March 2013

SEMAPHORE SERIES: C4ISR CENTER OF EXCELLENCE
Army Communications Facility Centralizes Key Elements
    Aberdeen Proving Ground becomes the home of high-techology development, validation and deployment.
Communications Labs JOIN Forces Remotely
   The whole becomes greater than the sum of the parts in a networked software engineering realm.
U.S. Army Innovates on Cloud Computing Front
    Officials work to provide a new cloud computing approach across the service as well as the Defense Department.

ARMY COMMUNICATIONS
Air Asset to Send Critical Material to Forces Faster
   The plug-and-play technology will close large capability gaps in the field.
A New Chip Thinks Like a Brain
   An Army research team develops a device that could assist warfighters' decision making.

ENERGY
Army Hones Smart Grid Into a Tactical Advantage
    Significant fuel savings and operational efficiencies are some of the benefits of an intelligent power management system that includes multiple energy sources.

CLOUD CONTROL
U.S. Nuclear Agency Enhances Cybersecurity With Cloud Computing
    Officials aim to have a solution in place by year's end.

Securing Critical Infrastructure Through Nontraditional Means
    A cloud project takes advantage of emerging concepts to protect energy against disruptive threats.
Cloud Industry Group Issues Mobile Computing Guidelines
    When it comes to popular smartphones and tablets, security can be a many-layered and necessary endeavor.

ASIA-PACIFIC
China Employs Ships As Weapon Test Platforms
   A handful of designs serves to validate indigenous and reverse-engineered technologies.

PRESIDENT’S COMMENTARY
The Budget Is Dominating the Dialogue—Especially That of the Security Community

INCOMING
Inexpensive Solutions Emerge for the Modern Battlefield