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Defense Update Issue 3, 2005	Vehicular C4 Applications (Vetronics) At the basic level of the C4 hierarchy are the individual elements of Battle Management Systems integrated into armored fighting vehicles.
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).
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.
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.
Defense Update Issue 1, 2005	Military Command and Control (C2) and Mobile Networking The military establishment is currently transforming itself to fully benefit from advanced information networking technology.
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 February 2007 Robert H. Williams	Back at Company Headquarters... Elbit System has developed a mission rehearsal simulator meant to bolster basic to advanced skills, tactical battle doctrines, decision making, situational awareness and leadership on the battlefield.
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.
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.
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.
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.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2005 John McHale	Raytheon Uses Xilinx FPGA for MicroLight Radios on Land Warrior Program The first spiral of Land Warrior capability will include 26 MicroLight radios, 26 VoIP smart controllers, and situational awareness software for testing prior to early fielding to platoon and squad leaders in an experimental company-size military unit.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009 Courtney E. Howard	Advanced Vetronics: Hit the Ground Running Industry heeds the warfighter's call for innovative, responsive, and reliable electronics in combat vehicles on the ground.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2004 John Keller	Vetronics of the Future Combat System The electronic and optoelectronic technologies of the future battlefield will help provide unprecedented situational awareness and maneuver capability to U.S. and allied ground troops.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2004 John McHale	Wired and Ready to Wear Military systems designers are adapting and fielding wearable computers perfected in the commercial world for defense personnel worldwide.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2005 Ben Ames	Vetronics for the Future Combat System The next-generation vetronics systems will be a single web that can share data among themselves, with neighboring vehicles, and even with nearby soldiers and distant commanders.
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.
CIO June 10, 2009 Jarina D'Auria	How an Earned Valued Management System Helped the Marine Corps Save The Marine Corps saved $500,000 over two years by improving how they managed their contractors, performance and resources.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2005	Situation Assessment Tools For Dismounted Leaders A typical element used for dismounted operations, including patrols, and support for team leaders, is the rugged Tablet Computer or Rugged Personal Digital Assistant (RPDA).
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Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2006	Armored vehicles use Barco displays The Flexivision III electro-optical sensor video processing system will boost situational awareness systems in armored vehicles.
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.
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
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2006	General Dynamics selects Xilinx FPGA for JTRS multifunction radios The Vertex-4 system has a low-power modem digital signal-processing design that enables it to handle complex waveforms.
Defense Update Issue 3, 2005	Common Operation Picture (COP) Together, intelligence data and Blue Forces Tracking are fused to generate the digital map based Common Operational Picture (COP), which replaces traditional paper-based situational maps used for many generations.
National Defense May 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	A 'Disconnected' View of the Army The process of planning a brigade deployment is like looking through a broken telescope. We just don't see the right picture.
Military & Aerospace Electronics July 2008	ITT Produces Protection Systems for U.S. Special Operations Helicopters The AN/ALQ-211(V)6 situational awareness and protection system will be installed into special Army aircraft.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2005	Ruggedized computers rely on Performance Technologies Designers at General Dynamics C4 Systems needed a communications module for the ruggedized computers they were building for the Department of Defense. They found a solution with the X.25 Protocol Software and integrated PCI334A WAN Communications Adapter.