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Reporter's notebook -- LandWarNet 2008
This year’s conference featured several themes, such as defining the battle domain, building the military enterprise and securing data.
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PEO View: Army fast-tracks ground radios
The Joint Tactical Radio System’s Ground Domain includes two form-factor programs: The Ground Mobile Radio program and the Handheld, Manpack and Small Formfit program.
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Blue Force Tracking system’s next gen comes closer to real time
The Blue Force Tracking (BFT) system — only a few years ago a wonder of battlespace technology — is in the midst of an upgrade. BFT is a building block of operational awareness. It transmits the location of friendly forces via a satellite connection. Unlike the Enhanced Position Location Reporting System, another location-tracking system, BFT doesn’t rely on terrestrial line-of-sight transmissions for connectivity.
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Revolution is televised
The One System Remote Video Terminal is a small, portable system that has a big effect on battlespace awareness. It’s a key functionality of Task Force ODIN, which is an Army unit dedicated to spotting and killing insurgents who plant improvised explosive devices. ODIN stands for stands for observe, detect, identify and neutralize.
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Army wants to recruit small businesses for FCS
The Army is seeking information from small businesses on their capabilities as they relate to supporting its future combat systems program.
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SAIC to support Naval Health Research Center
SAIC will provide biomedical, epidemiological and clinical research support under a $20 million Army contract.
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General Dynamics to support Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan
General Dynamics will furnish IT management services to the Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan.
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AAI gets Army Guard training deal
AAI Corp. will provide simulators and other training aids and applications to Army National Guard units to help them operate unmanned aircraft systems under a four-year, $31 million contract.
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CACI will develop simulation software for Army training
CACI International Inc. will develop software simulations for the Army’s use in troop training under a three-year, $36 million contract.
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Army cyber ops faces forensic backlog
As the number of potential assaults on military information technology networks continues to escalate, so does the challenge of conducting forensic and attribution analysis in order to respond appropriately, said Col. Barry Hensley at the 2008 LandWarNet conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., this week.
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LandWarNet 2008: Three days of defining the domain, building the enterprise and securing the data
This year’s iteration of LandWarNet displayed several distinct themes. They include defining the domain, building the enterprise and securing the data.
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CECOM’s move to Aberdeen a ‘once in a generation opportunity,’ says Via
“We’re looking at BRAC as a catalyst for change … a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rebuild,” said Maj. Gen. Dennis Via, commanding general of CECOM “But you can’t just pick up a command and move it. This is a significant and emotional event for our employees.”
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Award winners of LandWarNet 2008 named
As it does every year at LandWarNet, the Army presented its awards for superior service to the cause of signals. The following are the 2008 winners:
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The challenge of integrating cyber operations with cyber electronics
In today’s asymmetrical warfare environment in which enemies of the United States have used Internet capabilities to prosecute their own goals, the challenge for the Army is to master a domain that, in many instances, is not even fully defined.
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AKO to add blogging, wikis and Facebook-like features as it approaches its billionth user served
In a session on the "State of the Union" of Army Knowledge Online and Defense Knowledge Online, AKO/DKO project manager Col. Earl Nobel said that additional Web 2.0 capabilities, including blogging, wikis and a social networking function similar to Facebook, will be added.
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Defense in depth’ strategy key to fight cyber threats, says Army NOSC deputy
One of the concepts that network security administrators have at their disposal is similar to the traditional Army’s “defend in depth” strategy, which is a defense designed to withstand repeated enemy incursions, versus forward defense, which is a single line of defenders that can be more easily pierced by an overwhelming force.
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Chief Casey to LandWarNet 2008: “I want to see a squad leader with a hand-held device from which he can draw the knowledge of the Army”
A 21st Century Army will have to evolve to meet six trends head on: globalization, resource competition, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, climate change, failed and failing states, and demographic trends.
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"BlackBerry-like" services for the soldier — Lt. Gen. Sorenson says it’s possible
The Holy Grail of interactivity is the ability to use a BlackBerry like device with a single phone number and single email address that stays with soldiers and lets them access the data they need to prosecute their missions.
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