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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.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2006 John Keller |
U.S. And Its Allies Get Serious About Systems Interoperability Recent international exercises involving U.S. and allied military forces, as well as police departments and first responders, are finally getting the idea across that military leaders are getting very serious about interoperability.  |
National Defense July 2005 Sandra I. Erwin |
Language Barriers Hinder Multinational Operations U.S. military allies view language barriers, rather than incompatible technology, as a primary obstacle to multinational operations.  |
National Defense September 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense Engineers Ponder `Modest Adjustments' for Connecting Forces Incompatible weapon systems and disjointed information networks continue to be a source of frustration at the Defense Department.  |
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.  |
CIO August 15, 2002 Simone Kaplan |
Marching in Sync Integration is difficult in the best of circumstances. When you're the U.S. Joint Forces Command (JFCOM) and your integration project involves four branches of the military and dozens of government agencies, it's an almost insurmountable challenge.  |
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.  |
National Defense July 2006 Harold Kennedy |
After Several Recent National Disasters, Gaps in Emergency Communications Still Not Fixed The ability of military and civilian first responders to communicate during major national emergencies is improving, but roadblocks remain. Among the problems is that many first responders lack adequate knowledge of their communications equipment.  |
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005 |
Operation Iraqi Freedom C 4ISR Lessons Learned Operation Iraqi Freedom was the first major military operation conducted under the newly introduced US Army Net-Centric Warfare (NCW) doctrine.  |
National Defense April 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Irregular Warfare Counter-insurgency in Iraq provides a template for fighting terrorism.  |
National Defense February 2004 Harold Kennedy |
SOCOM Creates New Hub For Fighting War on Terror The U.S. Special Operations Command has reorganized its headquarters at MacDill Air Force Base, Fla., in order to fulfill a new leadership role in the war on terrorism.  |
National Defense November 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Allies Essential in Personnel Recovery While Pentagon officials acknowledge that it is critical to work with coalition partners and allies to rescue and recover isolated troops in combat, the facts indicate feeble movement in that direction.  |
National Defense August 2009 Jason Jacks |
Updated Global Information Grid Would Bring Web 2.0 to the Defense Department Frustrated that the different communications networks deployed by its four branches aren't always able to speak to one another, the Defense Department is moving forward with a major overhaul of its global information grid.  |
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.  |
National Defense January 2005 Roxana Tiron |
Deployment of Sea Bases Faces Technical, Budgetary Challenges The notion that ground forces can be launched, supported and sustained solely from ships at sea is still new to the Army and the Air Force, and the Defense Department has yet to figure out how to pay for this capability.  |
National Defense January 2008 Stew Magnuson |
Promise of `Revolution' in Satellite Communications Faces Challenges Recently, the Air Force launched the first of five Wideband Global Satcom spacecraft, marking the first in a series of four constellations that will revolutionize the military's ability to communicate with forces on the ground.  |
National Defense April 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Coalition Training U.S. special operations forces step up collaboration with allies.  |
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.  |
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.  |
National Defense November 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Pentagon Seeks Joint Doctrine, Training for Personnel Recovery Despite accounting for each and every missing soldier in the Iraq war the combat search and rescue community is stretched thin and grappling with gaps ranging from policy to training.  |
National Defense July 2010 Sandra I. Erwin |
To Meet War Equipment Needs, Commanders Continue to Bypass Pentagon Acquisition System Commander's wish lists are supposed to influence the military services' buying decisions, but often do not. If they do make it into the services' budgets, it takes years for the system to deliver equipment.  |
National Defense April 2005 Harold Kennedy |
Special Operations Command Plans for Expanded Role in U.S. War on Terrorism The new role for special operations forces would not interfere with the U.S. Central Command's leadership in Iraq or Afghanistan.  |
Parameters Autumn 2007 Gregory L. Cantwell |
Nation-Building: A Joint Enterprise When America's Army is at war, is the nation also at war?  |
National Defense June 2004 Harold Kennedy |
U.S. Northern Command Actively Enlisting Partners The U.S. Northern Command--established in 2002 to prevent a repeat of 9/11--is seeking assistance from a wide range of organizations to help it protect the United States, its territories and interests, said Army Col. Stover James, the organization's director of interagency coordination.  |
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.  |
National Defense June 2015 Yasmin Tadjdeh |
Trouble Integrating Waveform Leaves New MUOS Satellites With Little to Do The U.S. military's long-standing problem of aligning the deployment of spacecraft with the development of their Earth-bound terminals and ground stations is plaguing the Navy's powerful new communications satellite system.  |
National Defense January 2007 Tyrone C. Taylor |
Pentagon, First Responders Share Communications Needs The military and civilian emergency responder communities share an overlapping need for enhanced communication technologies.  |
National Defense December 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Strategic Command's Expanded Portfolio Prompts Skepticism Stratcom is wrapping up a four-year process where it has reinvented itself, and taken eight missions into its fold. Now comes the hard part: proving to the rest of the U.S. defense community that it can effectively deliver its services.  |
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.  |
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.  |
National Defense May 2006 Stew Magnuson |
Despite Advances, Air Strikes Fall Short of Expectations The Joint Forces Command will launch a demonstration program this year to improve communications between the armed services and the intelligence communities. The goal is to decrease the time it takes to put bombs on elusive terrorist targets.  |
National Defense January 2013 Stew Magnuson |
Military Space Communications Lacks Direction, Critics Say The Defense Department is at a standstill when it comes to figuring out what it will require to maintain its future military space communications architecture, both industry and government officials said at a recent industry conference -- and nobody seems to be in charge.  |
National Defense March 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
War Lessons Should Not Be Politicized, Says CENTCOM Chief The organization in charge of gathering and reporting those lessons, the U.S. Joint Forces Command, deployed teams and embedded them with units in the field to get a first-hand look at the operations.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2009 |
German defense forces look to Rohde & Schwarz for military software-defined radio technology Leaders of the German armed forces needed military software-defined radio technology for future military command and control technology, as well as for interoperable information and military communications networking.  |
National Defense April 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Special Operators Must Change to Win War Despite their successes in recent conflicts, U.S. special operations forces need to alter their approach to
win the war on terrorism, according to top military officials.  |
National Defense March 2013 Sandra I. Erwin |
Defense, Intelligence Agencies Struggle to Unify Data Networks It is an article of faith among military strategists that information wins wars. This dogma, however, often collides with the reality that military information systems resemble the Tower of Babel.  |
National Defense February 2007 Grace Jean |
Lack of Military-Civilian Coordination Hinders War-Zone Rebuilding Efforts Civilian groups that play critical roles in the rebuilding of Iraq have no clear guidance for how to coordinate their efforts with the military.  |
National Defense December 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Mathematical Models: The Latest Weapons Against Urban Insurgencies The Defense Department is asking for models of social agendas and social behaviors to help them win the war.  |
National Defense March 2006 Sandra I. Erwin |
Raise Stirs Questions on `Fair Pay' A proposed 2.2 percent pay raise for military personnel (the same raise that the Bush administration recommended for civilian workers) raised eyebrows in Washington. Giving equal salary increments to military and civilians, critics argue, implies that the Pentagon is failing to reward the dangerous work that troops are doing in Iraq.  |
Parameters Winter 2003/2004 Tulak, Kraft, & Silbaugh |
State Defense Forces and Homeland Security State Defense Forces represent a valuable additional component for homeland security and homeland defense contingency planning and operations. They can provide key technological and procedural bridges to link US Northern Command to local first-responders and state and federal agencies during operations.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2004 Ben Ames |
Military Warns Contractors About Pitfalls of Joint Weapons Design Pentagon planners are pushing the different service branches to share equipment and split the cost of customized-weapons development. This joint operation will help transform the American military into a lighter, faster force, they say.  |
National Defense March 2004 Roxana Tiron |
Lack of Common Technology Still a Problem in Air Combat Although NATO leaders have expressed interest in acquiring interoperable technologies for tactical aircraft, the alliance is far from having a common information backbone, according to Gen. Robert Foglesong, the commander of U.S. Air Forces Europe.  |
National Defense May 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Commanders Ponder How Best To Mend Battlefield Logistics A team of about 100 logistics experts dispatched to Iraq earlier this year pinpointed serious problems in the distribution of military supplies in the war zone, and is taking steps to solve them.  |
National Defense November 2009 Erwin, Jean & Magnuson |
Today's Fights Expose Technological Weak Spots Disruptive challenges, such as roadside bombs, combatants camouflaged as civilians, and insurgent camps that are undetectable by electronic sensors, have forced U.S. military leaders to search for new tactics and technologies.  |
National Defense April 2004 Sandra I. Erwin |
Government, Not Industry, Should Be in Charge of Interoperability Government agencies, not contractors, should be responsible for making weapons systems interoperable, senior military officials said.  |
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2007 John Keller |
DOD Electronics Spending to Drop Along with Overall Decline in Procurement Leaders of the DOD propose spending slightly more than $28.1 billion in fiscal year 2008 for procurement and research in communications, electronics, telecommunications, and intelligence technologies, which would represent a 4% decrease from current-year levels.  |
National Defense August 2007 Grace Jean |
Defense Technologies for an Uncertain Future The United States is at a crossroads when it comes to developing defense technologies for a future that seems obscure at best.  |
National Defense December 2003 Lawrence P. Farrell Jr. |
'Access' Challenges in Expeditionary Operations The fact that friendly nations are becoming sensitive about hosting U.S. forces should be a wake-up call. Eventually, the services will need to develop a joint vision and concept of operations for how to tackle these challenges.  |
National Defense July 2006 Grace Jean |
U.K. Defense Procurement Entirely `Joint' While the U.S. military continues to debate how best to develop and procure joint-service weapons systems, in nations such as the United Kingdom, the entire defense acquisition system is based upon joint requirements.  |
National Defense August 2007 Sandra I. Erwin |
Closest of Allies, But Not When it Comes to Radios Despite considerable advances in tactical communications technology interoperability on the battlefield between U.S. and U.K. forces remains years away.  |