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After three largely successful decades under Goldwater-Nichols, now is a good time to take a fundamental look at what we are doing in the massive Defense Department and consider some new ideas.

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a robotic arm that is being used to measure the properties of antennas rapidly and accurately. The robot, formally named the Configurable Robotic Millimeter-Wave Antenna facility, may be the ultimate innovation.

IT Cadre, Ashburn, Virginia, added Paul Brubaker as vice president, strategic accounts and customer strategy.

Tait Communications, Houston, has appointed Craig Clapper as president of global solutions and business development.

AAR, Wood Dale, Illinois, appointed Timothy J. Romenesko vice chairman and Steven B. Harrison as president of AAR Airlift, Palm Bay, Florida. 

Unisys Corporation, Blue Bell, Pennsylvania, appointed Mark A. Forman as global head of Unisys Public Sector and Jennifer L.

Intel Security, Reston, Virginia, hired Ned Miller as chief technology strategist for its public sector business division and promoted Scott Montgomery to global chief technology strategist.

Pragmatics, Reston, Virginia, has appointed Dennis Lauer as deputy chief operating officer and vice president.

U.S. military and the Australian Defense Force noted improved connectivity while testing an advanced Time Division Multiple Access (TDMA) waveform technology during the Talisman Sabre 2015 joint training exercise.