Industry Perspective


Dennis Moran

7-year IT acquisition cycle stymies warfighters in the field

The Defense Department can shorten its IT acquisition process by adopting a field and evolve approach to new technologies, says Maj. Gen. (Ret.) Dennis Moran of Harris RF Communications.

Roger Seaton

Soldiers need better communications training

Government would not spend millions of dollars on a weapons system and not train its operators. Communications systems must be held to the same standard.

Battlefield broadband: Reinventing warfighters' communications

Wireless broadband that supports data, not just voice, is essential to battlefield operations and a key component in meeting the needs of the Defense Department's Quadrennial Defense Review.

Smaller, lighter designs expand UAS sensor capabilities

Improvements in unmanned aircraft system and payload designs are leading to increased capabilities for warfighters.

The human element complicates cybersecurity

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.

Warfighters should be nerve center for logistics

Combining traditional logistics with intelligence gleaned from warfighters would create a more reliable mechanism for supporting warfighters and their missions.

A leap forward in intelligence gathering

The defense and intelligence communities have developed a huge appetite for unclassified, high-resolution, map-accurate satellite imagery.

Soldier Radio Waveform ushers in new era in tactical communications

The evolution of the Soldier Radio Waveform is at the heart of the effort to achieve the goals and objectives of its Joint Tactical Radio System program.

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