Defense Systems

Reaching out to tech firms

Each year, new network-centric technologies vying for command-level attention get a tryout at the Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration.

Defense Systems

Neural nets find niche

Artificial neural networks are close to being deployed on Navy ships as part of a firedetection system, based on work that the Naval Research Laboratory oversees.

Defense Systems

GAO eyes global strike ISR

If the Defense Department wants to hit targets across the world with rapidly deployable weapons, it must better synchronize weapons development with the pace of advancements in ISR technologies.

Defense Systems

Eyes in the Sky

Aerostats and towers give sensors a lookout on the battlefield

Defense Systems

Wireless supply line

The Army is upgrading a wireless system designed to connect theater logisticians directly to their electronic ordering systems, which has been a Defense Department goal since Operation Desert Storm.

Defense Systems

A virtual plane for Navy techs

The Navy has found a better way to troubleshoot an aircraft. It commissioned American Systems to develop simulators for F/A-18C maintenance training.

Defense Systems

High Bandwidth

With mounting pressure for high-bandwidth connectivity for forces in the field, and concern about available satellite communications, a number of programs are seeking to revive an old technology — airships.

Defense Systems

GAO says FCS threatened by software bloat

The centerpiece program of Army transformation, Future Combat Systems, could collapse under the weight of poor software design.

Defense Systems

JTRS breach is a technicality

Reports of recent and sudden cost overruns by the military’s Joint Tactical Radio Program are inaccurate, officials from the JTRS joint program executive office said.