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.

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.

Defense Systems

Joint information and enterprise capabilities top DISA's priorities.

DISA Director Air Force Lt. Gen. Ronnie Hawkins Jr. discusses enterprise services, mobile device management and security, big data analytics and the effect of sequestration on DISA programs.

Defense Systems

Cyber winners in the fiscal 2013 budget

Though Pentagon planners are committed to making some hard line-item choices in their budgets in the coming years, they got it right when it came to accelerating the funding for cyber defense in fiscal year 2014 so it at least can have a fighting chance of keeping pace with technical and IT developments in the commercial/consumer world.

Defense Systems

Navy steams ahead with virtual desktop technology

By upgrading the computers and software in its classrooms and training centers the U.S. Navy is modernizing how it trains its personnel.

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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.

Defense Systems

Putting the cyber threat domain into context

Things are rapidly changing in the cyber threat domain.

Defense Systems

Adapting the radio development process to meet Army acquisition strategies

The U.S. Army’s recently released Equipment Modernization Strategy sends a strong message about the new way of doing business at the Pentagon.

Defense Systems

Army moves to tighten quick reaction development

Stephen Kreider talks about moving the PEO IEW&S enterprise to a system of systems architecture and bringing its quick-reaction technology development programs into a more structured construct as the war in Afghanistan winds down.

Defense Systems

What might special operations in cyber look like?

The concept of special cyber ops is rapidly evolving, as are most of the concepts, strategies and weapons used in the cyber domain.

Defense Systems

The DOD's satellite control networks are fragmented, says GAO report

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Defense Department to connect itself via $750 million contract for a high-speed fiber-optic network

CenturyLink wins Defense Research & Engineering Network III contract.

Defense Systems

Differing Opinions on Cyber Threat

It is important to understand why there are differing opinions as to the current cyber threat level

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Maneuver and logistics forces to share situational awareness

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Air Force names new round of winners in $6.9 billion NETCENTS-2 contract

Of the nine companies that won the original award in 2012, only four were chosen this time.

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The Navy to implement a new, electronic Freedom of Information Act tool

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