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Through innovation, we must adjust the human-machine balance to increase operational effectiveness. This begins with investing in people and technology, said Lt. Gen. Rhett Hernandez, USA (Ret.) at the AFCEA International/George Mason University Critical Issues in C4I Symposium.

For too long, warfighters have struggled with issues of space, weight and power, each posing major problems in tactical environments. Networking equipment historically has contributed to all three—barriers that must be expunged. Soldiers must travel light. Humvees that barely fit four people must serve as both transport vehicles and portable communication hubs. And networks must be powerful yet agile.

By the year 2040, we can expect to have general artificial intelligence comparable to humans, according to William Halal, chairman of TechCast Global, speaking on a panel at the AFCEA International/George Mason University Critical Issues in C4I Symposium.

SRA International Inc., Chantilly, Virginia, now known as CSRA, was awarded a $34,590,000 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract with options for biomedical research, with an e

Northrop Grumman Systems Corp., Redondo Beach, California, has been awarded a $13,501,251 cost-plus-fixed-fee contract for the On-Orb

Exelis Inc., a wholly owned subsidiary of Harris Corp., Herndon, Virginia, has been awarded a $10,357

By Light Professional IT Services Inc., Arlington, Virginia, was awarded a competitive firm-fixed-price contract for 10-year indefeasible right-of-use dark fi

The Boeing Company is being awarded three P-8A Poseidon contracts potentially valued at more than $162 million.

It was Star Trek that captured Natalie Givans’ imagination and passion as a girl and helped propel her on a path to boldly go where so few are going today. There is a growing shortage of trained high-tech workers—both men and women—in STEM fields, punctuated by the lack of women who remain in these critical fields after working so hard to earn STEM-based degrees.