Defense Systems

Small satellites offer big promise

In the space industry, efforts to build a new generation of small satellites for a variety of military and communications uses is building momentum.

Defense Systems

Chiarelli: Greater support needed for knowledge management

The Army's vice chief of staff said IT leaders need to keep pushing for systems that help users make better decisions.

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The third collaboration button

Defense Information Systems Agency officials are laying the groundwork to develop a third collaboration platform that will incorporate and advance the most successful features of existing collaboration tools.

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Unmanned vehicles break ranks

The new era of unmanned vehicles is redefining the nature of warfighting.

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The promise beneath Forge.mil

DISA's efforts to accelerate network-centric technology advances have gained notable traction in recent weeks.

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Cyber attacks threaten agency missions, experts say

A variety of existing measures could significantly improve the security of government information technology systems in the next two years, experts said at a cyber security conference in Washington this week.

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Former DISA chief to lead new Lockheed unit

Lt. General Charles Croom (retired) will lead strategy at new cybersecurity center; former DHS exec Holcomb to lead technology effort.

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Army cyber ops faces forensic backlog

As the number of potential assaults on military information technology networks continues to escalate, so does the challenge of conducting forensic and attribution analysis in order to respond appropriately, said Col. Barry Hensley at the 2008 LandWarNet conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., this week.