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Army Entering Period of Innovation, Critical Investments
The Army learned the art of adaptation throughout the last 12 years of war, but is now moving into a period of innovation that will require critical investments for the force of the future. “Adaptation is driven by some emergency and arguably what we’ve done for the last dozen years at war,” said Lt. Gen. [...]
EADS: We Need to Close the Innovation Gap Between Aerospace and IT
A high-tech Mars Rover vehicle is operated by processors from the last century. In this respect, games consoles are head and shoulders above them. It was with this metaphor that EADS’s CEO, Tom Enders, confronted the participants at the opening ceremony of this year’s CeBIT trade show. Enders presented ‘Bridget’, the futuristic Mars Rover on [...]
Extracting Relevance from Mountains of Data
DARPA held a multi-program performer meeting for researchers to hear presentations on the latest innovations and promising approaches in the area of Big Data and data analytics. Speakers during the day-long event included representatives from the White House, FBI, universities from across the country and leading companies from the private sector who are focused on [...]
DOD Aggressively Pursues Intel Innovation
The Defense Department is driving innovation across all defense intelligence functions, the Pentagon’s intelligence chief said yesterday. Michael G. Vickers, undersecretary of defense for intelligence, discussed defense intelligence priorities and partnerships during remarks at the annual Geospatial Intelligence Symposium in Orlando, Fla. When he took the job in early 2011, Vickers said, he set four [...]
Picatinny secures four of the Army’s 2011 top ten inventions
Four more Picatinny Arsenal products have been added to the 2011 list of inventions chosen by Soldiers to be named “Army Greatest Inventions.” Announced by the U.S. Army Research Development and Engineering Command in a news release on Sept. 19, the recipients of the award are recognized for their inventiveness, contribution to Army capabilities and [...]
DCNS Presents Latest Underwater Innovations at UDT 2012
The 2012 edition of the annual UDT Europe show – a leading forum for the international undersea defence community – will be held in Alicante, Spain, from 29 to 31 May. DCNS specialists will present papers and displays on some of the Group’s latest technologies. A consistent innovator thanks to its R&D and engineering programmes, [...]
Security forces enhances situational awareness with Innovation
Airmen at Thule Air Base are adopting a new land mobile radio system, enhancing their communications capabilities. Known as Terrestrial-Trunked Radio, or TETRA for short, this LMR system’s employment will result in enhanced situational awareness, removal of a redundant command and control node, savings of one security forces post, and enhanced emergency services interoperability across [...]
US Secretary of Army recognizes innovation
Four Soldiers who built a training device to teach service members to safely exit an overturned Humvee were among 22 troops and civilians honored April 24 as part of the 2012 Secretary of the Army Awards. Under Secretary of the Army Joseph W. Westphal hosted the ceremony at the Pentagon and told attendees that the [...]
Training innovations keep trucks on battlefield, out of classroom
Instructors at Fort Jackson’s Wheeled Vehicle Mechanic School decided to use a little imagination to keep valuable equipment from being transferred from the battleground to the classroom. Rather than treating it as a single problem to be solved, though, instructors decided to seize the opportunity to create interactive, mobile learning tools that improve the way [...]
