Charles Hoskinson
Defense Systems
Finding a common operating picture for UAV data
The proliferation of unmanned systems on the battlefield has opened new avenues for gathering data for the warfighter, but warfighters risk being overwhelmed by that data if it cannot be exploited in a timely and systematic fashion.
- Charles Hoskinson
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New technology keeps SATCOM moving with commanders
Commercial satellite communications technology promises to revolutionize the way commanders control ground forces while on the move.
- Charles Hoskinson
Defense Systems
Navy installing first CANES system
The Navy’s next-generation shipboard tactical computing system is expected to set sail in the spring aboard a San Diego-based destroyer, the first of 23 ships scheduled to receive the system in an initial deployment.
- Charles Hoskinson
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NGEN contract expected by March
The Navy expects to award a contract this year for the shore-based portion of the service’s future computing environment.
- Charles Hoskinson
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Air Force centralizes cyber control under new reorganization plan
Service reorganizes business operations to become more cost-effective and benefit from commercially available technologies.
- Charles Hoskinson
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Tight budgets drive training into the networked virtual world
Technological advances have made the task of preparing troops for combat more efficient and less expensive.
- Charles Hoskinson
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ITES-3H part of Army's strategy to consolidate $5B in contracts
Service seeks commercial, off-the-shelf products compatible with net-centric infrastructure.
- Charles Hoskinson
Defense Systems
Collaboration key to network success, say military leaders
Military leaders attending the GEOINT 2012 Symposium this week emphasized that collaboration with industry, allies and among themselves are the key to building and securing networks for modern warfare.
- Charles Hoskinson
Defense Systems
ITT Exelis unveils mobile access to GEOINT for ground troops
ITT Exelis is promoting new software based on its ENVI Image Analysis package that would allow ground troops real-time access to airborne and satellite image analysis through mobile devices.
- Charles Hoskinson
Defense Systems
Raytheon, Penn State studying intel workflow
Raytheon is working with Penn State University on a gaming exercise to study how intelligence analysts work with the goal of improving tradecraft and streamlining workflow.
- Charles Hoskinson
Defense Systems
GeoEye delivers web networks
GeoEye announced this week that it has made a scheduled delivery of additional web hosting service networks to the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency.
- Charles Hoskinson
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Astrium consolidates its brand identity
Astrium Services is now marketing satellite telecommunications services of Vizada, Vizada Networks and Paradigm under the Astrium brand.
- Charles Hoskinson
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DIA maps out new structure to address 'persistent conflict'
The Defense Intelligence Agency is remaking itself to cope with dramatic changes in human geography and a revolution in network-centric warfare that add new threats to national security, says its director.
- Charles Hoskinson
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Agencies testing app marketplace
Agencies from the Defense Department and the intelligence community are testing a system designed to allow developers of innovative applications easier access to government business.
- Charles Hoskinson
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Moving in together aids intel integration in UK
Place matters -- that’s the lesson British officials learned from efforts to fuse diverse intelligence capabilities into a single, collaborative entity.
- Charles Hoskinson
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Textron offers new workgroup software
Textron’s Overwatch division this week introduced new software designed to allow users in small teams to easily share and manage geospatial data and databases on a shared local network.
- Charles Hoskinson
Defense Systems
Thinklogical debuts high bandwidth router
Thinklogical unveiled what the company says is the world’s largest and highest bandwidth KVM and video router this week.
- Charles Hoskinson
Defense Systems
General Dynamics offers new classified/unclassified laptop
General Dynamics has introduced a new laptop that allows users to operate on both classified and unclassified networks at the same time.
- Charles Hoskinson