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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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics August 2009	L-3 Selects Ampex Data Systems Video Recorder for ISR Aircraft The recorder systems will support the Air Force's NC-2W Project Liberty aircraft, designed to augment ISR assets used by the U.S. military and its coalition partners.
National Defense January 2004 Carolyn Maloney	Advanced Technology Demonstrations Proven in Iraq The war in Iraq helped demonstrate several Defense Department research and development programs that started out more than a decade ago as Advanced Concept Technology Demonstrations.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2009	General Dynamics Boosts Electro-Optics and ISR Capabilities with Axsys Buy General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems (GD-AIS) is acquiring military electro-optics specialist Axsys to boost GA-AIS presence in military intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) applications.
National Defense November 2009 Grace V. Jean	Battlefield Intelligence: Easy to Collect, Tough to Share The U.S. military has deployed unmanned aircraft and other information collection devices at a pace that exceeds the capabilities of battlefield intelligence systems to archive, analyze and disseminate the video and imagery.
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.
National Defense January 2016 Allyson Versprille	Affordable Surveillance a Priority for Special Operations U.S. Special Operations Command is looking to add more affordable surveillance, intelligence and reconnaissance systems to its inventory, the head of acquisition and procurement said.
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 April 2005 Roxana Tiron	Irregular Warfare Counter-insurgency in Iraq provides a template for fighting terrorism.
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 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.
Defense Update Issue 2, 2005	Turning raw data into actionable intelligence Utilizing modern commercial off the shelf technology, sensor data can be rapidly processed and presented over a common map display. These products can be used by both intelligence analysts and warfighters.
National Defense May 2012 Dan Parsons	Commanders Feel Deficiency as Wars Hog Surveillance Platforms The wars in Iraq and Afghanistan have proven the efficacy of airborne surveillance as a military tool. The conflicts have also hogged almost all of the U.S. military's manned and unmanned surveillance platforms, to the detriment of combatant commanders elsewhere.
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 May 2012 Dan Parsons	Companies Seek Profits In Fee-For-Service Surveillance Aircraft Airborne surveillance has become so popular that even countries that can't afford their own platforms are scrambling to acquire the capability.
National Defense August 2006 Grace Jean	Information Miscues Lead To Bad Targeting Decisions The military services' inability to access and share data has led to some tactical mistakes on the battlefield that could have been prevented.
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 August 2006	New Global Hawk Production Aircraft Surpass 1,000 Combat Hours Two new Air Force RQ-4 Global Hawk unmanned aerial reconnaissance systems, built by Northrop Grumman Corp., have flown approximately 50 missions and more than 1,000 combat hours in support of coalition forces since their deployment in the Persian Gulf in January of this year.
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 April 2005 Harold Kennedy	Coalition Training U.S. special operations forces step up collaboration with allies.
Military & Aerospace Electronics October 2009	In Brief Raytheon's gallium nitride chips meet operational milestone... Northrop Grumman demonstrates interoperability between manned and unmanned platforms... Lockheed Martin to support submarine imaging system... 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.
National Defense February 2009 Sandra I. Erwin	Special Ops Command:No New Equipment Needed The Pentagon began a major expansion of U.S. special operations forces two years ago, but contractors won't see increased purchases of new high-tech equipment for SOF units.
National Defense May 2012 Sandra I. Erwin	Too Much Information, Not Enough Intelligence The Defense Department over the last decade has built up an inventory of billions of dollars worth of spy aircraft and battlefield sensors. Those systems create avalanches of data that clog military information networks and overwhelm analysts.
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson	Military 'Swimming In Sensors and Drowning in Data' Synthesizing all the collections of intelligence and disseminating them quickly is a challenge facing the military.
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.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008	U.S. Navy Selects Boeing, Insitu to Service ScanEagle Insitu will provide intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) services for the unmanned aircraft (UA).
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.
National Defense June 2008 Sandra I. Erwin	More Eyes in The Sky May Not Generate Better Intelligence Military services are moving to accelerate the production and deployment of surveillance aircraft. But more eyes in the sky may not necessarily translate into better information on the ground.
Military & Aerospace Electronics April 2008 Courtney E. Howard	Raytheon Delivers Prototype Missile Warning Sensor Raytheon has built and tested an integrated infrared sensor for the Risk Reduction Alternative Infrared Satellite Systems (RR-AISS) program.
Military & Aerospace Electronics May 2007 John McHale	DCGS Integrated Backbone Deploys Full Year Ahead of Schedule The last of five core U.S. Air Force Distributed Common Ground System (DCGS) sites will incorporate DCGS Integrated Backbone (DIB), transforming common technologies into tools that bring additional speed and lethality to intelligence data.
Military & Aerospace Electronics December 2007 John McHale	Raytheon Delivers Active Denial System 2 to U.S. Air Force Raytheon's Active Denial System is designed to use millimeter wave technology to repel individuals without causing injury.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2007	BAE Systems to Provide Precise Threat ID to U.S. Army BAE Systems has received a U.S. Army contract for a new generation of intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) systems that will provide precise detection and identification of known and potential threats.
National Defense January 2010 Stew Magnuson	Ground Forces Still Want Manned Surveillance Aircraft, General Says While the U.S. military during the last eight years has become enamored of remotely piloted aircraft, the Air Force is rapidly fielding a new manned twin-propeller airplane to monitor battlefields in Iraq and Afghanistan.
Military & Aerospace Electronics February 2008	In Brief Raytheon to support Rapid Aerostat initial deployment systems... SAIC wins delivery order to build signature-based trainers...
National Defense December 2007 Stew Magnuson	U.S. Military Still Struggling to Understand Urban Environment Even after four years of combat in Iraq, industry and the Pentagon seem slow to catch up to the demands of urban war.
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 July 2013 Dan Parsons	U.S. Special Operations Command Seeks Intelligence Capabilities for Duty Worldwide Business opportunities abound providing communications and ISR gear for special operations.
National Defense July 2015 Jon Harper	Surveillance Technology a Priority For Special Operations Forces Members of U.S. Special Operations Command's aviation component face difficult technological challenges as they seek to improve their ability to find, track and destroy the enemy.
Military & Aerospace Electronics September 2008	Northrop Grumman Selects Cubic Data Link Systems for U.S. Navy MQ-8B Fire Scout Each Fire Scout data link system comprises two components, air data terminals and ground data terminals, both of which assist in the Fire Scout's ISR (intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance) and targeting missions.
Military & Aerospace Electronics November 2009 John Keller	Multi-Sensor Fusion Hits the Mainstream Once considered as futuristic, difficult, and elusive, multi-sensor fusion is coming into its own as a standard approach of processing signals from a wide variety of sensors, and making sense of incomplete and sketchy sensor data.
National Defense July 2012 Antoine Martin	Promising Outlook for Navy's Unmanned Aviation The U.S. Navy has ambitious plans to deploy new families of unmanned aircraft over the next decade.
National Defense September 2013 Yasmin Tadjdeh	Army Seeks Robots That Are Interoperable With Allies From disarming improvised explosive devices to scoping out buildings before troops arrive, unmanned ground vehicles have played an integral role in warfare over the last decade. U.S. forces and NATO allies are now seeking to collaboratively develop UGVs.
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.
D-Lib April 2002 Neil Beagrie	An Update on The Digital Preservation Coalition This article reports on its progress and how the DPC aims to develop a UK digital preservation agenda within an international context...
National Defense August 2013 Macgregor & Burke	Defense Industry Can Profit Despite Downturn For the first time in decades, the Defense Department must aggressively pursue value, not simply effort. The current practice of rewarding senior military leaders and defense appointees for effort, time, staff size and budget rather than bold, effective achievement must be arrested.
Military & Aerospace Electronics January 2006	Global Hawk Uses Raytheon Optics Pilots of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) monitor enemy targets with an electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) high-resolution imaging system built by Raytheon's Space and Airborne Systems division.