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Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2007 John McHale	Can You Hear me Now? Military designers are using more and more commercial-off-the shelf (COTS) equipment to provide warfighters on land, sea, and in the air with a communications network that goes beyond line of sight and provides data in real time.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2007	DataPath Selects ViaSat's LinkWay Satellite-Communications Networking Solution The LinkWay system enables direct connections between battalion and brigade command locations without the need of a central hub. The system uses ViaSat Dynamic Bandwidth Resource Allocation technology to reduce satellite bandwidth costs through automatic, adaptive assignment and advanced coding.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2008	In Brief Lockheed Martin C4ISR equipment onboard National Security Cutter Waesche... BAE Systems fires first shot from Non-Line-of-Sight Cannon prototype... etc.
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 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	Mobile Broadband for Roaming Troops: Pipe Dream or Reality? Soldiers on the front line have little or no access to the Internet and their communication is limited to line-of-sight radios. The Defense Department is working on improving this, but will they succeed?
National Defense January 2008 Stew Magnuson	Army Exploring New Ways to Beam Streaming Video to Fast-Moving Troops The Army and Marines are in the beginning stages of a joint program that will explore the possibility of real-time streaming video, voice and other communications to mobile units.
Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2007	In Brief Boeing picosatellite mission to advance miniature satellite technology... Army awards General Dynamics $31 million for combat vehicle work... United Kingdom awards Lockheed Martin Trident missile-support contract... etc.
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 September 2005 Ben Ames	Army pushes WIN-T network toward launch The Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T) is the Army's next-generation communications system that will link battlefield soldiers to voice, data, and video on a single network.
National Defense July 2011 Grace V. Jean	Remotely Piloted Aircraft Fuel Demand for Satellite Bandwidth The communications-hungry drones consume large amounts of bandwidth to pipe battlefield video feeds and other sensor data back to intelligence centers and to forces on the ground.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005	Tactical C 3 Performance Operation Iraqi Freedom was characterized by rapid task re-organization across all echelons to enable exploitation of enemy vulnerabilities, and execution of branch, sequel, and follow-on operations.
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.
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.
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.
National Defense February 2014 Stew Magnuson	U.S. Forces Prepare for a 'Day Without Space' In this scenario, a peer or near-peer competitor severely limits U.S. forces' access to military communication and navigation spacecraft through jamming or something more destructive, such as anti-satellite weapons.
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.
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.
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Military & Aerospace Electronics June 2007 Courtney E. Howard	General Dynamics to Provide Ku-Band Satellite on-the-Move Antenna to U.S. Army U.S. Army personnel have issued a World Wide Satellite Services contract to General Dynamics SATCOM Technologies to provide warfighters with Ku-band on-the-move satellite communications terminals.
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.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics March 2006 Ben Ames	Army's Next-Generation Humvee Will Use Networked Vetronics In a departure from using trucks that are simple workhorses, Army leaders have required that each vehicle be packed with electronics.
National Defense March 2008 Stew Magnuson	Goal of a `Network-Centric' Military Seems Distant Unblocking communications and data sharing barriers is necessary if the military will achieve its longtime goal of becoming a network-centric force.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005	Lockheed Martin Taps ViaSat for Avionics Simulator Under a $19.8 million contract, ViaSat will supply a CFS to produce a variety of simultaneous signals that simulate a communications environment for testing communication, navigation, identification, and weapon system devices.
National Defense May 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Pentagon Eyes Deals With Satellite Industry to Fill Demand for Drone Communications A group of Pentagon officials was given three months to come up with a plan to boost the supply of satellite bandwidth that is needed to support the military's growing fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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National Defense May 2007 Robert H. Williams	Enhanced Communication-Information Centers Fielded U.S. military leaders in South Korea have received new command center technologies that were developed by the project manager of Defense Communications and Army Transmission Systems.
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National Defense May 2011 Grace V. Jean	iPads, iPhones Driving Special Operator Demand for Improved Connectivity The challenge lies not only in controlling and communicating with unmanned aircraft but capturing the video and piping it to analysts and operators who are not within line of sight of the drone.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005	Tactical Satellite Communications Networks With flexible operational services and compact ground terminals, Satellite Communications (SATCOM) services offer attractive solutions for military users in theater and on global links.
National Defense April 2013 Sandra I. Erwin	Satellite Shortages May Choke Off Military Drone Expansion It is a perennial problem in military operations that there is never enough satellite capacity to satisfy commanders' gargantuan appetite for voice and data communications.
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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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2005 John McHale	Air Force Brig. Gen. (S) Gary Connor to keynote Military Technologies Conference Connor has also headed the Joint STARS Program office at Hanscom and the Reconnaissance Systems Program office at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio, prior to returning to Hanscom as director of the Battle Management Systems Wing, Hanscom officials say.
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National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	Demand for Military Satellites Shows No Sign of Slowing Down The use of space systems in military operations has surged during the past decade and this growth shows no signs of slowing down, according to an industry study.
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National Defense June 2004 Sandra I. Erwin	More Than Technology Is Needed to Win Wars As events unfold in Iraq, much second-guessing goes on in Washington, not just about the overall U.S. strategy or lack thereof, but also on whether the hundreds of billions of dollars allocated every year to weapon systems are being spent on the right things.
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