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Much more than a game
America’s Army provides an enterprise platform for Army training
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The Army's future combat systems in a nutshell
Army future combat, command and control vehicles
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Drills test NMCI system
The Navy and a contractor hold drills to measure the capability of workers to maintain the continuity of operations of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet
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Wireless supply line
The Army is upgrading a wireless system designed to connect theater logisticians directly to their electronic ordering systems, which has been a Defense Department goal since Operation Desert Storm.
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Self-Healing Aircraft
Researchers develop a liquid healing agent for the skins of aircraft and missiles
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Back to the future
The future of the Army’s Future Combat Systems, from strictly a technical standpoint, would seem fairly certain at this point.
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A virtual plane for Navy techs
The Navy has found a better way to troubleshoot an aircraft. It commissioned American Systems to develop simulators for F/A-18C maintenance training.
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The risks of thinking big
There’s no crime in thinking big. However, as seen in the case of the Army’s gargantuan Future Combat Systems project, there are practical limits to how big a project can be.
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USAF spends on flexible microcircuits
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research is funding research on thin,flexible transistors that could be developed into high-performance optoelectronics.
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Switches with wings: UAVs as comm relays
Giant blimps are not the only vehicles capable of stratospheric flight. Fixed-wing aircraft such as the Lockheed U-2 have done it for decades.
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High Bandwidth
With mounting pressure for high-bandwidth connectivity for forces in the field, and concern about available satellite communications, a number of programs are seeking to revive an old technology — airships.
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DHS ‘virtual fence’ and Army’s FCS test limits of networked sensors
The core of Project 28 is a network of nine mobile towers that carry a range of radar systems, cameras, and satellite and wireless communications. Unattended ground sensors (UGS) scattered along the border are meant to catch movement and alert the towers for a more detailed look.
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On the fly
Pacific Command’s Alaskan range complex pushes the technology envelope in training.
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Message convergence rolls on
As networking technology continues to improve and additional bandwidth becomes available, there will be the opportunity for additional consolidation.
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GAO says FCS threatened by software bloat
The centerpiece program of Army transformation, Future Combat Systems, could collapse under the weight of poor software design.
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