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It's rare that an audience of industry and service members at all ranks get the chance to hear first hand from the first of a kind.

Unlike characters in science fiction tomes, today's leaders do not have the advantage of traveling to the past to change decisions that led to trouble in the future.

"We don't have software that can make software."--Thomas Hone, Naval War College Liaison with OPNAV

The 21st century U.S. Navy is building around information as it reshapes its force for new challenges, according to the chief of naval operations.

The second day of West 2010 began with an examination of one of the Navy’s biggest recent changes. During the Wednesday luncheon, Vice Adm. David J. “Jack” Dorsett, USN, the first deputy chief of naval operations for information dominance (N2/N6), outlined the three issues that he sees as key in this newly created position. The U.S. Navy must determine what it means for the United States to have information dominance, how it plans to achieve it and what the opportunities are for industry in this regard.

"We don't spend enough time and energy on what navies do: sea control."

"They have a black belt in survival."

FINALLY -- able to blog from booths because I actually got connected to and by the right people. Thanks, Microsoft! Here's a look at some of the capabilities being demo'ed here.

Today was an exciting day at West 2010--and I'm not talking about the dynamic speakers and exhibitors.

ITT Corporation realigned its former Defense Electronics and Services segment into ITT Defense and Information Solutions on January 5. The move consolidates the business' seven divisions into three in an effort to streamline efficiencies and to respond better to its anticipation of future customer needs.