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Virtual world technologies aid real world problems
Military customers at the I/ITSE show look beyond tank and flight simulators toward simulations for training soldiers on the ground – not only for fighting and maneuvering but for interacting with civilians and other players in confrontational situations.
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Second Life demonstrates mingling of real and virtual worlds
Virtual worlds made popular by Second Life are showing new signs of life thanks to new prototyping tools. Some of those tools were on display at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando this week.
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Building a protective black core for the Global Information Grid
Global Information Grid architects are working on a "black core" of encryption that would maintain military standards for information assurance.
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Military aims to collapse networks, maintain security
The Defense Department is exploring ways to fuse various information networks while retaining separate classification levels.
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Communications relay grows with expansion of UAV missions
Unmanned aerial vehicles outfitted as communications relays are being pressed into service in Afghanistan, where mountainous terrain interrupts ground signals and overburdens satellite communications services.
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How the military is unifying communications and collaboration
The lessons of VOIP are helping expand and combine rich communications and collaboration on military networks.
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Panel: Warfighters want more flexible intelligence systems
Members of the defense intelligence community participating in a panel at the 2009 DODIIS Conference said that flexible systems would make it easier for them to carry out specific intelligence missions.
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Ground mobile program worth the wait
JTRS Joint Ground Domain Program Manager Col. Daniel Hughes discusses the progress of engineering efforts to enhance wideband communications capabilities for Army and Marine vehicles.
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Social networking poses risk to operational security
Two Defense Intelligence Agency experts explain how adversaries can use social-networking tools to gather information on targets.
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Unmanned aircraft get smarter
The refinement of unmanned aircraft used for surveillance and attack missions is resulting in systems that are faster, stealthier and smarter than their predecessors.
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The push for information assurance
Experts familiar with the DIACAP certification and accreditation process see a need for greater automation of the way information is gathered and organized for system reviews.
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High-tech soldier tracking system not quite on track
An Army National Guard exercise at Camp Blanding, Fla., served as a live test for a new training system developed by SRI International — with mixed reviews.
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Army funds networked simulation architecture development
The Army has awarded Dynamic Animation Systems a contract to support the Modeling Architecture for Technology, Research and Experimentation program.
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DOD RFID efforts converge
The Defense Department is moving on multiple fronts to get suppliers to comply with mandates for passive radio-frequency identification
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3-D videoconferencing showcased at Army show
The image, produced by cameras in real time, was unveiled by the Institute for Creative Technologies.
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Sergeant majors want better technology for the troops
The organizers of this week’s Army Science Conference asked six Command sergeant majors how well soldiers like all their new technological “toys.”
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Gen. Chiarelli calls for streamlined fielding of technology
The Army’s vice chief of staff wants to ensure FCS is ‘going in a direction we can defend.’
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Army Science Conference: TRADOC commander emphasizes 'outcomes'
General William S. Wallace highlighted the key areas the Army needs near-term results from technology research in his keynote at the Army Science Conference in Orlando.
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Army puts FCS network through paces in demo
C4ISR On the Move testbed shows Future Combat Systems prototypes in action.
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