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Sounding the cyber alarm
An April cyberspace symposium provided a forum for military and private-sector cybersecurity experts to discuss the challenges of cyber deterrence and raise awareness about the severity of threats to military networks.
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Cyber deterrence dialog raises many questions
A conference hosted in April by the Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association International in Omaha, Neb., provided a forum for military and private-sector cybersecurity experts to discuss the challenges of cyber deterrence.
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Justice touts open source for the Army
Army Maj. Gen. Nickolas Justice presides over a diverse group of Command, Control and Communications-Tactical programs. He talks with Defense Systems about his portfolio and about open-source technology, for which he has been a proponent.
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Energy conservation for battlefield operations
New approaches to regulating energy demand at forward operating bases hold considerable promise.
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WIN-T ushers in new dawn for battlefield communications
Army Col. William Hoppe oversees the WIN-T program, which was established to provide high-bandwidth, mobile, two-way satellite communications and ad hoc mesh radio connectivity to battlefield commanders.
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Panel: Allies need cybersecurity coordination
Cooperation among the United States and ally nations on cybersecurity is ad hoc and erratic, according to members of a panel of U.S. and international military officials.
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Central control of DOD networks remains elusive
Defense Department information technology networks might be too large for them to be centrally managed by one authority, according to a panel of experts.
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Chilton: Network users must take cybersecurity role seriously
Some of the military's vulnerability to cyberattacks is because users don't think the rules apply to them, according to Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander of the Strategic Command.
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Radio connectivity on the fly
The Soldier Radio Waveform, and its reputation for agility, is a big part of what makes the Rifleman and other Joint Tactical Radio System radios so advanced.
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March to consolidation
A decade of Army IT backroom network consolidation comes to fruition in the Global Network Enterprise Construct.
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Rifleman Radio offers combat lifeline
The first Rifleman Radios are scheduled to roll off the assembly line this July in a low rate of initial production, General Dynamics officials said.
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Air Force launches new GPS satellite
The seventh of eight enhanced second-generation global positioning satellites lifted into space early on March 24 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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Space radar plans stay in flux
Interest in next-generation space radar remains high even if the method for obtaining new capabilities remains uncertain.
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CANES to consolidate shipboard networks
As the Navy prepares to rework its ashore networks with the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN), a parallel effort is under way to streamline the networks on Navy ships.
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As NMCI ends, Navy shifts net strategy
NGEN will break from the total outsource model.
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Biometrics Task Force awards 12 contracts
The Biometrics Task Force will contract with 12 companies for a variety of biometric products and services.
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Air Force works to refine IP routers for satellites
Military satellites using on-board IP routers to direct data traffic remain largely a dream even as the technology to send routers into space is more advanced than ever before.
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Army retrofits Shadow UAVs with laser targeting
The retrofit kits for the Shadow UAS will add weapons targeting capabilities to its existing electro-optic and infrared surveillance capabilities.
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Army brings real-time weather to artillery targeting
The Meteorological Measuring Set Profiler will give Army artillerymen a 'nowcast' of weather at target locations by integrating data from multiple sources.
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GAO criticizes DOD plans for business reform czar
In a new report, the GAO finds that the DOD's planned deputy chief management officer position lacks the authority to affect real change.
