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Feature Articles
Veterans Get Boost Into Job Market
In an effort to help members of the military move from “boots to suits,” a program will begin that helps warfighters turn in their weapons for a computer keyboard. The industry-led initiative includes cash and software grants to organizations that demonstrate they have the outreach and facilities to connect with a substantial number of veterans. [Read more...]
Student Cybersecurity Competition Boosts STEM Interest
The largest simultaneous high school cyberdefense competition ever held wrapped up late last month, crowning a champion and sending kids to college who otherwise would not have attended. [Read more...]
News Briefs
Sensor Exploits Nanodevice Weaknesses
Researchers at Oak Ridge National Laboratory are developing a chemical and biological sensor that will approach the theoretical limit of detection levels. The ability could significantly impact the detection of explosives, biological agents and narcotics. Unlike traditional approaches that require sophisticated low-noise electronic components, this developmental sensor deliberately hits microcantilevers with relatively large amounts of energy associated with a range of frequencies forcing the microcantilevers to move. The researchers envision incorporation of the technology with a handheld instrument that transportation security screeners, law enforcement officials and military members could use. A prototype could be developed in six to 18 months.
Indian Navy Improves Patrol Aircraft Connections
India’s fleet of P-81 maritime patrol aircraft will be equipped with new mission computers. Developed and installed by BAE Systems, the mission computer system suite is a flexible and ruggedized processing platform that can be configured to meet general purpose, input and output, video, voice and graphics processing needs for battle management. The P-81, a variant of the P-8A Poseidon, is a multi-mission maritime patrol aircraft that can perform anti-submarine warfare; search and rescue; and long-range intelligence, surveillance, target acquisition and reconnaissance missions.
France Expands Its Military Networks
The French army is extending high performance Internet protocol (IP) networks across additional echelons of its forces. The French Defense Procurement Agency has approved additional contracts to extend the service’s automated integrated communications network (RITA) to combined arms task forces. Known as RITA N4, the contract is an extension of RITA contracts for levels 1 through 3 of the army’s command structures. Developed by Thales, RITA N4 will provide a high performance IP communications system for battalion command posts.
More Satellite Terminals Equals Better Morale
The U.S. Navy is acquiring an additional 23 shipboard satellite terminals for its frigates to boost morale among naval personnel by enabling them to access the Internet, video and other high-speed broadband services. Manufactured by Harris, the 1.3-meter satellite communications terminals will provide both X- and Ku-band capabilities and support 10 times the bandwidth now accessible by Navy ships. One goal of the purchase is to enhance communications between service members and their families during deployments.
SIGNAL Online Exclusive Articles
International Force Tracking Due for Upgrade in Southwest Asia
Generosity has been pouring fromMultinational operational commands in Afghanistan and the NATO Consultation, Command and Control Agency (NC3A) are shaping their requirements to upgrade the International Force Tracking System (IFTS). [Read more...]
Army Looks for a Few Good Apps
The U.S. Army has announced the Apps for the Army (A4A) challenge, a three-month outreach to the service’s active duty, National Guard and civilian employees that will award as much as $2,000 to the top entries. [Read more...]
SIGNAL Magazine Current Issue
March 2010
Focus: Cyberspace
The digital frontier long has been described as the Wild West where users confronted outlaws such as hackers and brigands. Now, as the frontier has become populated with all manner of social, government and economic enterprises, its security is a matter of great importance for all involved—which is most of the Earth’s population. Threats range from organized crime to terrorists and hostile governments that seek to cripple or destroy a nation or its security apparatus. SIGNAL Magazine’s March 2010 issue examines cyberspace in terms of both its security challenges and its opportunities.
Focus: Antenna Technologies
Wireless connectivity is the new foundation of networking, and you can’t have wireless without antennas in some way, shape or form. With wireless applications exploding on the scene, shape and form are becoming vitally important as scientists develop new antenna technologies. SIGNAL’s March focus on antennas peers into the future as it reports on some of the innovative antenna technologies that may emerge soon from the laboratory.
Read these stories and more in the current issue of SIGNAL Magazine.
Next Month in SIGNAL Magazine
Focus: DISA
The Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA) is facing the double-edged sword of information technology modernization and security. Its ability to provide advanced networking capabilities is in greater demand than ever, but it must ensure that its information security is as advanced as its technologies. That challenge has not hindered the agency’s capacity for innovation as it responds to increasing demands from its customers. SIGNAL Magazine’s April issue examines how DISA is meeting its challenges and preparing for the future.
Focus: U.S. Marine Corps IT
The U.S. Marine Corps long has prided itself on having capabilities that are native to each of the other services. Those capabilities are being brought to bear as the Marines engage in operations far from traditional Corps capabilities. As it conducts major operations in Afghanistan, the Corps is growing a body of expertise that will help define future Marine operations. SIGNAL’s April issue examines Marine Corps operations and the technologies that may enable them.
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