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• DOD Advances Cloud Computing Usage In October, the US Defense Information Service Agency (DISA), part of the American Department of Defense (DoD), released the latest version of its cloud computing infrastructure after first launching it a year previously.   Race infrastructure   Rapid Access Computing Environment, or Race, is an accessible and scalable platform which uses virtualisation and the "nearly unli....Read more

  Contributor:  IDGA Editorial Staff Tags: Military Cloud Computing | DoD | DoD computer systems 11/30/2009  12:00:00 AM EST

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• 	Cray Henry Director of the DOD High Performance Computing Modernization Program on Supercomputing The United States has become heavily reliant on the use of computers and critical infrastructure-based networks to both run and protect the nation. The Department of Defense has always taken the role of the nation’s protector to heart by providing layers of national security in the physical and data
  Contributor:   Sean Pillai Tags: Cray Henry | HPCMP | DOD Supercomputing 10/21/2009  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• 	Jeff Parsons, Executive Director of Army Contracting Command on Army Contracting The United States Military had been forced by the operations undertaken in Iraq and Afghanistan to develop contracting requirements and procurement procedures on the fly. Much of the peacetime practices were not up to speed in managing a growing conflict in two different theaters; and the burden fell on
  Contributor:   Sean Pillai Tags: Army Contracting Command | Army Contracting | Jeff Parsons 11/12/2009  12:00:00 AM EST

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• 	Social Media in Government In this Presentation you will learn about: • Deciding the Best Social Media Tools to Use • Navigating Social Media • Social Media Success Stories
  Tags: Defense New Media | Social Media | DOD Blogging

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• 	Garry Reid, SES on DoD Policy & Strategic Planning for Irregular Warfare Garry Reid, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Special Operations & Combating Terrorism, discusses the DoD policy & strategic planning efforts in regards to Irregular Warfare (IW) at IDGA's Irregular Warfare event in Washington DC that took place in May 2010.  He details the
  Tags: Irregular Warfare | DoD | Special Operations

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• The US Army's M-4 Carbine Debate As the warfighter awaits congress to hammer out the FY 2010 defense budget, the Pentagon has indicated that it will once again attempt to find a replacement for the venerable M16/M4 carbine. Eugene Stoner’s half century old design has served the United States and many of its allies for decades and must be replaced with a more modern and reliable design. Controversy has surrounded the M16 since....Read more

  Contributor:  Jason Verdugo Tags: M-4 Carbine | Carbine | HK416 10/29/2009  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• 	The Ballistic Missile Threat from State and Non-State Actors IDGA speaks with Mr. Jeff Kueter, President of the George C. Marshall Institute in Washington, DC, about the global ballistic missile threat.  Both state and non-state actors pose a grave threat to the United States and its allies.  Strategies to deal with these threats, however, are as varied as
  Contributor:   Christopher Dauer Tags: ballistic missile defense | Jeff Keuter | DoD 12/09/2011  12:00:00 AM EST

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• Body Armor Remains Key Concern for US Military Vector Strategy recently predicted that the US military would spend $6 billion on body armor for US Army soldiers and Marine Corps troops between 2009 and 2015. Between 70 and 75 million pounds of material will be used to produce the body armor, which will include ceramic tiles, aramid and ultra-high molecular weight polyethelene fibres, as well as other non-ballistic materials. Body Armor Reca....Read more

  Contributor:  IDGA Editorial Staff Tags: Body Armor | PEO Soldier | ESAPI 11/23/2009  12:00:00 AM EST

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• Improving Joint Military Logistics for the Future The challenges of joint military logistics remain a key topic for defense leaders with the continuing drawdown from Iraq and ongoing operations in Afghanistan, requiring highly organized co-ordination between various agencies. A recent series of summer lectures at Tinker Air Force Base, Oklahoma, addressed joint military logistics, bringing together past and present air logistics center leaders for ....Read more

  Contributor:  IDGA Editorial Staff Tags: Joint Logistics | DOD | NCW 12/17/2009  12:00:00 AM EST

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• Military and Civilian Agencies Collaborate Over Network Security October was National Cyber Security Awareness Month in the US. The country has stepped up its efforts to protect against computer-related attacks in recent months, after President Obama announced that network security would be centralised and prioritised. Obama stressed that defending the nation against external and internal infiltration should be a collaborative effort between military and civilian....Read more

  Contributor:  IDGA Editorial Staff Tags: Cybersecurity | DISA | NSA 12/15/2009  12:00:00 AM EST

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• 	BIMA Presents: Sharing Biometric Data within NATO Nations, Challenges & Opportunities BIMA: The NATO Standardization Agreement (STANAG) 4715 "Biometric Data Interchange, Watch listing and Reporting Standard" aims to address the gap that exists within NATO nations to share and access biometric data of known or suspected adversaries.  Biometric data plays a key role in
  Tags: Biometrics | Law Enforcement | Identity Management

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• F-35 Delays and Cost Overruns The F-35 has had one of its bloodiest weeks ever in terms of cost, delays and management issues. Recently the Secretary of Defense Robert Gates canned Major General David Heinz, who was in charge of the F-35 program. (Note: Lockheed Martin did not fire any of their managers in the program.) The program has increased at least 45 percent over original estimates and will most certainly go higher for total p....Read more

  Contributor:  Jason Verdugo Tags: F-35 | DoD | Lockheed Martin 03/11/2010  12:00:00 AM EST

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• Private Intelligence Contractors for the DoD A New York Times Article published Monday indicated that the inner workings of the intelligence fight against key insurgents and militants in Afghanistan were actually conducted by private contractors. What essentially is being raised is the fact that private contractors were hired to act as spies for the DOD. The contractors also allegedly operated across the border in Pakistan, which is contrary t....Read more

  Contributor:  Sean Pillai Tags: Private Contractors | CIA | DoD 03/19/2010  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• 	David Hansen from JPO MRAP Discusses advances in Production to Fielding David Hansen speaks on how the MRAP program will address an urgent warfighter need for mine resistant ambush protected vehicles.
  Tags: integrated acquisition | fielding | DOD acquisition

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• Military Social Networking and Military Blogs: Lindy Kyzer Discusses Military Online Community Activitiy Emerging media has taken the Military machine by storm and leading from the front is the Army Public Affairs. Specifically the New Media Directorate within the Army is charged with all aspects of social media and new/emerging media. One of the big names behind the push is not even a uniform wearer but, a

  Contributor:   Sean Pillai Tags: Lindy Kyzer | military blogs | military social networking 07/01/2009  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• Assistant Deputy Undersecretary of Defense for Maintenance John B. Johns on Future U.S. Maintenance Programs The United States Department of Defense has been at the leading edge of procurement, maintenance and fielding of equipment across the gamut of the defense world, with the current budget at $663.8 billion for the 2010 fiscal year and $130 billion requested to support contingency operations overseas. The DOD

  Contributor:   Defence IQ Press Tags: military maintenance | maintenance | department of defense 09/23/2009  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• Secretary Gates - Pentagon review of ‘mentors’ due
  

  * As reported in USA Today WASHINGTON — Defense Secretary Robert Gates’ top deputy will on Wednesday brief the Joint Chiefs of Staff on his recommendations to regulate the Pentagon’s practice of hiring retired senior officers to advise the military, Gates’ spokesman said. Gates ordered Deputy Secretary William Lynn in December to review the military’s practice of p....Read more

  Contributor:  Tom Vanden Brook Ken Dilanian
  Tags: Secretary Gates | DoD | Joint Chiefs of Staff
  03/24/2010  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• US Military Boosts Counter-IED Measures for Afghanistan The threat posed to Afghanistan forces by improvised explosive devices (IEDs) is constantly expanding. According to US Department of Defense (DOD) statistics, the number of IED attacks on Afghanistan forces rose to more than 8,000 last year, from 2,677 in 2007. They are the biggest killer of US and NATO troops, accounting for 275 of the 449 coalition deaths in 2009. Military leaders expect the ....Read more

  Contributor:  IDGA Editorial Staff Tags: IED | Afghanistan | Afghanistan Forces 04/22/2010  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• US and UK Move Forward with Military Space Programs Both the United States and the UK have been working to improve communications and intelligence capability using space systems.   This year will see four "first of" Department of Defense (DOD) satellites launched, deputy undersecretary of the Air Force for Space Programs Gary Payton announced last month.   These space systems comprise the first Advanced Extremely High F....Read more

  Contributor:  IDGA Editorial Staff Tags: Military Space Programs | DOD Space systems | Military Satellites 04/29/2010  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• DOD and UK MoD Up Investment in Submarine Programs It has been many years since the seas were used as the main theater in any conflict. However, modern day threats and the need for surveillance and intelligence mean that it is still essential for forces to maintain a power in the waters. The UK's Ministry of Defense (MoD) and the United States Department of Defense (DOD) have been investing heavily in new submarine technology, with both departme....Read more

  Contributor:  IDGA Editorial Staff Tags: DOD Submarine Programs | Military Submarines | Virginia Class Submarine 07/12/2010  12:00:00 AM EDT

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