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C-5M undergoes ‘super’ upgrade at Edwards AFB
In 2006, the C-5 Galaxy underwent a “super” upgrade to further strengthen the airframe’s worldwide airlift capabilities. Test teams here and at Dover Air Force Base, Del., are showing why the recent software upgrade to the largest aircraft in the Air Force inventory — now known as the C-5M Super Galaxy — is no small [...]
Army upgrades security, collaboration, home use with joint enterprise license
The Army, along with the Air Force and Defense Information Systems Agency, have access to the newest versions of Microsoft products, including Microsoft Office 2013, SharePoint 2013 and Windows 8, under a $617 million joint enterprise license agreed to in December. The deal, led by the Army Contracting Command in collaboration with the Army, Air [...]
BAE Systems to Provide Software and Systems Engineering Support for US Army
The U.S. Army Communications-Electronics Command (CECOM) has selected BAE Systems to provide software and systems engineering services under an Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. BAE Systems’ global team of experts will offer systems and software engineering support for CECOM’s Software Engineering Center (SEC). The SEC provides essential lifecycle maintenance and support to ensure interoperability [...]
New F-16 software platform to be tested by 40th, 85th
Developmental testing for an F-16 operational flight program will be accomplished at the 40th Flight Test Squadron and 85th Test and Evaluation Squadron here for the first time. The testing for Block 40 and 50 model F-16s is scheduled to begin in 2014 and will also be the first time developmental testing and operational testing [...]
Study exposes the negative effects of increasing computerized surveillance
Researchers at the Helsinki Institute for Information Technology HIIT finish the first longitudinal study on the effects of ubiquitous surveillance in the home. To understand the effects of continuous computerized surveillance on individuals, researchers at HIIT instrumented ten Finnish households with video cameras, microphones, and logging software for personal computers, wireless networks, smartphones, TVs, and [...]
Bulava Tests Postponed Due to Software Glitches
Software glitches in the automated launch control system on board the Borey class strategic submarines has caused a new delay in scheduled tests of the Bulava submarine-launched ballistic missile (SLBM), Defense Minister Anatoly Serdyukov said. “There are technical problems involving software in the automated launch control system, and we are trying to fix them,” Serdyukov [...]
Counter-IED software to support warfighters in Afghanistan
Three cadets spent part of their summer secluded in a locked research lab with its windows blackened inside Mahan Hall. Their contribution to a research project yielded results which, given its classified status, they can’t really talk much about. Suffice it to say, as they briefed major supporters to the project recently, with a nod [...]
Networked Vehicle Production In Full Swing At US Army Detroit Arsenal
Beginning in October, the U.S. Army will begin fielding the first integrated group of networked technologies — radios, sensors and associated equipment and software — that will for the first time deliver an integrated voice and data capability throughout the entire Brigade Combat Team, or BCT, formation, from the brigade commander to the dismounted Soldier. [...]
New Software Makes F-35C Carrier Landings Easier
Flying approaches for a carrier landing just might be a little easier in the future. The F-35 Integrated Test Force here completed the first dedicated test flight May 4 to evaluate the F-35C Lightning II Joint Strike Fighter’s approach handling characteristics with new flight control laws. The new flight control software, called Integrated Direct Lift [...]
