Defense Systems
Radar functions increase as developers shift to software and digital modules
A changeover to more digital components is enabling new, sophisticated techniques for radar.
Defense Systems
Sharing intel between echelons key challenge for Army Geospatial Center
Joseph Fontanella, director of the U.S. Army Geospatial Center, on the challenge of sharing geospatial intelligence between echelons.
Defense Systems
New features enable tactical computing products to survive the battlefield
Next-generation laptops, displays and mobile devices can endure the extreme conditions found at the tactical edge.
Defense Systems
Army PEO C3T managing tactical comms at the terrestrial, aerial and celestial tiers
MG N. Lee Price, Army program executive officer for command, control, communications (Tactical), on the challenges of managing tactical communications at the terrestrial, aerial and celestial tiers
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General Dynamics to advance Marine Corps C2 system
General Dynamics C4 Systems has won a contract from the Navy to support the second phase of the Marine Corps' Common Aviation Command Control System.
Defense Systems
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.
Defense Systems
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.
Defense Systems
UAS imagery can have more tactical value when viewed on mobile devices
Smart phones and tablets are emerging as essential UAS imagery viewing platforms.
Defense Systems
Raytheon to build sensor netting system for Navy
A Raytheon unit has received a Navy contract to produce a sensor netting system designed to boost the air defense capability of U.S. fleets.
Defense Systems
Why network modernization must remain funded
Excessive reductions in modernization leave the Army unprepared for the next war.
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Centralization is key to better geospatial imagery and analysis
The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency is looking at new technologies that make data collection faster, store more data and perform deeper analytics from anywhere.
Defense Systems
Distributed common ground system comes under fire
The Army Test and Evaluation Command finds that the services’ integrated ISR system is flawed, with each service confronting its own set of challenges.
Defense Systems
SPAWAR putting in place building blocks of a unified IT network
As the Navy migrates to a future net-centric enterprise, the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) has been charged with putting in place the building blocks for a unified, global network that converge some large-scale IT integration and development efforts that the command has underway.
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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.
Defense Systems
Military looking to DISA for clear direction on security in the cloud
The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to do a careful assessment of all of the security implications associated with broad use of cloud computing.
Defense Systems
Northrop to upgrade software for Navy's Fire Scout UAV
The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a one-year, $28 million contract to provide software development support for the Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle.
Defense Systems
Good cybersecurity practices should be second nature, says DOD deputy CIO
Attention to cybersecurity is important not just during Cyber Security Awareness Month, but 365 days a year, says DOD Deputy CIO Robert J. Carey.
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