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Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2006 Courtney E. Howard |
Network-Centric Operations and Technology Take Center Stage at MTC 2006 A top U.S. Air Force expert stressed the importance of the U.S. military's move from a weapons-centric to a network-centric model of future warfare in a keynote address he delivered at the 2006 Military Technologies Conference. |
National Defense June 2004 Peter Teets |
Space Programs Reflect War-Fighting Priorities Space systems increasingly have become integrated into national intelligence and war-fighting operations. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005 Ben Ames |
Tactical military communications spending to grow to $5.7 billion by 2010 Immediate operational needs for ground forces fighting in Afghanistan and Iraq, with the transformation of the force structure to adopt network-centric warfare, is driving U.S. military forces to spend billions of dollars on digital tactical military communications. |
National Defense April 2004 Steve Callicutt & Larry McKee |
Air Force Takes Lead in Net-Centric Operations The U.S. military services have made significant progress in networking their weapons systems and sharing battlefield data during the last 10-15 years. But more work is needed to ensure seamless information flow and to improve joint command-and-control. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2005 John McHale |
Air Force Brig. Gen. (S) Gary Connor to keynote Military Technologies Conference Connor has also headed the Joint STARS Program office at Hanscom and the Reconnaissance Systems Program office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, prior to returning to Hanscom as director of the Battle Management Systems Wing, Hanscom officials say. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2005 |
Col. Gary Connor helps transform C3ISR technology In an interview with USAF Col. Gary S. Connor he discusses force transformation, Command and Control, Intelligence, Surveillance, and Reconnaissance Systems (C2ISR) and industry relationships. |
National Defense May 2005 Lawrence P. Farrell |
Successful Net-Centric Operations Require Joint Testing The wars U.S. forces are fighting today---and can be expected to fight in the foreseeable future---undoubtedly are shaping the military services' requirements for new and improved technology. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John Keller |
U.S. And Its Allies Get Serious About Systems Interoperability Recent international exercises involving U.S. and allied military forces, as well as police departments and first responders, are finally getting the idea across that military leaders are getting very serious about interoperability. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006 John McHale |
A Message from the Editor The Military Technologies Conference will zero in on the hottest and most promising technologies that will make the network-centric American fighting force a reality. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004 |
Military Technologies Conference March 15-16 Will Center on Military Transformation The conference's three modules reflect three of the most pivotal technologies for leading the U.S. military into the 21st century and for transforming it from an industrial-age to an information-age force. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2005 John McHale |
AUSA showcases technology for a network-centric force Dominating the first Gulf War was the ability of the U.S. military to fight at night as most armies do in daytime. The second Gulf War drove that home even more convincingly. |
National Defense May 2004 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
`Information Fusion' Key to Winning Wars What made a huge difference in the Iraq and Afghanistan wars, said Roche, was the fusion of information. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006 John Keller |
Reductions eyed for battle management and information technology spending Pentagon spending for network-centric warfare technology over the next decade could see real declines, and at best will remain flat, industry experts say. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 John McHale |
Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense Ronald c. Jost to Keynote Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum Conference in March Session topics include: COTS integration panel discussion, COTS acquisition, software-defined radio and the Joint Tactical Radio System program, IPv6 and its influence on military systems, information assurance, and more. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2008 John McHale |
COTS Integration and Acquisition is Focus of Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum Dr. Stephen M. Jarrett, chief technologist of the U.S. Navy's Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR) will discuss solutions to COTS integration challenges and other issues facing defense COTS electronics designers. |
National Defense March 2008 Stew Magnuson |
Goal of a `Network-Centric' Military Seems Distant Unblocking communications and data sharing barriers is necessary if the military will achieve its longtime goal of becoming a network-centric force. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 Christopher Dabrowski |
European land systems: Maintaining profitability in a shrinking market? The main challenge for European nations will be to find a level of network-enhanced capability-data diffusion-that facilitates interoperability, contributes to battle-space situational awareness, leverages information flow at the tactical level and yet comes with a reasonable price tag |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008 John McHale |
JTRS Program Executive to Lead SDR Discussion at Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum One of the chief architects of the U.S. military's Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) program will headline the military communications session of the Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum conference and trade show. |
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Research Chief Takes Steps to Link Incompatible Weapons Despite years and billions of dollars spent to develop networking technologies, some major weapon systems today still lack basic connectivity to exchange information with other systems. Two initiatives are addressing this issue. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 Ben Ames |
Military Warns Contractors About Pitfalls of Joint Weapons Design Pentagon planners are pushing the different service branches to share equipment and split the cost of customized-weapons development. This joint operation will help transform the American military into a lighter, faster force, they say. |
National Defense January 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Deployment of Sea Bases Faces Technical, Budgetary Challenges The notion that ground forces can be launched, supported and sustained solely from ships at sea is still new to the Army and the Air Force, and the Defense Department has yet to figure out how to pay for this capability. |
National Defense June 2008 Breanne Wagner |
Pentagon, Intelligence Community May Adopt Unified Space Strategy The United States spends billions of dollars to maintain its superiority in space. But lack of coordination between the Defense Department and the intelligence community is impeding efforts to efficiently manage these efforts. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004 Keller & Wilson |
Information Technology is Key to Air Force 2020 As Air Force leaders look to the future, they are examining how information dominance and real-time shared situational awareness are critical to the challenges of four kinds of military operations. |
National Defense December 2015 Robert Smith |
Lowering Costs Through Information Sharing Recognizing the significance of the moment, leaders from all U.S. forces have begun to reevaluate -- individually and collaboratively -- the nation's approach to warfare. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2006 John McHale |
Current Military Operations May Slow SATCOM Development Trends within the U.S. Department of Defense may slow development funding for next-generation satellite communications such as WIN-T, yet the promised technologies of these programs, such as Internet Protocol systems, continue to demonstrate successfully. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2009 John Keller |
Network-Centric Warfare Airborne Military Communications Links Approved for Deployment U.S. Air Force officials are planning to switch an airborne military communications networking link from prototype stage to deployment, which will provide a tactical gateway that links fighting forces in the field. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008 John Keller |
TSAT Deserves Support From Congress and the Pentagon Transformation Satellite communication (TSAT) will provide the future high-speed network entry point for military users who do not have ground-based connections. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009 |
General Dynamics Boosts Electro-Optics and ISR Capabilities with Axsys Buy General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GD-AIS) is acquiring military electro-optics specialist Axsys to boost GA-AIS presence in military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004 John Keller |
Military transformation: beyond the buzzwords Military transformation is drowning in hyperbole that would have us believe that this new approach represents a reinvention of warfare itself. It doesn't. Warfare is essentially the same today as it was more than 3,000 years ago -- find and defeat the enemy, or be destroyed yourself. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2005 John Keller |
Industry Scores a Win with Military Technologies Conference We sat down with a panel of experts representing the most important corners of our industry. Their insights led us to craft three separate conference segments: sensor fusion for command and control; transformational communications, and directed-energy systems. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 John McHale |
Forum Brings Out the Most Crucial Aspects of Counter-IEDs, C4I, JTRS, and More The 2008 Military & Aerospace Electronics Forum last month covered the issues such as commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) integration, adaptation of software-defined radio, and lessons learned from Iraq. |
National Defense October 2004 Joe Pappalardo |
Pentagon Balking at Intel Reform Recommendations Pentagon officials are publicly questioning some of the recommendations made by the National Commission on Terrorist Attacks Upon the United States. |
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005 |
Military Command and Control (C2) and Mobile Networking The military establishment is currently transforming itself to fully benefit from advanced information networking technology. |
Defense Update Issue 3, 2005 |
Tactical C4 Networking Challenges Today's land forces are driven by significantly better communications, more affordable, ruggedized and reliable computers, and advanced applications that are becoming an indispensable tool for leaders at all levels of command. |
National Defense August 2009 Jason Jacks |
Updated Global Information Grid Would Bring Web 2.0 to the Defense Department Frustrated that the different communications networks deployed by its four branches aren't always able to speak to one another, the Defense Department is moving forward with a major overhaul of its global information grid. |
National Defense September 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Engineers Ponder `Modest Adjustments' for Connecting Forces Incompatible weapon systems and disjointed information networks continue to be a source of frustration at the Defense Department. |
Parameters Summer 2005 Cebrowski & Raymond |
Operationally Responsive Space: A New Defense Business Model As the major defense power in the world, the United States military must dare to compete with itself to ensure sustained advantage. We must set our own standards. Space has long been an arena of American dominance. That must continue. |
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Christopher J. Toomey |
Army Digitization: Making it Ready for Prime Time The Army's commitment to creating a digitized force elicits some key questions about how the Army will make the transition from an analog force in the face of rapidly changing technology while maintaining the capability to meet key strategic and operational challenges. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2005 John McHale |
Networking Tomorrow's Battlefields General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin experts are already designing and demonstrating technologies for a network-centric force on the move through the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T), the U.S. Army's next-generation battlefield network backbone. |
National Defense June 2006 Grace Jean |
Commandos see expanded mission portfolio To boost its unconventional warfare capabilities, Canada is revamping its special operations military organization and emphasizing counter-terrorism skills in elite unit training programs. |
National Defense July 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Language Barriers Hinder Multinational Operations U.S. military allies view language barriers, rather than incompatible technology, as a primary obstacle to multinational operations. |
Parameters Autumn 2007 Gregory L. Cantwell |
Nation-Building: A Joint Enterprise When America's Army is at war, is the nation also at war? |
National Defense August 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Homeland Security Mission Creates More Complications While the Defense Department has struggled for years to create a net-centric world where information flows seamlessly to those who need it, communicating with federal, state and local agencies in times of domestic crisis is creating even bigger headaches. |
National Defense August 2013 Macgregor & Burke |
Defense Industry Can Profit Despite Downturn For the first time in decades, the Defense Department must aggressively pursue value, not simply effort. The current practice of rewarding senior military leaders and defense appointees for effort, time, staff size and budget rather than bold, effective achievement must be arrested. |
National Defense June 2013 Valerie Insinna |
Defense Department Infrastructure Still Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks, Critics Say The Defense Department knows how to fight a kinetic war with bullets, bombs and boots on the ground, but it is still figuring out what a cyberwar would look like and how it would be fought. |
National Defense August 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Small steps taken in long quest for net-centric military The vision has been out there for a long time: a network-centric world where information among military programs or branches can be accessed by commanders or decision makers in a timely manner. When will it be expected to arrive? |
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2007 John Keller |
The importance of military information security Will the the computer and the data network be the aircraft carrier and atomic bomb of the future? |
National Defense June 2008 Sandra I. Erwin |
Despite SecDef Pleas, Pentagon Is Losing the Innovation War As a result of not knowing what technologies are available, the military ends up with systems that become obsolete within a few years. |
National Defense February 2016 Jon Harper |
Defense Department Moving Slowly on 'Internet of Things' The "Internet of Things" is a key component of the military's modernization strategy. But the Pentagon is behind the curve due to security concerns and other impediments, cyber experts said. |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2004 J.R. Wilson |
Military Services Eye Nuclear, Biological, Chemical Detection While efforts are in progress to improve the ability to detect and deter intruders at military installations, a separate set of programs is tackling how to detect and respond to an attack involving chemical, biological, radiological, nuclear or explosive agents. |