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Army, Marines to test 'throwable' robots in Afghanistan
The Defense Department is in the process of responding to a joint urgent operational needs statement for an ultra-llght recon robot capable of supporting dismounted operations in Afghanistan.
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JTRS radios and waveforms stretch the battlefield network
Brig. Gen. Michael Williamson, joint program executive officer for the Joint Tactical Radio System, discusses the latest developments for the JTRS radios and waveforms.
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Army does forward march again on enterprise e-mail
The Army picks up speed in its move to enterprise e-mail after a pause earlier this year.
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WIN-T increments stretch the comms range
Col. Edward Swanson, project manager for the Army PEO C3T's WIN-T program, and his deputies discuss the next phases of the program.
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Army pushes command-post-type capabilities farther out to the edge
Brig. Gen. N. Lee S. Price, the Army program executive officer for command, control, communications (tactical), discusses the results of the latest Network Integration Exercise, command-and control on the move and the Afghan Mission Network.
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Integration heightens insight into geospatial imagery
Processes such as tagging and standards make it simpler to merge geospatial images, maps and related data.
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Army names new PEO-EIS
Douglas Wiltsie will succeed Gary Winkler as Army Program Executive Officer-Enterprise Information Systems.
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Army taps Wiltsie to lead PEO-EIS
Douglas Wiltsie is set to succeed Gary Winkler as Army Program Executive Officer-Enterprise Information Systems.
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Army to test robotic squad support system in Afghanistan
The Army's Rapid Equipping Force will send four Squad Mission Support Systems to the 10th Mountain Division in southern Afghanistan in November.
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Army clears hurdles in data center consolidation
The Army is tackling challenges in downsizing and quantifying savings, and its successes so far could help other agencies.
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Network strategy helps Army cross budget minefield
The Army's Network Integration Evaluation is modernizing the way the Army develops, acquires and fields technology, and is also helping it maneuver austere budget conditions.
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Army PEO Integration shifts, creates new command
The Army is creating a new command, the Director, System of Systems Integration, to manage new technologies and the Army's Network Integration Evaluation exercises.
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Army must balance tech upgrades with shrinking budgets: Price
The Army must juggle its aggressive efforts in network integration and modernization and also deal with constricting budgets, said Brig. Gen. N. Lee S. Price.
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US, South Korean exercise finds glitch in intell software
U.S. and South Korean military intelligence analysts experienced repeated problems when the Distributed Common Ground System-Army went offline recently during a training exercise.
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Unmanned, manned aircraft harmonize at Army demo
The Army exercise showcased data sharing and control capabilities between unmanned, manned and ground systems.
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Army to deploy enterprisewide logistics sytem
The Global Combat Support System, one of DOD's largest ERP deployments, would allow soldiers to track deliveries of vital supplies to the battlefield.
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Army makes strides in data center consolidation
The Army IT Agency is touting its major efforts to reduce servers and energy consumption.
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Army to dedicate new C4ISR center at Aberdeen
The Aberdeen Proving Ground will hold back-to-back ceremonies Sept. 15 to mark the completion of the transfer of 11 organizations to the facility as part of the Base Realignment and Closure process and also the establishment of the C4ISR Materiel Center of Excellence at the proving ground.
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Cyber domination requires joint mindset
It's been more than a year since the Defense Department established its cyber components, but they all still must overcome one key challenge: their own traditional structures.
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