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Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007	Datapath Selected to Upgrade U.S. Army and Navy Satellite Communications Hubs SATCOM Terminal Program at the U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command updates satellite equipment with Data-Path's satellite and wireless communications networks.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008	Datapath Supplies Satellite Terminals to Marine Corps Networking Program Engineers are upgrading the Support Wide Area Network (SWAN)-an IP-based communications system that takes advantage of commercial satellite terminals to provide communications for forward-deployed Marines.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 John Rhea	COTS: From CNN to the Army in the field DataPath is militarizing its commercial satellite terminals to support the U.S. Army's need for high-bandwidth communications in the combat zone.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009 John McHale	DataPath Acquisition Gives Rockwell Collins SATCOM on the Move Expertise The combination of DataPath's multi-band satellite terminals technology combined with Rockwell Collins experience in information assurance and military communications should create opportunities for SATCOM on the move applications.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2008	ITT selects DataPath's MaxView for U.S. Army Ka-STARS program ITT Corp. officials in White Plains, N.Y., required a system for managing satellite transmissions sent to and from U.S. Army personnel. They partnered with DataPath Inc., a provider of satellite and wireless communications networks.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2009	DataPath Selected to Support US. Military Satellite Communications Hub in Iraq DataPath won a contract to provide field services for DataPath Deployable Ku Band Earth Terminals (DKETs) installed at a key communications hub in Iraq.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 John McHale	Can You Hear me Now? Military designers are using more and more commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) equipment to provide warfighters on land, sea, and in the air with a communications network that goes beyond line of sight and provides data in real time.
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 January 2009 Stew Magnuson	Military Services Follow Dissimilar Paths Toward Digital Communications All three services have programs in different stages of development that are designed to bring digital communications to the battlefield.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009	Army Looks to Rockwell Collins for Military Handheld GPS Receiver Deliveries Rockwell Collins is providing military handheld GPS receivers to the U.S. Air Force GPS Wing.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2005	Army strives for battlefield awareness with FBCB2 Army tank commanders need a clearer view of the battlefield than they have today, so they can track friendly forces and enemy targets.
National Defense September 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Incompatible Technologies Weaken Utility of Aerial Spies The military services operate nearly 4,000 unmanned aircraft, most of which have been deployed to Iraq or Afghanistan. The Army alone is flying 1,200 drones in surveillance combat missions.
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 June 2007 Courtney E. Howard	General Dynamics to Provide Ku-Band Satellite on-the-Move Antenna to U.S. Army U.S. Army personnel have issued a World Wide Satellite Services contract to General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies to provide warfighters with Ku-band on-the-move satellite communications terminals.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2005 John McHale	DataPath Delivers Real-Time Imaging Solution to Marine Corps U.S. Marine Corps leaders are using video communication technology from Datapath Inc. for their Video Storage Wide Area Network (VSWAN).
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004 John Keller	Vetronics of the Future Combat System The electronic and optoelectronic technologies of the future battlefield will help provide unprecedented situational awareness and maneuver capability to U.S. and allied ground troops.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005	Tactical Satellite Communications Networks With flexible operational services and compact ground terminals, Satellite Communications (SATCOM) services offer attractive solutions for military users in theater and on global links.
National Defense February 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Soldiers on the Move Have Yet to Profit From Information Age Army combat brigades during the past two years have been outfitted with the latest communications and networking technology. But the improved connectivity has yet to filter down to the small mobile units below the battalion level.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2005 Ben Ames	Army pushes WIN-T network toward launch The Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) is the Army's next-generation communications system that will link battlefield soldiers to voice, data, and video on a single network.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004	Army moves toward transformation vision with contract for WIN-T program Former competitors General Dynamics and Lockheed Martin will now cooperate to create the high-speed battlefield network that will be the communications foundation of the Army Future Combat System.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2006	WIN-T program is building on the success of JNN An interview with William Weiss, VP of Tactical Networks at General Dynamics C4 Systems about the Warfighter Information Network- Tactical program and General Dynamics' role in it.
National Defense May 2007 Robert H. Williams	Enhanced Communication-Information Centers Fielded U.S. military leaders in South Korea have received new command center technologies that were developed by the project manager of Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2007	Army Incorporates Rockwell Collins Helmet-Mounted Display in AVCATT AVCATT is a transportable, virtual simulation training system designed to provide Army aviators with realistic, high-intensity training exercises and mission rehearsals.
National Defense January 2008 Stew Magnuson	Army Exploring New Ways to Beam Streaming Video to Fast-Moving Troops The Army and Marines are in the beginning stages of a joint program that will explore the possibility of real-time streaming video, voice and other communications to mobile units.
National Defense April 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Army Struggling With Rising Demand for Communications Conveniences of the information age that troops in combat used to regard as luxuries are now viewed as necessities.
National Defense February 2010 Stew Magnuson	Army to Air Force: We Won't Give Up Our Surveillance Aircraft A second turf war over control of unmanned aerial vehicles is underway after sharp criticism from a senior Air Force general who said the Army is not efficiently deploying its fleet of medium-sized remotely piloted aircraft.
National Defense April 2015 Sandra I. Erwin	Next Big Thing in Army SATCOM: Tiny Antennas For Combat Vehicles The Army's communications technology lab has identified distributed aperture terminals as a technology that could help shrink SATCOM systems so that they can be installed in Bradleys and tanks.
National Defense August 2006 Sandra I. Erwin	Technologies Rushed to War Face an Uncertain Future In the scramble to deliver equipment requested by commanders in Iraq and Afghanistan, the Army often bypassed its own procurement bureaucracy.
National Defense April 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Surge in Vehicle Orders Calls for Unconventional Buying Methods Amid escalating pressure to deliver better protection for troops in Iraq, the Army and the Marine Corps have committed to buying nearly 6,800 mine-resistant armored vehicles. But buying this quantity requires some creative purchasing.
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Wilson, Gordon & Johnson	An Alternative Future Force: Building a Better Army The Army's transformation concept rests on a set of major assumptions that should be questioned. This article suggests an alternative pathway for preparing US ground forces to meet the challenges of the next several decades.
Parameters November 2004 Scott Boston	Toward a Protected Future Force The US Army plans to introduce its next-generation ground force quickly, starting with an experimental battalion by the end of the decade and a full brigade--called a Unit of Action--in 2014.
National Defense April 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's Promise to War-Bound Soldiers: A Wireless Mobile Network If the Army's new tech-buying strategy goes according to plan, soldiers soon may be ditching paper maps, staticky radios and bulky satellite receivers.
National Defense April 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Changes to Military Strategy, In Time for the Next War Iraq is far from over, but the Defense Department is already rewriting military doctrine so that forces are adequately trained and ready for another Iraq-like conflict years or decades from now.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008	BAE Systems Selects Rockwell Collins' Crew Displays for FCS Manned Ground Vehicles The rugged, high-resolution, 17-inch diagonal, flat-panel displays will serve as the primary information monitor for the family of combat ground vehicles fielded as part of FCS.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John McHale	Rockwell Collins MicroDAGR GPS Receiver Uses Commercial Applications in a Wrist-Worn Device The MicroDAGR is the latest generation of Rockwell Collins' Defense Advanced GPS Receiver (DAGR) device, used by the military for position and navigation.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 Courtney E. Howard	New UGV Technologies Hit the Ground Running in Urban and Off-Road Environments Unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs), an integral part of the U.S. Army's Future Combat Systems, continue to advance in technology and functionality, as evidenced by recent releases from industry vendors.
National Defense December 2009 Grace V. Jean	Army to Create Education Programs for Soldiers Who Are Too Busy to Go to School Repeated deployments have kept soldiers away from schoolhouses. But the Army still believes there are ways to provide learning opportunities outside of the traditional education system.
Parameters Summer 2004 Gordon & Sollinger	The Army's Dilemma The Army is perceived by many as unimaginative, obstructionist, and wedded to concepts of warfare that are increasingly irrelevant to the current geopolitical environment. This article suggests an explanation for this perception and ways the Army might alter it.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2007	DataPath Selects ViaSat's LinkWay Satellite-Communications Networking Solution The LinkWay system enables direct connections between battalion and brigade command locations without the need of a central hub. The system uses ViaSat Dynamic Bandwidth Resource Allocation technology to reduce satellite bandwidth costs through automatic, adaptive assignment and advanced coding.
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 June 2006	U.S. Air Force selects Rockwell Collins for B-1B Training Program The U.S. Air Force has entered into a six-year contract worth as much as $95 million with Rockwell Collins for the support of several training systems.
National Defense May 2006 Perry & Flournoy	The U.S. Military: Under Strain And at Risk In the current debate over the nation's defense strategy and spending priorities, many have forgotten that the ground forces are under enormous strain. This strain, if not soon relieved, will have highly corrosive effects on the force.
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin	Troops in The Digital Age, Disconnected As surprising as it may seem in today's wired culture, troops in combat zones do not have easy access to information.
National Defense May 2010 Sandra I. Erwin	Army's iPhone Dreams Clash With Reality The Army launched a competition to see if techies can design soldier-friendly smartphone applications. The contest may be premature, however, as it could be years before the Army adopts smartphones as standard soldier equipment.
Parameters Summer 2004 Mahnken & Fitzsimonds	Tread-Heads or Technophiles? Army Officer Attitudes Toward Transformation This article presents selected results of the first systematic effort to understand officer attitudes toward transformation in recent years.
National Defense July 2010 Nathaniel H. Sledge Jr.	Prescription for Ailing Army Acquisition Army Secretary John McHugh last month ordered a comprehensive review of Army weapons acquisition practices, management and oversight.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2006 Courtney E. Howard	The America's Army development team introduces new version, new partner AA:SF marks the 22nd update to the America's Army computer game and the third release focused on the Special Forces' role in the Global War on Terrorism.
Parameters Autumn 2004 Michael O'Hanlon	The Need to Increase the Size of the Deployable Army The possibility exists that large numbers of active-duty troops and reservists may soon leave the service rather than subjecting themselves to a life continually on the road. The seriousness of the worry cannot be easily established.
National Defense June 2011 Sandra I. Erwin	Smartphones-for-Soldiers Campaign Hits Wall as Army Experiences Growing Pains "A smartphone for every soldier" may be a clever slogan. But trying to turn it into reality is becoming an uphill battle for the U.S. Army.