Defense Systems

Navy's Fleet Cyber Command 'right action at the right time'

Vice Adm. H. Denby Starling II, commander of the Naval Network Warfare Command, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.

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GNEC, NCS power Army's global network

Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, Army chief information officer, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.

Defense Systems

Flight Plan transforms Air Force ISR

Col. Tim Skinner, chief of the Air Force's ISR Plans and Integration Division, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.

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Business process management strengthens AKO/DKO portal

Col. Earl Noble, Army Knowledge Online project manager, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.

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Netcom, GNEC directives transform Army LandWarNet

Maj. Gen. Susan Lawrence, commanding general of the Army's Network Enterprise Technology Command/9th Signal Command, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.

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Integrated sensor-derived data drives battlefield success

Brig. Gen. Thomas Cole, program executive officer of the Army's Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.

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Military leaders accelerate C4ISR integration

Efforts to improve command, control, communications, and computer systems and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities is taking on new urgency.

Defense Systems

Space Command defends far reaches of cyberspace

Air Force Space Command commander Gen. Robert Kehler discusses the challenges of defending cyberspace, Global Positioning System capabilities and space assets.

Defense Systems

Robots slimming down for Afghanistan duty

Mountainous terrain and the lack of paved roads in Afghanistan are driving development of new robotic vehicles.

Defense Systems

Agencies put geospatial intell under one roof

Defense and civilian agencies are banding together in an effort to furnish ground troops with real-time information that can help them prevail in combat and prevent casualties.

Defense Systems

Army explores new paths to secure communications

Army officials are busy hammering out a framework to support secure communications in the next decade.

Defense Systems

Netcom focuses on enhancing network service centers

Maj. Gen. Susan Lawrence, commanding general of the Army Network Enterprise Technology Command and 9th Signal Command, discusses lessons learned from Operation Validation and next steps for Network Service Centers despite staff shortages and budgetary challenges.

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Army faces different IED foe in Afghanistan

The Army is fielding a cadre of electronic warfare specialists to address the challenges of fighting improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan.

Defense Systems

Harnessing the full power of sensor fusion

The Army is learning how to best adapt its Distributed Common Ground System to accommodate new sensor capabilities and the large volume of data they produce.

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Army Brig. Gen. Thomas Cole talks about electronic warfare progress

Brig. Gen. Thomas Cole, Army program executive officer, talks about some of the challenges facing the seven program manager offices within the Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors.

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Cyber Dashboard aims to give Army visual insight into metrics

The new prototype will focus on the effectiveness of the Army's cyberspace initiatives.

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Challenges remain in evolving VoIP to more secure SIPR-based environment

Army voice communications are on the "threshold of a transformational change," according to one official.

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Cookie-cutter security hinders soldiers on the edge, Army vice chief of staff says

Something’s wrong when the Army vice chief of staff is prohibited from using the camera on his personal Blackberry.

Defense Systems

DARPA developing a $500 radio for WIN-T program

WIN-T Increment 3 is looking at a $500 radio for the dismounted soldier, under development by DARPA. Considered almost a throwaway device at that price, the Wireless Networking After Next radio would have four channels and extend WIN-T’s on-the-move capabilities to soldiers on foot.

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GNEC key to reducing network access points, improving security, says MG Lawrence

MG Susan Lawrence says the key to improving security and improving Army networks involves aligning people, equipment and policy under the Global Network Enterprise Concept.