Defense Systems
Army modernization plan calls for adaptable, balanced force
With its 2012 Modernization Plan, the Army is taking a close look at how it will use its fiscal 2012 budget to achieve its most critical goals and re-balance the force.
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Army places initial order for JTRS ground radios
The Army has placed an initial production order with General Dynamics to deliver 6,250 Rifleman and 100 Manpack radios for use by soldiers at the tactical level.
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Army refines aerial layer at NIE exercise
Aerostat blimps and Shadow unmanned aircraft systems configured with Joint Tactical Radio System devices are being used in the Army's Network Integration Evaluation exercise as an aerial layer to extend a mobile, line-of-sight network to pass voice, video and data images.
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Senate questions need for two airship programs
The Army and the Air Force both have programs in the works for high-altitude, persistent surveillance airships, and the Senate Armed Services Committee wants to know the rationale for having seemingly duplicate programs under way.
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Army Signal Regiment transforms training, operational strategies
The Army Signal Regiment is looking to transform the way it trains and equips soldiers in the era of cyber warfare.
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Army's software-defined radios to test new waveforms
New software allows radios to support battalion-level communications.
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Army CIO outlines AKO phase out
The Army CIO proposes to gradually decrease funding for the service's multipurpose online portal over the next five years.
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Effective cyber defense requires new processes
The rapidly evolving dynamics of cyber warfare will require the U.S. military to adjust its approach to defense, officials say.
Defense Systems
Army explores idea of joint VTOL drone
The Army has provided an addendum to a Navy analysis of alternatives to determine whether the two services can meet their needs for vertical-takeoff-and-landing unmanned aircraft through a joint program.
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Army deploys more small drones in ISR surge
Additional UAS will feature enhanced sensors, better communications capabilities and extended operating times.
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In quest of the agnostic radio
Limited user tests under way this summer at White Sands Missile Range will focus on maturing two radio waveforms so they eventually can be ported to hardware agnostic radios.
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Handheld joint radios face critical network test
Upcoming tests will evaluate the ability of Joint Tactical Radio System equipment to provide small units with network connectivity and communications.
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Army to field-test mature battlefield networks
Col. Richard Juergens, deputy commander of the Army Brigade Modernization Command, discusses this summer's Network Integration Exercise at Fort Bliss, Texas, and White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
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Drastic funding cut proposed for EMARSS program
A House panel wants to trim $524 million from the Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System, the Army's intelligence collection, processing, and targeting platform.
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DOD tackles security challenges of mobile computing
The security of mobile devices used by defense personnel and warfighters is a high-stakes game in which compromised data can put lives on the line.
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Smart-phone apps head to battle zones
Spurred by the Army's smart-phone plans, scores of sophisticated mobile apps, many designed for use in battlefield conditions, have arrived in recent months.
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Army to take Afghanistan fight to the Web
The Army is looking for a new type of soldier -- one that can take the fight in Afghanistan to the World Wide Web.
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New Army lab will speed up radio testing
New testing laboratory will put radios through realistic evaluations to judge their technical maturity.
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Army to field-test cognitive radios at NIE
The Army is testing a technology that may eliminate the need to manually set frequencies for military operations.
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