C4I
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Business/FinancialNavy Releases CANES RFP For Shipboard Common Computing Environment
By Geoff Fein The Navy last week issued its anticipated request for proposals (RFP) for the Consolidated Afloat Network Enterprise Services (CANES), a directed approach to reduce infrastructure and increase […]
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Business/FinancialTransformational Satellite Program Would Die In Fiscal 2010 Gates Plan; $26 Billion At Stake For TSAT
The $26 billion Transformational Satellite, or TSAT, program would die under a new budget plan that Secretary of Defense Robert Gates today unveiled in a news briefing. The Boeing Co. […]
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ArmyRaytheon’s ASTOR Showing Benefits For U.K. Troops In Afghanistan
By Geoff Fein Raytheon [RTN] is exploring a variant of its Airborne Stand-Off Radar (ASTOR), currently in use by British forces in Afghanistan, as a potential platform for the Army’s […]
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CyberOperating On The Network Will Require A New Way of Looking At Security, Official Says
By Geoff Fein As the battlefield becomes network centric, with warfighters relying more and more on data collected by sensors and unmanned systems, keeping that information secure will be a […]
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Business/FinancialNavy Simultaneously Shoots Down Cruise And Ballistic Missiles In 3rd Fleet Exercise
By Geoff Fein The 3rd Fleet is evaluating data collated from last month’s Stellar Dagger exercise that showcased for the first time a simultaneous downing of a ballistic missile in […]
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Air ForceJoint Staff Developing Common Standards, Policies, To Integrate Services Into The GIG
By Geoff Fein The Joint Staff is working a number of challenges, from bringing together the services’ netcentric efforts under one umbrella, to developing data standards, all meant to ensure […]
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ArmyRobotics Offers Promise of Relief For Soldiers, White Paper Says
By Ann Roosevelt Robotics technology could potentially relieve some of the burden on soldiers, who have seen an increased operational tempo over the past several years with no end in […]