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• 10th Annual Global MDA: Coastal Surveillance 2013 Singapore Expo, Singapore November 11 - 14 2013   November 11 Register Now | View Agenda | Learn More

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• 	CSM McPherson of PEO Soldier talks about the Multicam/UCP Delta Testing and Fielding The United States Army has been under increasing scrutiny in the past few weeks surrounding soldier survivability and blending with the combat environment in the ACUs or Army Combat Uniforms. The ACUs were fielded to the Army in an unprecedented time following the push into Iraq in Operation Iraqi Freedom.
  Contributor:   Sean Pillai Tags: PEO Soldier | Multicam | UCP Delta 10/07/2009  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• Future Ground Forces Interview with Dr. Carole Teolis The following interview was conducted by Nick Younker, Senior Editor of the Institute for Defense and Government Advancement with Dr. Carole Teolis, the Chief Technology Officer of TRX Systems Inc. Q. (NY):  What do you see as the biggest difficulty for tracking and monitoring dismounted ground forces is in our current wars? A. (CT):  In Iraq and Afghanistan soldiers are increasi....Read more

  Contributor:  Carole Teolis Tags: Future Ground Forces | Army Ground Forces | Infantry Technology 08/13/2010  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• Maritime Search & Rescue Asia 2013 Singapore Expo, Singapore November 11 - 11 2013   November 11 Register Now | View Agenda | Learn More

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• 11th Annual Military Antennas Venue to be confirmed, Washington DC September 16 - 18 2013   September 16 Register Now | View Agenda | Learn More

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• Exploring the Marine Air-Ground Task Force (MAGTF) What amphibious capabilities are needed to support an effective MAGTF?  Jean Malone:The capabilities required to support an effective MAGTF are the same for an amphibious operation as they are for any other.  They revolve around the Warfighting Functions of Fires, Maneuver, Command and Control, Intelligence, Logistics and Force Protection.  Enhanced MAGTF Operations (EMO) experimentati....Read more

  Contributor:  Chris Archer Tags: Jean Malone | Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle | Amphibious Operations 07/21/2011  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• Increasing the Realism of Immersive Environments
  

  In an exclusive interview with IDGA, Robert ‘Roho’ Rohlfing, Deputy Director, Air Force Agency for Modeling and Simulation explores how modeling and simulation is beneficial to the US Air Force. He explores what the latest research into modeling and simulation is teaching us about the capability demands of the future.  [eventPDF] IDGA: Tell us why modeling and simulation is benef....Read more

  Contributor:  Robert "Roho" Rohlfing
  Tags: modeling & simulation | US Air Force
  08/09/2011  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• Super-Computers in the Near Future: How will they enhance warfighter capabilities? An Interview with Mr. Russ Howard, Director of Engineering and Technical Management, Air Force Materiel Command How is technology increasing the speed and accuracy of research and engineering?  Give examples. Since the invention of the electronic digital computer, computing power has been increasing exponentially, from 1 floating-point operations per second to 1015 today. This has led to eno....Read more

  Contributor:  IDGA Editorial Staff Tags: engineering | military technology | air force materiel command 10/11/2011  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• 	Happy New Year  IDGA would like to wish all IDGA members, their family and friends a Happy New Year. Particularly those men and women in uniform, and those far away from their loved ones. Secretary of Defense, Leon E. Panetta recently offered his holiday wishes to troops stationed throughout the world. ....Read more
  Contributor:  IDGA Staff Tags: Christmas Message | Army | Navy 12/21/2011  12:00:00 AM EST

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• Cognitive Radio Initiatives Advancing Steadily in the US Air Force
  

  With communications tactics remaining prominent in military planning, and as technological possibilities become more sophisticated, efforts to improve and advance the potential applications of cognitive radio continues to grow. Those efforts are proceeding steadily at the US Air Force’s Office of Scientific Research, led by Dr. Robert Bonneau, Project Manager for the Air Force Office of Scienti....Read more

  Contributor:  Christopher Dauer
  Tags: Dr. Robert Donneau | cognitive radio | Air Force Office of Scientific Research
  01/30/2012  12:00:00 AM EST

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• Joint Staff Surgeon Realigning Healthcare Goals
  

  While the Joint Staff Surgeon is responsible for coordinating all issues of the military medicine in the U.S., there is currently a particular focus on maintaining readiness and fit force in all areas of the armed services, according to Brig Gen Paul S. Dwan, USAFR MC, Deputy Joint Staff Surgeon. "We must realign our healthcare goals to encourage healthy behaviors such as smoking cessation and i....Read more

  Contributor:  Christopher Dauer
  Tags: Brig Gen Paul S. Dwan | healthcare | force readiness
  04/03/2012  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• Flight Test Diversity at Eglin AFB Eglin is primarily a weapons test facility, whose main goal is to satisfy the warfighter’s needs.  Testing and evaluation, standardizing systems and weapons diversity are essential elements to ensuring battlefield success. In the following interview Marty Bates GS-14, Technical Director, 40th FLTS/CA, US Air Force explores how Eglin Air Force Base manages to achieve this flight test diversity.....Read more

  Contributor:  Chris Archer Tags: Eglin | Air Force | Test and Evaluation 05/22/2012  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• US Army Energy Initiatives Task Force: Raising the Bar on Successful Renewable Energy Projects
  

  What technologies is the EITF looking to buy from industry? How can the successes of renewable energy opportunities be enhanced? Alan King, Director, Project Execution, US Army Energy Initiatives Task Force joins IDGA’s DefenseInsider to discuss the Army’s latest strategies for renewable energy, including project opportunities for solar power at Fort Detrick in Frederick, MD and a biodiesel f....Read more

  Contributor:  Alan King
  Tags: Renewable Energy | Solar Power | Biodiesel Fuel Power
  07/09/2012  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• More issues with the F-22 Raptor It seems as if there are even more problems on the horizon for the F-22 program. Much has been made about the Air Force’s recent issues with the fifth-generation fighter’s oxygen system that has caused a number of pilots to complain about shortness of breath and hypoxia-like symptoms.  Nearly 30 pilots have reported these symptoms over the past two years. While the Pentagon is assuring p....Read more

  Contributor:  IDGA Editorial Staff Tags: F-22 | Air Force | Flight Restrictions 07/31/2012  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• Private sector partnerships and the road to 1 gigawatt of energy
  

  How is the US Army working toward greater energy efficiency in the face of shrinking budgets? The Honorable Katherine Hammack, Assistant Secretary of the Army, (Installations and Environment) recently spoke with Marissa Alvord, IDGA’s Defense Insider about the US Army Energy Initiative Task Force’s efforts toward greater renewable energy. Ms Hammack explains the costs involved in achieving th....Read more

  Contributor:  Katherine Hammack
  Tags: Energy | Army Energy Initiative Task Force | Katherine Hammack
  08/01/2012  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• An Outlook on UAS: The Air Force Perspective The Airforce has traditionally been the frontrunner in unmanned flight. The below highlights how UAS has developed in the decade plus of war. Featuring comments by LtCol Jeffery Patton, Commander, 9th Attack Squadron, US Air Force. Over the past decade plus of war, how have you seen the usage and technologies of UAS change in terms of the Air Force? The biggest change is the demand for RPAs becau....Read more

  Contributor:  IDGA Editorial Staff Tags: Air Force | UAS | UAV 11/19/2012  12:00:00 AM EST

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• Army’s 3 Focus Areas for Reducing Fuel Reliance
  

  What's being done to manage and lessen the Army’s reliance on fuel as an energy source? The following interview features comments from Colonel Peter Newell, Director, Rapid Equipping Force – who highlights what’s being done to sustain the force in an era of uncertain fuel supply.   [eventPDF] You've spoken before about making the troops more sustainable. As we drawd....Read more

  Contributor:  Colonel Peter Newell
  Tags: Tactical power sources | Renewable energy | Rapid Equipping Force
  11/28/2012  12:00:00 AM EST

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• Debris Recovered After U.S. Fighter Jet Crashes in Adriatic Sea Debris thought to be from a U.S. F-16 Fighting Falcon that went missing on Monday night has been recovered from the Adriatic Sea by Italian search teams. As nightfall descended in Europe on Tuesday, January 29, a huge rescue operation was under way to find the as-yet-unnamed American pilot. Major Erick Saks, chief of public affairs for the 31st Fighter Wing, said: “We are still considering ....Read more

  Contributor:  Mike O'Brien Tags: U.S. Air Force | F-16 | Military Radar 01/29/2013  12:00:00 AM EST

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• In Brief: Big Data Headaches, Haggling Over Hagel and Airmen have their Say Data scientists are now the most highly sought after job for the military as the services struggle to keep up with information collected by unmanned vehicles and its sensors. Reggie Brothers, the Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Research, said the military is pouring resources into PED, or processing, exploitation, and dissemination. Speaking at the Association of the U.S. Army....Read more

  Contributor:  Mike O'Brien Tags: Big Data | Data Center | Chuck Hagel 02/22/2013  12:00:00 AM EST

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• U.S. Military Denies Torturing and Killing Civilians in Afghanistan The U.S. military has denied that its forces have been involved in the killing and abduction of civilians in a hard-hit province in eastern Afghanistan. Officials have  responded to Afghan President Hamid Karzai's accusations on Sunday in which he said U.S. special forces troops and Afghans working for them have been torturing civilians in Wardak. He ordered the elite unit to get out of ....Read more

  Contributor:  Mike O'Brien Tags: Special Forces | Afghanistan | U.S. Military 02/26/2013  12:00:00 AM EST

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