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Defense Systems
The military cloud: Balancing security and accessibility
DOD weighs security and accessibility concerns as it gets ready to send sensitive data into the cloud.
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Budget and technology issues reshape combat communications
Emerging systems and innovative approaches help the Defense Department enhance tactical edge communications despite diminishing financial resources.
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Access to better intelligence and insight to come--eventually
The planned Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise builds upon the Distributed Common Ground System architecture used by the Army and Air Force in an attempt to provide a coherent, fully analyzed picture of the current operational and physical environment.
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Addressing the challenge of data for all, but securely
Emerging threats and new devices combine to create a complex and rapidly changing landscape for storage security.
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SRW Appliqué and Agile Bidding: Vehicle Voice and Data
The Army is using a streamlined bidding process to save time and money as it searches for an inexpensive way of adding networking capabilities to SINCGARS-radio-equipped vehicles.
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Military encryption's going open
Emerging technologies aim to secure data on a rapidly growing number of platforms.
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2012: Year One in global cyber war
As cyberattacks mounted in 2012, the Defense Department and other government agencies began striking back.
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Geospatial intelligence sharing across echelons poses Big Data challenge
Getting various types of geospatial intelligence to end-users quickly and in the correct format remains a complex process.
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DOD works to protect essential collaboration technology
Across the DOD, videoconferencing is now widely used to facilitate real-time decision making for command and control applications, as well as to improve combat effectiveness all the way up to the tactical edge.
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Air Force ISR aims for maximum insight
Agency strives to provide a full spectrum of ISR capabilities to meet strategic, tactical and combatant command requirements.
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Air Force ISR works to stay on top of evolving technologies
Lt. Gen. Larry James on the Air Force ISR's ever-evolving mission, the roles played by old and new technologies and the challenges AF ISR faces as it serves users on a rapidly changing global stage.
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Safeguarding data-filled devices requires sophisticated tools
Safeguarding an ever-expanding variety of data-filled devices requires sophisticated tools and methods.
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Plethora of communications options compound challenges at the tactical edge
The quest for comprehensive situational awareness leads to a burgeoning array of communications technologies.
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UAS imagery can have more tactical value when viewed on mobile devices
Smart phones and tablets are emerging as essential UAS imagery viewing platforms.
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Fewer DOD data centers will result in reduced enemy attack vectors
Maintaining security in an era of smaller budgets and data center consolidation poses a major challenge.
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Intel-in-a-suitcase system helps boost situational awareness
Taking advantage of emerging communications technologies and platforms, L-3 Communications keeps adding new capabilities to its VideoScout "intel-in-a-suitcase" system.
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DOD's mobility strategy a push-pull between radios and COTS devices
Rapidly evolving mobile technologies create new capabilities—and rapid change.
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Satellites and secure wireless evolve to meet new demands
Emerging systems promise easier access, improved performance and new capabilities.
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Ruggedized network components keep critical data flowing
Delivering situational awareness data to the tactical edge requires the use of battle-hardened network elements.
