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Defense Update
Issue 1, 2005
Tactical Operations Center Performance Blue Force Tracking is a marvelous system. Derived from the FBCB2 program, it provides unprecedented vertical and horizontal information integration. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2005
Beyond Line-of-Sight Communications The current family of US Army communications systems was designed to support the Cold War scenario. These systems were created to operate in a European theater and based on a maneuver scheme to defeat the Soviet Military mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2005
Combat Implementation of the NCW Doctrine Even with the most advanced technology in C4ISR available in OIF, the surprisingly ultra-rapid advance of US led coalition ground forces, often left division, corps headquarters out of the communications loop. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2005
Command and Control (C2) Systems for the Tactical Echelon Modern C4I systems are feeding huge amounts of information into the tactical operating center (TOC) where such information is processed, interpreted and displayed on maps and status reports. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 3, 2005
Brigade Level Tactical Operations Center While the brigade is responsible for a growing array of and tasks and units, integral or attached ad-hoc, it has also evolved to become an information hub mediating data to and from tactical, operational and strategic levels. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2005
Mobile Command Post Operation There is one important item in communications, which was overlooked for some time, due to fast developing technologies- the ability to monitor, simultaneously, several communications channels by the same commander, in popular parlance "eavesdropping". mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2005
Battle Command on-the-Move US forces fully expected that movement of combat formations from the Kuwaiti border to the city of Baghdad would be swift. This speed of maneuver produced distances that exceeded the capability of today's tactical radio systems normally assigned to these formations and hindered effective communications between tactical headquarters. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2003
Roxana Tiron
Army's Blue-Force Tracking Technology Was a Tough Sell Blue-force tracking systems, such as FBCB2, let commanders pinpoint the location of friendly forces on the battlefield. During their war preparations, U.S. soldiers initially dismissed the blue-force tracking technology---touted as one of the success stories of Operation Iraqi Freedom---as an unnecessary burden. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 3, 2005
The Modern Command Post Tactical Operations Center Modern command posts are equipped with the latest technology to collect, disseminate, share and present information in clear and informative way. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2009
U.S. Army Adopts JV-5 Systems From DRS Technologies DRS Technologies is delivering an indefinite number of JV-5 ultra-rugged vehicle computing and display systems to the Army. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
March 2005
John McHale
ViaSat demonstrates mobile broadband technology for command and control Engineers at ViaSat demonstrated the equivalent of a DSL connection inside a moving military Humvee during the Command and Control On-the-Move (C2OTM) demonstration by the U.S. Joint Forces Command (USJFCOM) Joint C4ISR Battle Center. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2005
Mobile Cellular Networks in Military Use For more than a decade, military Command, Control and Communications (C3) systems benefit from the rapid pace of development of consumer mobile wireless communications and computing products mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2004
Carolyn Maloney
Advanced Technology Demonstrations Proven in Iraq The war in Iraq helped demonstrate several Defense Department research and development programs that started out more than a decade ago as Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
April 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Air Force Kicks Off Staff Reorganization Air Force officials intend to have in place by October nine new war-fighting headquarters that are intended to improve efficiency when organizing combat efforts. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2013
Paul J. Kern
U.S. Troops Deserve a Competitive Equipment Advantage The Army can take advantage of commercial competitive practices for fast-moving technologies, rather than lengthy bureaucratic processes. The armed forces should have the best capability when they need it -- and at a more affordable price in a time of lean defense budgets. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 3, 2005
C4 Networking Architecture Current systems are integrated over a common mesh network infrastructure, sharing a common grid, and Geographic Information Database (GIS). mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2005
Lt. Gen. Tom Hobbins leads Air Force warfighting integration From his base at U.S. Air Force Headquarters in Washington Lt. Gen. Tom Hobbins, Air Force deputy chief of staff for warfighting integration, is charged with formulating and executing policy and strategy that will move the Air Force. mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
Summer 2004
Brownlee & Schoomaker
Serving a Nation at War: A Campaign Quality Army with Joint and Expeditionary Capabilities The United States is driving a rapid evolution in the methods and techniques of war. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2006
Urban Combat -- The Israeli Experience Recent conflicts are challenging the world's military powers with urban low-intensity conflict (urban-LIC) warfare... Stealth operations in LIC... New equipment fielded by israeli forces... Subterranean warfare... Rocket and mortar (RAM) attacks... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Parameters
Winter 2005/2006
Mitchell J. Thompson
Breaking the Proconsulate: A New Design for National Power There have been few truly transformational changes to the institutions of national security, only slight modifications to the existing ones. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2004
Harold Kennedy
Fratricide Continues to Plague the Battlefield Friendly-fire casualties always have been an unavoidable part of war, and despite years of effort and many millions of dollars for research and development, they continue to occur. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2014
James Mazzei
Why Military Satellites Matter At issue is the next generation of the Navy's Mobile User Objective System, a narrowband tactical satellite communications system that is designed to improve secure voice, video and data services communications for U.S. forces on the move. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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 mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2006
The Challenges of Command and Control in Urban Operations In the past, offensive military operations have usually been conducted in urban environments only when unavoidable, but conflicts are shifting into the cities, where terrorists and insurgents find safe havens. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Advanced Communications Net Debuts with 3rd Infantry Division Based on lessons from the initial phase of the Iraqi conflict, the Army has decided to put together a vastly improved communications network, which is being showcased by the Army's 3rd Infantry Division, and later will be expanded to other units. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2007
Stew Magnuson
Strategic Command Selling Itself to Field Commanders The officers at U.S. Strategic Command are trying to sell their ability to support commanding officers. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2006
David Axe
Training Center Simulates Army's Digital Battle Command Technology A new high-tech facility will allow Army planners to concoct realistic training scenarios for units heading to Iraq. These advanced computer networks will connect real-world Army battle-command and control systems with digital simulations. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2015
Sandra I. Erwin
U.S. Central Command Leads Push to Connect Allies in Common Network U.S. military leaders in regional commands have coped with limited interoperability with allies by setting up one-off communications systems. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2004
Michael Peck
Quick Mission Rehearsals Goal of Joint Training Slashing the rehearsal time needed for joint training missions from months to days is one of the goals of the joint national training capability (JNTC), a concept designed to move joint warfare from rhetoric to reality. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2005
Navy builds portable network with Dataline unit Network engineers in the U.S. Department of Defense needed remote communications units for mobile military forces. They found a solution with the Mobile Command Center Ultra Light Kit from Dataline. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2010
Grace V. Jean
Army's Anthropology Teams Under Fire, But in Demand The military's lack of knowledge of the Iraqi population and its socio-cultural dynamics was one of the key failings of U.S. policy that led to the rise of insurgency there. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2006
Northrop Grumman Ensures Data Security with Harris Corporation's Sierra II In an effort to secure critical data transmissions, the company has signed a contract with Harris RF Communications for its Sierra II Type 1 encryption system to be employed as part of the U.S. Army's Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below-Blue Force Tracking Type 1 COMSEC upgrade program. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2007
Breanne Wagner
Fiber Optic Cables Help Special Operators Stay Concealed Fiber optic cables that connect tactical radios to antennas up to 10 kilometers away or farther can be useful tools in covert operations. mark for My Articles similar articles
Wired
June 2003
Joshua Davis
"If We Run Out of Batteries, This War is Screwed." Servers on the fritz in 100-degree tents. Chat rooms filled with busty blond avatars. Lethal missile attacks. Behind the lines with the Army's tactical Internet brigade. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2010
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Reorganizes Training for Intelligence Units "The focus now is on getting soldiers used to identifying information that could be useful" to commanders in Afghanistan, says Army Maj. Eric Butler says during a recent teleconference with military bloggers. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
June 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Army Will Broaden Access To Satellite Communications Before the U.S. Army's 3rd Infantry Division heads back to Iraq, its units are expected to receive upgraded satellite communications and new vehicles outfitted with the command-and-control computers and radios. mark for My Articles similar articles