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The theoretical superiority of network-centric warfare in conventional combat was realized with the rapid U.S.-led coalition victory over Saddam Hussein's forces in Iraq. Coalition forces brought to bear the full power of megabits and gigabytes against regular, irregular and so-called elite forces of the Iraq military.

By the year 2020, Lt. Gen. Rhett A. Hernandez, USA, head of the U.S. Army Cyber Command, says threats from both nation states and other unknown actors will necessitate that the Army truly be an integrated cyberforce.

One of the biggest frustrations of the current IT environment for LTG Susan Lawrence, USA, Chief Information Officer/G-6 is finding her force "anchored in the industrial age" at a time when the Defense Department must get to the networked age, she said at today's lunch keynote address to the MILCOM 2011 conference.

Imagine the lives that could be saved in a combat zone if we could eliminate even one important item that needs to be resupplied almost daily.

The men and women who are designing and supporting today's military communications networks already have one important lesson learned from operations in Afghanistan, Iraq, the aftermath of the Japanese earthquake and tsunami, and others: No two network configurations are the same.

In his final installment in a series on Defense Department information technology, Paul A. Strassmann says the greatest agents of change are mindsets and money.

The reality of drastically reduced defense budgets married with the rapid pace of technological development could give warfighters a tactical radio system that has more in common with consumer smartphones.

John Lubratich has joined ViON Corporation, Washington, D.C., as vice president and chief financial officer.

It might be a surprise to most who deal with cybersecurity in the government sector, but cybersecurity experts in the commercial sector believe there are many "pockets of excellence" in the .gov and .mil domain.

Over the next few years, change is in store for the constellation of satellites that are the backbone of U.S. military communications.