http://defensesystems.com/rss-feeds/communications.aspx The Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a new $10.2 million task order through the Integrated Topside program to help develop advanced satellite communications systems for submarines. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/08/navy-satcom-task-order.aspx Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT wwelsh@1105media.com (wwelsh) http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/08/navy-satcom-task-order.aspx Gary Winkler, the Army program executive officer for enterprise information systems, discusses the Haiti relief effort, upcoming solicitation for the Area Processing Centers and lessons learned in recent implementations of enterprise resource planning systems. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/interview-winkler-army-infrastructure-upgrades.aspx Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:58:42 GMT nwillis@1105media.com (nwillis) http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/interview-winkler-army-infrastructure-upgrades.aspx Despite the congressional focus on cybersecurity, all the money, software and hardware in the world can’t entirely ward off cybersecurity threats. One nontechnology factor greatly impedes cybersecurity: the human factor. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/industry-perspective-1-human-side-of-cybersecurity.aspx Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:54:55 GMT nwillis@1105media.com (nwillis) http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/industry-perspective-1-human-side-of-cybersecurity.aspx DOD picks products for network services with an eye toward cost, power requirements and space. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/02/dod-picks-products-to-save-costs.aspx Tue, 02 Mar 2010 14:46:48 GMT hkuldell@1105media.com (hkuldell) http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/02/dod-picks-products-to-save-costs.aspx DARPA is looking to fund a new program that would develop a diffractive optics membrane and related equipment and structures for use in a geosynchronous orbit telescope. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/02/darpa-seeks-satellite-optics.aspx Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT wwelsh@1105media.com (wwelsh) http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/02/darpa-seeks-satellite-optics.aspx Raytheon Co. has won an initial contract from the Air Force worth $886 million to develop a new element of the Global Positioning System that will improve the accuracy of information from GPS satellites. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/02/26/raytheon-gps-accuracy.aspx Tue, 02 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT wwelsh@1105media.com (wwelsh) http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/02/26/raytheon-gps-accuracy.aspx A series of delays has kept the Air Force’s Network Centric Solutions-2 program in a holding pattern. Two of the four request for proposals expected at the end of January have still not emerged, and the remaining RFPs might be months away. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/defense-it-4-netcents-2-delayed.aspx Mon, 01 Mar 2010 15:30:11 GMT wwelsh@1105media.com (wwelsh) http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/defense-it-4-netcents-2-delayed.aspx Army looks to accelerate Web and mobile application development by rewarding Army personnel for creative ideas. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/02/26/sorenson-to-announce-apps-for-army-challenge.aspx Fri, 26 Feb 2010 20:23:31 GMT hkuldell@1105media.com (hkuldell) http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/02/26/sorenson-to-announce-apps-for-army-challenge.aspx The Marine Corps is embracing renewable energy as a way to generate continuous electricity for communications and targeting systems on the battlefield. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/defense-it-3-greens.aspx Fri, 26 Feb 2010 15:43:13 GMT nwillis@1105media.com (nwillis) http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/defense-it-3-greens.aspx The military's ad hoc reliance on commercial satellites is prolonging efforts to meet warfighters' urgent demands for bandwidth. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/cover-story-the-satcom-challenge.aspx Thu, 25 Feb 2010 18:41:28 GMT wwelsh@1105media.com (wwelsh) http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/cover-story-the-satcom-challenge.aspx