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The article reports on the Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) contract received by Raytheon from the U.S. Navy on May 31, 2007. According to Raytheon program manager Glen Bassett, the award is a victory for Raytheon's open-architecture approach to designing the software for NMT. The company's approach is designed according to a Software Communication Architecture (SCA).

The article reports on the request for quotation released by the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD) to find hardware and software solutions for encrypting hard disc drives, as well as another solution for file or folder encryption on both mobile computers and removable storage media. It is hoped that the request would lead to a standard product configuration to be used across the federal government according to DoD deputy chief information officer (CIO) David Wennergren.

The article offers information about Falcon, a handheld personal computer from General Dynamics Itronix.

The article reports on the request for quotation released by a U.S. Department of Defense unit which could signal one of the largest buys of data-encryption technology ever. Analysts warn that a data-encryption technology purchase could create encryption-key problems if not managed properly. The purpose of the defense initiative is to find hardware and software solutions for encrypting hard disc drives.

The article focuses on the need for industry vendors to ensure that their system offers data compatible with a standards-based service-oriented architecture (SOA) according to Vice Admiral Mark Edwards, the U.S. deputy Navy chief information officer (CIO). The Navy officer provides an assessment of the naval information technology landscape.

The article reports on problems being posed by the U.S. Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) computer network tackled at a hearing on March 28, 2007. Assistant Defense Secretary John Grimes said that one problem is a lack of user participation in the design of the system. It notes that Democratic Representative Adam Smith of Washington approved the overall information technology (IT) activities of the Department of Defense. It adds that the discussion also focused on keeping the networks safe.

The article offers information on Shared Spectrum Co., a developer of radio frequency systems that find and exploit available spectrum for use in U.S. military communications. According to Mark McHenry, president of Shared Spectrum, the firm's XG next generation radio has a bill of materials cost of about $1,000. Shared Spectrum is working with partner M/A-COM on the U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's (DARPA) Wireless After Next project, which seeks a radio for less than $500.

The article reports that Harris and Raytheon, which seek the U.S. Navy's $1.4 billion Navy Multiband Terminal (NMT) contract, are claiming early, and total, success in meeting the service's transmission criteria. NMT, designed to replace the agency's satellite communication gear, is expected to be installed in more than 300 ships, submarines and shore stations.

The article reports that the U.S. Navy warned defense industry vendors to follow data standards. Vice Admiral Mark Edwards warned that proprietary solutions are no longer in vogue, industry vendors must make sure that their system offers data compatible with a standards-based service-oriented architecture.

The article reports on the attacks on computer networks supporting the U.S. Marine Corps according to Brigadier General George Allen, chief information officer (CIO) of the Marine. Allen stated that the attacks were being deflected. He noted that the Marine Corps should be able to share data easily with the Corps command and fellow troops in the future. He cited that the Marine Corps Network Operations and Security Command established a requirement for network management tools.

The article reports that U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary John Grimes and Air Force Lieutenant General Charles Croom acknowledged the problems with the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) at a House Armed Services subcommittee hearing on March 28, 2007. Grimes cited the lack of user participation in the design of the network. The officials did not asked for legislative help to empower the Defense Department streamline information technology (IT) purchases.

The article reports on the admission of U.S. Assistant Defense Secretary John Grimes and Air Force Lieutenant General Charles Croom that the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) has glitches during a hearing conducted by the House Armed Services terrorism, unconventional threats and capabilities subcommittee on March 28, 2007. Grimes cited the lack of user participation in the network design as a problem. Croom proposed an approach to avoid future problems with NMCI.

The article reports on the Battle Control System-Fixed air traffic system to be revised by the U.S. Air Force. Information about air traffic over the continental U.S. and Canada is being provided by the system to U.S. North American Aerospace Defense Command. The benefit of the revision is that it allows the system to be run on less-expensive computer-based systems.

The article focuses on the plan of the U.S. Department of Defense to expand its Defense Knowledge Online (DKO) Web portal. With the services of Northrop Grumman, the department plans to link the web portal to other federal agencies. It remains uncertain if the U.S. Air Force will agree to be connected to the Web portal.

The article deals with a series of attacks received by computer networks supporting the U.S. Marine Corps. According to Brigadier General George Allen, Marine Corps C4 director and chief information officer, the computer networks are being attacked daily. He stated that information assurance is one of the largest growth industries in the U.S. Defense Department.

The article considers the emergence of energy-efficient data centers and server computers. During a March 22, 2007 session of the Federal Office Systems Expo 2007 in Washington, officials of Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) remarked on the era of energy-efficient data centers and server computers. The article also addresses the concerns of the U.S. Department of Defense regarding the use of wireless communications.

The article focuses on the need for the U.S. Defense Department (DoD) and the private industry to build a rapport on the allocation of radio frequency spectrum cited by Paige Atkins of Defense Information System Agency's Defense Spectrum Organization in a conference. She mentioned the possible conflict of Wireless Fidelity (WiFi) and the Worldwide Interoperability for Microwave Access (WiMAX) with military radar. According to Atkins, coexistence and collaboration are integral to their success.

The article focuses on the computer network security service beinf offered by Symantec to U.S. federal agencies. According to Brian Finan, managing senior director of the federal consulting services at Symantec, the Department of Defense (DoD) is incapable of correlating information about computer security. He explains how the network security of Symantec operates and its capabilities. Finan states that the ability of the firm to analyze potential threats can help the military.

An interview with David Wennergen, deputy chief information officer (CIO) for the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD), is presented. He states that working across the organizational boundaries within the Navy and the Marine Corps was a great opportunity to start to align to enterprise solutions. According to Wennergren, the financial climate has emphasized the importance of doing a good portfolio management. He explains his approach in dealing with people who oppose his financial management.

The article reports on the plan of the U.S. Air Force to install human-machine interface (HMI) improvements on its soon-to-be-revised Battle Control System-Fixed (BCS-F). According to Air Force officials and developer ThalesRaytheonSystems, part of the HMI upgrade involves porting the BCS-F operating software from Unix to Linux, allowing it to be ran on less-expensive personal computer based systems.

An interview with David Wennergren, chief information officer (CIO) for the U.S. Department of Defense, is presented. He describes his roles as CIO of the agency. Wennergren dicusses how technology and cultural changes affect military strategy and operations. He also comments on spiral integration and net-centric computing.

The article features Stanley Inc., a company that provides information technology solutions and professional services. The company started as a two-man consulting firm in 1966. Through the years, it drew much of its sales and financial performance from providing services to the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). About 30 percent of the company's work is civilian federal and the rest is contracted to DoD. The operations of the company is explored.

The article offers information on a technology service developed by Symantec to deal with potential threats that may affect the inherent capabilities of the U.S. military. The service detects an attack or a virus then relays it to one of four Security Operation Centers in Alexandria, Virginia. Patches and steps to address the attack are then sent to affected computers. According to Brian Finan, former military counter intelligent specialist, the service is significant to the military.

The article focuses on the views of Paige Atkins, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency's Defense Spectrum Organization, on the need for the U.S. Department of Defense and the private industry to establish trust and rapport in relation to the allocation of radio frequency spectrum. In a keynote address that she gave at the e-Gov Institute Wireless Technology and Security conference, she emphasized the significance of radio frequency spectrum and the conflicts associated with it.

The article reports on the decision of Guidance Software to update its EnCase software that detects and eradicates malware and malicious programs in the U.S. The software can adjust in a particular computer's hard drive and find malware that affects a computer system. Malware attacks a computer network through advertising, spam electronic mails and denial-of-service. The Department of Defense is one of the company's government agency clients.

The article focuses on the application of Microsoft technology in the tactical and mission area of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). The technology is used in the future Stryker armored combat vehicles and XVIII Airborne Corps of the Army in Iraq. Microsoft is promoting Virtual Earth as a way to scan possible trouble spots and hopes to embed its Web portal technologies in contract bids. Air Force veteran Curt Kolcun expects the Windows Vista operating system to make its way into DoD offices.

An interview with Lieutenant General Michael Peterson, chief information officer (CIO) of the U.S. Air Force, is presented. He elaborates whether a single Department of Defense (DoD) Web portal is necessary. Peterson also discusses his next steps for the Web portal of the service. The CIO cites the influence of the existence of open and often free systems such as Linux on his thinking.

The article provides information on the EnCase software released by Guidance Software. The author said that EnCase is an enterprise computing tool that can zero in on a particular hard disk drive of a computer across an enterprise computing network and find programs called malware. Malware are designed to infiltrate or damage a computer system. According to International Data Corp. research director Charles Kolodgy, Guidance is the market leader from the forensics point of view.

The article reports on the proposal of the administration of U.S. President George W. Bush to reduce the research spending of the U.S. Department of Defense (DoD). According to the Association of American Universities, the budget of the administration fails to meet the budget target of DoD for science and technology. The cuts represent an erosion of the defense science base says Kei Koizumi, director of the Research & Development Budget and Policy Program at the American Association for the Advancement of Science.

The article focuses on the decision of U.S. Air Force Lieutenant General Charles Croom to use Army Knowledge Online (AKO) as the model for the defensewide system Defense Knowledge Online (DKO) over the Air Force portal the Global Combat Support System-AF. It cites the reasons behind the decision. A directory of account holders and their contact information are some of the initial services under DKO.

An interview with U.S. Air Force Chief Information Officer Lieutenant General Michael Peterson is presented. He was asked if it is necessary to have a single U.S. Department of Defense Web portal. He discusses his plans for the U.S. Air Force Web Portal. He offers information on how he assures information access and availability.

The article focuses on the extensive use of Microsoft's operating systems and Office productivity suite in the U.S. Department of Defense's (DOD) computers. According to Curt Kolcun, vice president of the Microsoft's Federal division, the company's operating systems and productivity suite are found on roughly 85 percent of the Defense Department's computers. In addition, the U.S. government spent $1 billion on Microsoft products in 2006, with less than half of that spent by the DOD.

The article focuses on the development of the Defense Knowledge Online (DKO), a defense-wide system being developed by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA). The new system will incorporate similar portals as the Army Knowledge Online (AKO), the service's portal to Web-based information and services related to promotions, education, career tracks and others. It is being built under a three-phase program and will include a directory of account holders and their contact information.

The article reports on a speculation on whether the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN) of the U.S. Navy will replace the existing Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). Acting Navy Chief Information Officer (CIO) John Lussier denied news that NGEN would replace NCMI. The purpose of NGEN is to integrate existing information technology networks, services and systems of the Navy. One potential technology for use in the enterprise network is Voice Over Internet Protocol (VoIP).

The article focuses on the Cooperative Rules-Based Reconnaissance Unmanned Aerial System (CRBRUS) that will help give composite view of battlefield that uses sensors according to U.S. Air Force secretary Michael Wynne. Mission-oriented software, a ground control station and mobile ground control user terminals consist the SkyForce distributed management system.

The article reports on the statement of acting U.S. Navy Chief Information Officer John Lussier that it remains an open question whether the U.S. Navy's Next Generation Enterprise Network will replace the existing Navy-Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI). He said that the project, intended to integrate NMCI and other Navy department networks, is being developed to meet future requirements and will cost billions of dollars.

The article focuses on the U.S. Air Force battle control system (BCS) that will help the service detect off-course aircraft like the ones that hit the World Trade Center in 2001. BCS will help war fighters in the air defense sectors to monitor the airspace over the U.S. BSC combines Hewlett-Packard DL585 rack-mounted servers and DL360 workstations. It states the advantages of BCS.

The article reports on the announcement of Lieutenant General Michael Peterson, chief information officer of the U.S. Air Force, that the service plans to merge all of its internal Web portals. The plan calls for the Army Knowledge Online (AKO) portal to develop into a services-spanning Defense Knowledge Online (DKO) based on a 2006 Defense Information Systems Agency decision. But a merger may not be imminent since the contract for a Web portal architecture has yet to be released, adds Peterson.

The article presents information on the SkyForce avionic distributed management system from Proxy Aviation Systems.

The article focuses on the possibility that a request for information could enable satellite firms to provide communications services directly to the military in the U.S. replacing the existing system that uses an integrator to contract for such services. Among such companies are Loral Space & Communications and Eutelsat. The Defense Information System Agency (DISA) helps to create version 3.0 of the Transformational Communications Architecture (TCA) of the Department of Defense (DoD).

The article focuses on the use of U.S. Air Force Battle Control System (BCS) in the North American airspace. The BCS will help detect off-course aircraft or provide aid to stricken flight. BCS-Fixed program manager lieutenant colonel Robert Bubello stated that the system allows war fighters to monitor the airspace over the U.S. The BCS integrates Hewlett-Packard DL585 rack-mounted servers with the Gateway Manager system of Northrop Grumman. It can connect to local or national radar systems.

The article reports on the changes in the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) announced by John Garing, chief information officer of the agency during a panel discussion on January 9, 2007, hosted by the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association. Garing said that DISA will change the way it is specifying, buying and using technology for its U.S. Department of Defense clients.

The article reports on the request for information issued by the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency to large satellite companies. The request could provide an opportunity for the satellite firms to provide communications services directly to the U.S. military. Satellite companies that received the request for information include Inmarsat General, Loral Space & Communications.

The article focuses on the financial performance of electronic systems firm DRS Technologies in 2006. Patricia Williamson, corporate communications vice president, said that the firm's sales-to-bookings ratio for the six months that ended September 2006 is one of the highest rates in the industry. It states that the firm won a $145 million multiyear contract to produce Driver Vision Enhancer (DVE) A-Kits for installation on U.S. Army combat vehicles. It also mentions the firm's acquisition of Engineered Support Systems Inc.

The article reports on the U.S. Air Force Battle Control System (BCS), an early warning computer network with nodes at North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD) posts in several states, designed to protect the North American airspace. The system is integrated with Hewlett-Packard DL585 servers and DL360 workstations with Gateway Manager System from Northrop Grumman. It notes that the goal of BSC is to maximize the time in which detection of an aircraft can be made.

The article reports on the use of honeybees by scientists of the Los Alamos National Laboratories to sniff out vapors from trinitrotoluene (TNT), C4 and triacetone triperoxide explosives and propellants. Comments of Tim Haarmann, principal investigator for the Stealthy Insect Sensor Project, on the use of bees in detecting explosives are cited. The association of the research with the study of Russian Nobel medicine/physiology laureate Ivan Petrovich Pavlov is also tackled.

The article reports on issues arising from the defense contracts awarded to smaller contractors in the U.S. Consulting firm Gestalt replaced Northtrop Grumman Corp. and Raytheon Co. on an Air Force program which values $30 million. The Department of Defense (DoD) is being pressured in getting smaller contractors more involved in DoD contracting according to analyst Pierre Chao. Requirements under the Sarbanes-Oxley Act make it hard for companies below $250 million in revenues to establish themselves as a public company.

The article reports on the need for the U.S. to give priority on scientific knowledge and innovation needed for the next generation of military technology according to advocacy group Task Force on the Future of American Innovation. The group stresses that President George W. Bush should focus on basic research and put more resources into funding to remain competitive. Retired Army colonel Larry Wortzel cites that the U.S. is short of qualified citizens with advanced knowledge in basic research.

The article reports on the move of Northrop Grumman engineer Noshir S. Gowadia to enter a not guilty plea on espionage charges for creating a cruise missile exhaust system nozzle for China before federal judge Kevin Chang in Honolulu, Hawaii on November 9, 2006. Gowadia was indicted for allegedly receiving $110,000 from the Chinese and purchasing real property in order to launder the money. The government stated its plan to ask for forfeiture of Gowadia's property.