Defense Systems
DARPA shows leading-edge networking advances
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency came to MILCOM 2008 with a display of networking technologies aimed at dramatically expanding the warfighter’s ability to collect and reliably share all manner of voice, video and text data.
Defense Systems
JTRS program makes strides toward delivery
All aspects of the cornerstone program are poised for development, but program costs remain a challenge.
Defense Systems
Network backbone unleashed
Army deploys first stage of Warfighter Information Network- Tactical program in its march toward net-centric battlefield communications
Defense Systems
DARPA network monitoring
Network-centric operations offer a wealth of new capabilities for the military, but they also present major problems for network monitoring and security.
Defense Systems
Lt. Col. Geesey new head of MC4 product management office
Geesey will work with Defense Health Information Management System which develops electronic medical records and other health software systems.
Defense Systems
Unified DOD messaging system closer
The entire Defense Department is now close to having a single solution for DMS communications, following a recent award by SPAWAR.
Defense Systems
NECC forges joint command and control with SOA
The Defense Department aims to establish a new C2 environment that will offer a less expensive way to develop C2 capabilities, a faster way to deliver them to warfighters, and a more flexible way for users to shape them to their needs. In that environment, DOD could rapidly deploy forces to respond to conflicts.
Defense Systems
NECC the sum of its parts
The Net-Enabled Command Capability (NECC) will replace the Global Command and Control System (GCSS) family of services, which includes GCCS-Joint, GCCS-Army, GCCS-Maritime and the GCCS-Air Force.
Defense Systems
Filling the SATCOM gap
Communications demands, new threats in space and delays in delivery of systems are forcing the Defense Department to realign priorities.
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DHS ‘virtual fence’ and Army’s FCS test limits of networked sensors
The core of Project 28 is a network of nine mobile towers that carry a range of radar systems, cameras, and satellite and wireless communications. Unattended ground sensors (UGS) scattered along the border are meant to catch movement and alert the towers for a more detailed look.
Defense Systems
DOD uses RFID for logistics tracking
Radio frequency identification is already established in the realm of defense logistics, helping to keep tabs on the mountains of materiel moved through the military services’ supply chain. But RFID applications are also moving beyond those needed for supply chain visibility.
Defense Systems
Swarms of small satellites could provide the edge
If DARPA has anything to do with it, the U.S. military’s space future will be built around small, fast and agile satellite systems rather than the big, slow and ponderous systems it now relies on.
Defense Systems
Marines try plug and play SIM
The Marine Corps Warfighting Lab looks to simulation to help build warfighting skills
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Fighter helmet provides 'see-through' display
Using a helmet-mounted display that projects computer-createdsymbols directly on the helmet’s visor, F-35 pilots will also be ableto see a 360-degree infrared image of the ground beneath them duringnight flights.
Defense Systems
First-person no-shooter
Sandia Labs develops a video game to teach ‘nonkinetic’ interaction skills
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