http://defensesystems.com/rss-feeds/defense-it.aspx Boeing Co. will conduct a first flight to two different unmanned aircraft systems in the next 10 months as part of the company’s initiative to get its UAS business back on track, reports Amy Butler at Aviation Week. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/12/boeing-uas-demonstrators.aspx Fri, 12 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/12/boeing-uas-demonstrators.aspx Rear Adm. Jerry K. Burroughs will take over as program executive officer for command, control, communications, computers and intelligence at the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) San Diego. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/burroughs-navy-peo-c4i.aspx Thu, 11 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/burroughs-navy-peo-c4i.aspx Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a prime contract by the Navy to develop new command and control software for the Defense Department. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/10/saic-navy-award.aspx Wed, 10 Mar 2010 13:32:05 GMT http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/10/saic-navy-award.aspx The Air Force Research Laboratory is inviting contractors to submit white papers on revolutionary information technologies that can advance the integration of command and control capabilities across cyber, air and space domains. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/09/air-force-c2-white-papers.aspx Tue, 09 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/09/air-force-c2-white-papers.aspx Nobody's quite sure how to wage and win an air-sea battle,and that's emerged as a topic of discussion by military planners and budget officials, reports Bill Sweetman in Aviation Week’s Ares Blog. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/08/air-sea-battle-challenges.aspx Mon, 08 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/08/air-sea-battle-challenges.aspx The U.S. Army will establish a Mission Command Center of Excellence at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to prepare leaders for battle command and associated functions, reports Kate Brannen at Defense News. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/05/army-mission-command-center.aspx Fri, 05 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/05/army-mission-command-center.aspx L-3 Communications will continue to provide systems engineering and technical support to the Navy under a five-year contract renewal that could be worth as much as $187.4 million. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/04/l3-navy-contract-renewal.aspx Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:21:48 GMT http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/04/l3-navy-contract-renewal.aspx The Quadrennial Defense Review and the fiscal 2011 defense budget are in sync on the need for new strategies for programs such as unmanned aerial vehicles. But critics say they still focus too much on current conflicts and not enough on the future. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/08/homepage-inside-dod-intelligence-surveillance-reconnissance.aspx Thu, 04 Mar 2010 07:00:00 GMT http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/08/homepage-inside-dod-intelligence-surveillance-reconnissance.aspx Col. Robert Carpenter, project manager for the Army’s Aerial Common Sensor Program, discusses the program's changing mission and near-term objectives. http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/pm-view-carpenter.aspx Wed, 03 Mar 2010 16:31:27 GMT http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/11/pm-view-carpenter.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 http://defensesystems.com/articles/2010/03/02/darpa-seeks-satellite-optics.aspx