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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. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2005
John McHale
U.S. Army's Pivotal Land Warrior System Close to Fielding General Dynamics C4 Systems is integrating as many as 500 Land Warrior ensembles and Stryker integration kits into a Stryker experimental battalion to conduct special tests. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2004
Sandra I. Erwin
Urban Battles Highlight Shortfalls in Soldier Communications The chaotic door-to-door warfare seen in Iraq offers glaring proof that dismounted U.S. troops need better communications devices, experts contend. When radios failed, soldiers resorted to the only available and reliable form of communication: screaming. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2008
Grace V. Jean
Army to Create `Hybrid' Network of Incompatible Blue-Force Trackers With a technology that is known as blue force tracking, units can "see" each other on the battlefield and communicate via text messages. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 4, 2004
Future Force Warrior Infantry Combat Suite Future Force Warrior is designed as an integrated "system of systems," as part of the army transformation to a soldier-centric force which will complement and fully integrate with the Future Combat Systems. 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
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
National Defense
October 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Soldiers Test `Land Warrior' Technology Small-unit commanders in the Army soon may receive a new computer-radio suite that connects soldiers into a wireless network and tracks their location. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2008
John McHale
SDR: Here, There, and Everywhere Software-defined radio technology, driven by the Joint Tactical Radio System program, is enhancing communications throughout the U.S. military and in civilian and commercial applications worldwide. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2010
Eric Beidel
Army Makes New Attempt To Field Networked Soldier System The Army is making another attempt to connect infantrymen to the battlefield network with a wearable system of hands-free computers and radios. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2004
Mini Radio Reprogrammed With Software A pocket-sized communications device for infantry is now being produced by Raytheon, in McKinney, Tex. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2009
John McHale
SDR: A Spectrum of Possibilities Whether it is called a disruptive technology or a paradigm shift in communications, the proliferation of software-defined radio (SDR) technology is changing the way the military and other industries view radio communications. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2007
In Brief Boeing awarded JDAM contract... DRS Technologies to develop high-speed electric generator for navy... Lockheed Martin's 100th Aegis weapon system ready for duty... Altera and White Electronic Designs partner on specialized FPGA packaging... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
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. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
January 2012
Eric Beidel
Soldiers Skeptical of Smartphones in Combat Commercial smartphones are lightweight, inexpensive and most soldiers already use them in civilian settings. But the Army is finding out that the devices may not always be needed or even wanted on the battlefield. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
November 2006
John McHale
Patching in the warfighter Today's warfighters are all becoming cogs or nodes in one digitized network force -- as wearable computers patch them into the network. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2007
Courtney E. Howard
Flexible and Wearable Display Technologies Are Critical to Today's Dismounted Soldiers The U.S. Department of Defense is increasingly investing in the advancement of display technology for military applications. The U.S. Army, in particular, is a driving force in the acceleration of display technology for defense environments. 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
Military & Aerospace Electronics
December 2008
John McHale
JTRS HMS Program on Track Engineers at General Dynamics C4 Systems say the Joint Tactical Radio System (JTRS) Handheld, Manpack, and Small Form Fit (HMS) radios are on track for deployment at the beginning of the next decade. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
`Land Warriors' Link Up With Stryker Vehicles An Army Stryker battalion will outfit hundreds of its soldiers with the high-tech "land warrior" ensemble this summer. These soldiers will help determine whether the system is suitable for combat and if the Army should continue to invest in the technology. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
May 2005
J.R. Wilson
Transformational Communications The world of military communications is on the verge of massive and revolutionary change, driving towards a networked battlespace. Still, what matters most is the person at the "pointy end of the spear." mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
August 2013
Dan Parsons
Google Glass Eyed for Wearable Soldier Gear Army officials have been after a way to outfit soldiers with wearable computers for years, but have repeatedly failed to find a system that both delivers information coherently and avoids impairing troops' perception of the battlefield. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2007
Courtney E. Howard
Military microprocessor technology expands, but requires less silicon space The rapidly advancing pace of technology shows few signs of slowing. In fact, microprocessor and microcontroller suppliers continue to expand product portfolios with their latest innovations. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2005
Ben Ames
Digital receivers power a new generation of electronic warfare Military technology designers have shifted from analog to digital radar receivers to deal with decentralized threats. The change is a major improvement for size, weight, and power. 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
January 2012
Stew Magnuson
Rise of Smartphones May Sound Death Knell for Old Push-to-Talk Radios Handing an infantryman a device the size and shape of a brick that can only perform one task, voice communications, may soon be akin to issuing him a musket. mark for My Articles similar articles
Popular Mechanics
May 2007
Shachtman & Coburn
The Army's New Land Warrior Gear: Why Soldiers Don't Like It There's a half-billion dollars invested in the gear hanging off the heads, chests and backs of the soldiers. But do the soldiers find all the high tech gear useful?... The global battlefield... mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
May 2006
Grace Jean
New Blue-Force Tracking System on the Horizon A combat team in California has been testing a situational awareness aid that could replace the digital battle-tracking system on its Stryker vehicles. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2009
Rugged FPGA for Aerospace and Military Embedded Systems Introduced by Xilinx The Virtex-5Q family of field-programmable gate arrays is for aerospace and military embedded systems involving secure military communications, electronic warfare, aircraft avionics and vetronics, radar technology, and missiles. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
February 2013
Valerie Insinna
Radio Competition Reaches Final Stretch Companies competing for the Mid-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio have one more test before the Army awards a contract this year. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2012
Eric Beidel
Industry Ready to Pounce on Embattled Radio Programs After nearly two decades and billions of dollars spent, the Joint Tactical Radio System, once a grand plan to build do-it-all radios common to the military services, is in a state of flux. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
October 2007
John McHale
FPGAs enable signal processing Field-programmable gate arrays are becoming the choice of systems designers over their longtime preference of digital signal processing hardware. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
October 2010
Grace V. Jean
Radios for Every Infantryman: Marine Company Tests Experimental Communications Gear A marine rifle company recently experienced something that few of its peers have - operating in a combat scenario with a radio in the hands of every member of the unit. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
December 2007
Grace Jean
Industry Pushing Ahead with Software-Based Radios The U.S. Defense Department's troubled program to replace its radios with a family of software-based communications devices is plodding along slowly. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 4, 2004
Land Warrior & Stryker Warrior Programs The goal of Land Warrior is to enhance a soldier's mobility, situational awareness, lethality, sustainability and survivability. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 3, 2005
Building Blocks of C4 Systems C4 systems have the flexibility to allow more applications to be fielded and new services to become available as the use increases allowing commanders to improve their situational assessment. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2005
Military Wireless Data Networks High speed wireless data networks are integrating communications between different command levels down to the divisions and brigades. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
September 2007
European Briefs TEWS Technologies offers FPGA-based 3U CompactPCI quad serial communications controller... United Kingdom Ministry of Defence selects Raytheon MicroLight radio for Army's FIST program trials... etc. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
January 2010
John Keller
Navy Looks to Software-Defined Radio to Supplement or Replace Satellite Communications Raytheon engineers will investigate new modular, software-defined digital radio architectures to improve data link performance with high-throughput waveforms in all frequency bands. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
March 2006
Sandra I. Erwin
Army `Land Warrior' Not Yet Ready For War, Gears Up for Next Tryout After a disappointing evaluation by users of a new high-tech soldier ensemble, the Army is redesigning portions of the system to make it lighter and easier to use, officials said. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
July 2008
Xilinx Introduces Large, High-Performance FPGAs for Space Applications Xilinx is introducing radiation-tolerant Xilinx Virtex-4QV field-programmable gate arrays (FPGAs) for space applications in video, audio, radar streams, and packet processing functions. mark for My Articles similar articles
National Defense
September 2005
Sandra I. Erwin
Army, Marines Buying Loads Of Radios In response to booming Army and Marine Corps tactical radio orders, manufacturers rapidly are expanding their production capacity to meet this extraordinary demand. mark for My Articles similar articles
The Motley Fool
June 29, 2005
Rich Smith
General Dynamics Ready to Deploy $30 million Land Warrior contract could be just the beginning. As good as the program looks for U.S. war-fighters, it looks even better for investors. mark for My Articles similar articles
Military & Aerospace Electronics
February 2009
Courtney E. Howard
Raytheon moves ahead with upgrades to Navy's Ship Self-Defense System U.S. Navy officials awarded Raytheon Co. in Tewksbury, Mass., a $23 million contract to serve as the platform systems engineering agent for the Ship Self-Defense System. mark for My Articles similar articles
Defense Update
Issue 1, 2005
Battlefield Applications of Wireless Networks Traditionally, land forces combat and service support units rely on voice communications for operations, coordination and control mark for My Articles similar articles
InternetNews
March 9, 2004
Michael Singer
Xilinx to Transcend with Triscend The chip developer acquires R&D projects along with the maker of customized microcontrollers. mark for My Articles similar articles