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  • Electronic Health Records Summit
    Electronic Health Records Summit
    Sheraton Premiere at Tysons Corner, Vienna, VA
    October 27 - 29 2010   October 27

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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....more

    Author:  IDGA
    Tags: Military Cloud Computing | DoD | DoD computer systems
  • Budget Time for the DOD: Fight the wars or go for Congressional votes?
    Budget Time for the DOD: Fight the wars or go for Congressional votes?
    With the release of the President’s 2011 Department of Defense Budget, the Secretary is on the offensive for the right reason. With the overall budget at $708 billion and $159 tabbed for supporting operations in Afghanistan, it’s up to Congress now to do the right thing and not push thru the two

    Author:   Sean Pillai
    Tags: Military | Congress | DOD
  • 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

    Author:   Sean Pillai
    Tags: Cray Henry | HPCMP | DOD Supercomputing
  • 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....more

    Author:  Jason Verdugo
    Tags: M-4 Carbine | Carbine | HK416
  • 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....more

    Author:  IDGA
    Tags: Body Armor | PEO Soldier | ESAPI
  • 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 ....more

    Author:  IDGA
    Tags: Joint Logistics | DOD | NCW
  • 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....more

    Author:  IDGA
    Tags: Cybersecurity | DISA | NSA
  • Obama Approves $636B Defense Budget
    For ground forces, the budget provides $6.3 billion for the mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle fund in order to complete procurement of more than 6,600 new MRAP all-terrain vehicles (MRAP-ATVs) to be used in Afghanistan. The Department of Defense (DoD) will receive $364 million for Stryker combat vehicles, $498 million for medium tactical vehicles and $613 million for procurement of heav....more

    Author:  IDGA
    Tags: MRAP | MRAP-ATV | FCS
  • 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....more

    Author:  Jason Verdugo
    Tags: F-35 | DoD | Lockheed Martin

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