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AFCEA Leadership Five Questions
The Five Questions series features senior leaders of military, government and industry as they share their philosophy on leadership and the techniques that have worked for them. This episode features Christopher Michel, managing director of Nautilus Ventures.
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Digital Source Book
The AFCEA 2013 Source Book is now available in both digital and app formats to current AFCEA members and SIGNAL subscribers. Access the digital version now through the AFCEA portal. The app is available through Google Play for Android devices, Amazon for the Kindle Fire and the Apple App Store for iOS devices.
Online Exclusives
DISA to Spend Summer Exploring Security in the Cloud
A hand-picked group of the U.S. Defense Department’s top information technology experts will work with a giant in the cloud computing industry to determine how security will play a part on the military’s migration to the cloud.
How to Win Contracts When Lowest Price Is the Highest Measure
The lowest price technically acceptable (LPTA) acquisition strategy, which focuses on price over value, has become the dominant approach that agencies are applying to federal contracting. The accelerated transition to this strategy has been fueled by sequestration and the growing need for government to do business at a reduced cost. Contractors are still learning how to operate in this new environment, but many fear that the emphasis on lower cost labor will reduce the expertise of the work force and result in lower levels of effort.
Intelligence Taps Industry for Essential Technologies
James Bond’s U.S. counterpart may be equipped more with commercial technologies than with systems developed in intelligence community laboratories. The private sector will be called upon to provide even more capabilities to help keep the intelligence community ahead of adversaries and budget cuts.
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RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT:
Since the advent of the industrial age, militaries have melded technology into their fighting force to seek an advantage over any potential adversary. Over time, a symbiotic relationship grew between government and industry to develop the newest military technologies. Now, most of the advanced technologies that have entered the force over the past few years have come from the commercial sector. Yet military-specific research continues into niche technologies or areas where the private sector cannot yet provide military capable solutions.
COALITION INTEROPERABILITY:
It was only a few years ago that the newest combat doctrine stated that forces never again would go into a conflict that was not a joint operation. Now, that concept has been extended into the international realm. Modern militaries realize that the most likely combat scenario involves coalition operations, and they must be able to work with allies and partners on a range of potential missions. Ironically, pursuing the elusive goal of joint force interoperability may hold the key to successful multinational operations.
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