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Army finds communications on-the-move tech outside WIN-T
Officials want to address satellite communications needs with cost-effective commercial technologies.
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Interview: Lt. Gen. William Shelton
The Air Force’s CIO and warfighting integration chief discusses the essential role of space in combat operations.
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Bird's-eye view of the war zone
One of the most valuable products to come out of NGA's program to buy commercial satellite imagery is an up-to-date atlas of Baghdad.
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Army rolls forward with Web financial system
The U.S. Army’s five-year-long effort to transition its financial management to a Web-enabled enterprise resource planning (ERP) configuration has had its first deployment at Fort Jackson, South Carolina
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Interview with Lt. General William Shelton, the Air Force's next chief of warfighting integration
Lt. Gen. William Shelton, commander of the Air Force Space Command's 14th Air Force and commander of the Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space, has been reassigned as chief of warfighting integration and chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
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Interview: John Grimes
The assistant secretary of Defense for networks and information integration and Defense Department chief information officer talks about the transition to a new administration and what's left to do on his watch.
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Interview with Gary Winkler
Gary Winkler, the program executive officer for enterprise information systems, offers his insight on Army initiatives that seek to improve support functions, global communications and online learning.
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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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Interview with Lt. Gen. Michael Peterson
Peterson manages a command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) portfolio valued at $17 billion. He spoke with Defense Systems contributing editor Barry Rosenberg about some of the challenges he has faced in his three years as Air Force CIO.
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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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STRATCOM commander: DOD network operators need to train to ‘fight through attacks’
If you look at cyberspace as just another domain in which to defend and fight — just like land, sea, air and space — then the whole task to developing the doctrine and tools to make the enterprise a strategic advantage for the U.S. military forces is not as daunting as it might seem.
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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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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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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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NETCOM commander highlights network security concerns
The modern-day Army has a variety of vulnerabilities that it didn’t necessarily have to deal with just a decade ago. At the top of the list is network and data security.
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Industry experts: Information assurance key to vision of a joint enterprise
If the future of LandWarNet is part of a collective enterprise, and that enterprise is all about providing data to the people who need it to make decisions, then few elements of the chain are more important than that of information assurance.
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Acting DISA Director: It's about the connected enterprise, not the 'Hooah'
Our information-sharing enterprise is not about control, it is about partnership.
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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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