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• US Military Boosts Network Security With New Contracts and Commands Lockheed Martin has recently been charged with improving network security for the US military as part of a major focus on preventing cyber attacks from Al Qaeda and other terrorist groups. The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) awarded the $31 million contract to the technology firm, which will work to protect the confidentiality, integrity and security of military systems. Preve....Read more

  Contributor:  IDGA Editorial Staff Tags: Cybersecurity | Cybersecurity Command | DARPA 11/30/2009  12:00:00 AM EST

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• Mission Command Waterview Conference Center, Arlington, VA June 10 - 12 2013   June 10 Register Now | View Agenda | Learn More

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• 	Dr. Mari Maeda on the TIGR System in Iraq and Afghanistan Dr. Mari Maeda, Program Manager for DARPA, discusses the Tactical Ground Reporting (TIGR) system being used in Iraq and Afghanistan at IDGA's Net Centric Warfare event in January 2010.  She details the development of the TIGR system, what it is doing for the soldiers on the ground, and six key
  Tags: Net Centric Warfare | TIGR System | DARPA

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• In Brief: NASA’s New Rocket; Central Command Changes; Guantanamo Update ORBITAL SCIENCES Corp. is ready to fly the medium-class Antares, its newest and biggest rocket, for the first time next month on a test mission for NASA. The Antares, which was originally developed for the defense market, will blast off from Wallops Island, Virginia, between April 16 and April 18. Orbital has a $1.9 billion contract with NASA to carry out at least eight cargo missions to the Internat....Read more

  Contributor:  Mike O'Brien Tags: NASA | Mission Command | Central Command 03/22/2013  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• 	Lt Gen Kurt Herrmann on Developing and Fielding Cooperative Network Enabled Command and Control Capabilities Lieutenant General Kurt Herrmann of the German Air Force discusses network enabled command and control capabilities for NATO at IDGA's NCW event. He discusses how working effectively with NATO partners is critical for situational awarness and how practical implementation for systems is
  Tags: Net Centric Warfare | NATO Command and Control | Net Enabled Warfare

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• 	Spectrum Operations for DoD with Howard McDonald Howard McDonald, the Defense Spectrum Organization (DSO) team lead for Dynamic Spectrum Access (DSA) activities, discusses spectrum operations and spectrum technologies.  He details the latest projects at DSO and gives insight into the biggest challenges facing the military and DoD in regards to
  Contributor:   Nick Younker Tags: Command and Control | Spectrum 02/01/2011  12:00:00 AM EST

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• 	Using Lessons Learned From Major Combat and Stability Operations to Design and Use Future Network In this presentation you will learn from Daniel Gonzales about how the design of future networks using past experiences can guide future forces in combat and network operations.
  Tags: Stability Ops | Network Ops | NEO

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• 	LTG Michael Vane on Net-Enabled Future Force Strategy LTG Michael Vane, Director of ARCIC for U.S. Army TRADOC, discusses leading developments for a net-enabled future force strategy at IDGA's NCW event in January 2010.  LTG Vane details with the Army is doing to shape network strategy and how continuous incremental improvements must be a focus
  Tags: Net Centric Warfare | Net-enabled Warfare | TRADOC

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• 	Robert Carey, SES on the U.S. Navy Perspective to Net Enabled Future Force Strategy Mr. Robert Carey, SES is the Chief Information Officer for the Department of the Navy.  He details the U.S. Navy perspective on Net Enabled Future Force Strategy at IDGA's Net Centric Warfare event in January 2010.  He discusses the current networks the Navy uses as well as legacy
  Tags: Net Centric Warfare | U.S. Navy | Net Enabled

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• 	Network Support for Missions in Iraq and Afghanistan Fred Stein, Distinguished Principal Engineer at MITRE and a retired Colonel, discusses how the network supports, aides, and assists the principal missions in Iraq in Afghanistan.  He details hybrid warfare and observations of impact on networks.  He also talks about how how handling complexity is
  Tags: Net Centric Warfare | Command and Control | Hybrid Warfare

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• 	DoD Spectrum Challenges with Net Centric Warfare Dr. Ronald Jost, SES who serves as Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for C3, Space, and Spectrum, discusses DoD spectrum challenges with NCW at IDGA's Net Centric Warfare event that took place in January 2010.  He details what spectrum is and why it is important as it affects every
  Tags: NCW | Net Centric Warfare | Command and Control

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• 	NATO C3 on C2: Evolution and Experiments (an AGS Project Update) In an era of rapid growth there are many challenges to centralizing C2 capabilities. John Mahaffey, Senior Scientist, Capability Area Team – 5: Joint ISR, NATO C3 Agency examines the evolution of C2 capabilities over the past few years and speaks to the major challenges impeding advancement in this
  Contributor:   Chris Archer Tags: C2 | Command and Control | NATO C3 05/17/2012  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• IDGA’s Command and Control Summit will Feature Briefs from PEO C3T, TRADOC, MCCDC, USJFCOM, DISA, ARL, MARCORSYCOM, DARPA and Others FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Tom Engelman Summit Director 212-885-2737 Tom.Engelman@idga.org    IDGA’s Command and Control Summit will Feature Briefs from PEO C3T, TRADOC, MCCDC, USJFCOM, DISA, ARL, MARCORSYCOM, DARPA and Others   New York, NY, June 3, 2010- The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement (IDGA) announces its Command and Control Summit, to t....Read more

  Contributor:  IDGA Editorial Staff Tags: IDGA Command and Control Summit | C2 Summit 06/03/2010  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• NIE Construct Demands ‘Best of Breed’ Solutions: Do You Have the Answer? The Army’s previous C2 approach was to develop and field single purpose, non-integrated technologies. This approach resulted in asynchronously fielding of systems. The new ‘NIE’ [Network Integrations Evaluations] brings Soldiers, materiel developers, and engineers together in a realistic operational environment to leverage industry innovation and eliminate network integration burdens on....Read more

  Contributor:  Chris Archer Tags: C2 | command and control | NIE 05/09/2012  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• Challenges and the Way Forward for Navy Modernization
  

  IDGA Q&A with Yvette Tanious, Director, Navy Modernization Process, Naval Sea Systems Command Yvette Tanious serves as the Director of Navy Modernization Process at Naval Sea Systems Command, where she manages and implements surface ship modernization policy, oversees the ship change document voting process, facilitates the Decision Flag and Executive Boards, and oversees the modernization IT too....Read more

  Contributor:  Christopher Dauer
  Tags: Yvette Tanious | Naval Sea Systems Command | surface warfare
  03/12/2012  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• 	Examining the Incident Command System with Brig Gen Mike Stone, Michigan National Guard In an IDGA exclusive interview Brig Gen Mike Stone, Assistant Adjutant General, Michigan National Guard examines the main strengths and weaknesses of the ICS and highlights the ways in which the Michigan National Guard prepares for potential cyber attacks and deals with the issue of surge capacity.
  Contributor:   Chris Archer Tags: Cyber Warfare | Cyber Security | Incident Command System 04/23/2012  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• 	Lt. Col. AJ Pasagian of MARCORSYSCOM Talks About the ECH The United States Marine Corps has led the way in many aspects of combat operations. In keeping with time-honored traditions, the USMC is again taking the fight to the insurgency in it's campaigns in both Iraq and Afghanistan. Given the every changing tactics of the enemy in both nations the Soldiers
  Contributor:   Sean Pillai Tags: PEO Soldier | ECH | MARCORSYSCOM 09/14/2009  12:00:00 AM EDT

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• GIS for Government Washington Plaza, Washington, DC June 24 - 26 2013   June 24 Register Now | View Agenda | Learn More

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• Modular Militarization: A Perspective on Continuing and Future Perspectives Recently, there has been a video produced regarding a Russian weapons firm creating and marketing a hidden missile capability or “missiles in a box.” Specifically the Club-K as it is currently being referred to. Since these systems most likely don’t exist….yet, speculations of capabilities and uses as well as scenarios are strictly academic. “Missiles in a box” i....Read more

  Contributor:  Jason Verdugo Tags: Military Modular Systems | Club-K | Sea-based Missiles 05/05/2010  12:00:00 AM EDT

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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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