Defense Systems
DISA's path to enterprise services begins with e-mail
Defense Information Systems Agency officials think the path to ubiquitous network support for warfighters is in cloud computing.
Defense Systems
Army evaluates robots for big EOD dig
The Army Environmental Command looks to robots to clear unexploded ordnance.
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Radio design needs to mirror PC industry approach
A senior Navy program manager challenged the software-defined radio industry to think more like the PC industry.
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Jost: Software radios must be affordable
Technology suppliers are out of sync with the Defense Department’s priorities for software-defined radios from the standpoint of development and maintenance, a high-level DOD official told vendors.
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Rules of engagement
As the Defense Department builds a cyber force, forming a doctrine for cyber warfare is its opening challenge.
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Giving the Army eyes and ears
Project Manager Night Vision is a 0-6 level PM within the Program Executive Officer-Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors (PEO-IEW&S).
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Cyber criminals: Digital mercenaries and arms dealers
Cyber warfare is the epitome of asymmetric warfare. A single individual with access to the Internet can be a threat.
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C4ISR Contract Watch: Navy awards contracts for F/A-18 computers, CEC production
The Navy issues two contract awards, to General Dynamics and Raytheon business units.
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Pollett assumes command at DISA and JTF-GNO
In his new role, Army Lt. Gen. Carroll F. Pollett will face BRAC challenges, assume responsibility for DOD's Global Information Grid operations, and serve as DOD's chief network warrior.
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DOD defers F-22 funding to Obama administration
The Defense Department has deferred spending $140 million of the authorized funding for the F-22 Raptor fighter program, leaving the decision on the program to the incoming administration. Undersecretary of Defense for Aquisition, Technology and Logistics John J. Young told the House Armed Services Committee on November 19 that he had approved only $50 million on the program, for advance procurement of four F-22s.
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DISA, Hughes to test satellite mesh networking for DOD apps
While the future of the Transformational Communications Satellite program remains somewhat uncertain, the Defense Information Systems Agency is investigating commercial alternatives that could bridge the gap and provide high-bandwidth satcom networks now.
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Navy CANES program set for full speed ahead
The Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services project appears on track for award by the end of 2009
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The Air Force's cyber path
A Q&A with Maj. Gen. John Maluda, director of cyberspace transformation and strategy at the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
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Editor's Note | Overtaken by events
With only two months remaining before a major transition and almost everything on the table with the upcoming quadrennial defense review, defense community leaders are facing a shifting target.
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Air Force ISR Agency gets new commander
Brig. Gen. Bradley A. Heithold, currently director of plans, programs, requirements and assessments for the Air Force Special Operations Command, has been selected to take command of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
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UAV communications relay sets flight endurance record
A solar-powered plane, funded jointly by the Department of Defense and U.K. Ministry of Defence, recently set an unofficial world endurance record, and provided a relay that allowed units more than 300 miles apart to communicate using terrestrial radio.
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Obama team mulls DOD picks
Sens. Hagel and Reed, along with current Defense Secretary Robert Gates, are thought to be on Obama's list to head DOD.
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The right stuff for cyber warfare
In a press meeting at the LandWarNet 2008 conference in August, Gen. Kevin Chilton, Air Force commander of the Strategic Command, spoke about the structure of U.S. cyber operations and his priorities for the workforce and technology.
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