June 2018

SIGNAL June 2018CLOUD COMPUTING
Army Accentuates Cloud Computing
    Officials predict an increase in RFPs under the service’s cloud contract.

—ACCENT Makes Room for Innovation

The Navy Looks to the Promise of the Cloud
    As the service steers toward advanced cloud computing, a lot is a stake.

Synergy Seeds Cloud Growth
    Customers, enablers and providers are boosting each other as technology expands.

Connecting the Clouds
    Data center interconnection companies provide a global link to cloud platforms.

NSF Cloud Enlightens Scientific Research
    Partnership gives academia extra computing credits.

MILITARY
U.S. Army Prepares to Fight in the New Domain
    As the service metamorphoses, CERDEC ramps up cyber capabilities

UNMANNED SYSTEMS
The Sky’s the Limit for Marine Corps Supply Drones
    Airborne vehicles may be the next pack animals for warfighters in combat zones.

COMMUNICATIONS
Quantum Conquests Require Resource Commitments
    The global communications race is heating up, but who’s winning?

Bringing Communications Back Down to Earth
    High frequency radios can bridge a beyond-line-of-sight gap during operations in contested environments.

ASSOCIATION FEATURE
Army Transforms Today to Modernize Tomorrow

DISRUPTIVE BY DESIGN
A Golden Opportunity for Government Invoicing

PRESIDENT'S COMMENTARY
High Stakes in the Global AI Race

INCOMING
The Leader’s Role in Making Technology Work