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US Army Training Shifts from Live to Virtual
MOUNTAIN VIEW, Calif.: As overall budgets grow and expenditure on training and simulation products continues to rise, the U.S. military training and simulation market has witnessed stable growth. The Department of Defense (DoD) training and simulation market has had to keep in step with advancements in technology. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan, U.S. Military [...]
Top US Commander in Iraq Raises Internet Concerns
WASHINGTON: Army Gen. Raymond T. Odierno, reflecting on lessons learned and the way ahead as the outgoing top commander in Iraq, voiced concerns today about how the ease of Internet communications sometimes undermine military operations. “One of the things we have continued to work hard at is the change in global communications and its impact [...]
Army testing green laser kits in Afghanistan
PICATINNY ARSENAL, N.J.: The Army’s Program Executive Office Soldier is fielding several Green Laser Escalation of Force, or GLEF, kits to units in Afghanistan for operational assessment. The GLEF systems are mounted as an accessory to Common Remotely Operated Weapon Stations or CROWS, the turret system that provides Soldiers the ability to employ cameras, sensors [...]
Airmen upgrade GPS constellation
SCHRIEVER AIR FORCE BASE, Colo.: Airmen from the 2nd Space Operations Squadron and from the 19th SOPS took control of the Air Force’s newest GPS satellite following its launch into orbit May 28 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla. The GPS IIF SV-1 satellite represents a substantial upgrade for the GPS constellation. Thanks to [...]
Army to test smartphones for offices, battlefields
WASHINGTON: The Army is considering the use of smartphones in an effort to increase effectiveness and efficiency in both the administrative and operational environments. “Connecting Soldiers to Digital Applications” is a two-phase initiative with about eight pilots that are designed to determine the value of using commercial smartphone technology in administrative tasks and tactical operations. [...]
Pentagon to Speed up IT Procurement
OMAHA, Neb: Deputy Defense Secretary William J. Lynn III announced plans today to significantly speed procurement of information systems in the department. Lynn announced formation of a task force that will concentrate on speeding up the IT acquisition process during the U.S. Strategic Command Cyberspace Symposium here. The task force will consist of experts from [...]
Major Step Ahead For Cryptography
Bristol, UK: Imagine you could work out the answer to a question, without knowing what the question was. For example, suppose someone thinks of two numbers and then asks another person to work out their sum, without letting them know what the two numbers are. However, they are given an encryption of the two numbers [...]
RIFAN Armaments Programme, Stage 2
EADS Defence & Security, DCNS and Rohde & Schwarz consortium receives go-ahead from DGA to implement RIFAN armaments programme, stage 2, for French Navy. Preliminary studies carried out successfully and on schedule in 2009. Solid partnership between large systems integrator EADS Defence & Security, armed vessels expert DCNS and radio systems provider Rohde & Schwarz. [...]
India Sees Cyber Warfare As New-Gen Security Threat
The Defence Minister Shri AK Antony today asked the top brass of the Armed Forces to work in unison and make cyber systems ‘as secure and as non-porous as possible’. Addressing the Army Commanders here, Shri Antony said cyber-warfare is becoming a serious threat to security. “The paradigms of security in the age of Information [...]
