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Security, Modularity Drive Navy Cyber

More flexible systems are essential for a more versatile force.

An aviation electronics technician first class performs maintenance on a mission computer aboard an MH-60R Seahawk helicopter on an aircraft carrier. The U.S. Navy seeks better computer and information systems for faster upgrades and less vulnerability to cybermarauders.

Best and Brightest Of the Sea Services To Receive Copernicus Awards

An important function of the AFCEA Educational Foundation is administering the

Incoming: Keeping America Strong, Safe and Free

Given rapid advancements in information and communication technologies, continued coupling of the digital domain with the physical world and advanced persistent threats, critical infrastructure protection poses a major challenge for the United States.

Shifting Winds Steer Government's Approach to the Cloud

A single defense organization addresses many of the concerns facing government as a whole.

U.S. Marines in Afghanistan stand watch in a mine-resistant ambush-protected (MRAP) vehicle. The Joint Improvised-Threat Defeat Organization (JIDO) is considering factors such as security and reliability as it carefully weighs which types of data it will move to the cloud.

Ready, Set, Go! U.S. Army Revs Up SETS Project

The service is upgrading its dated Satellite Earth Terminal Stations in a once-a-century undertaking.

A new state-of-the-art Satellite Earth Terminal Station (SETS) in Landstuhl, Germany, provides improved heating, ventilation and air conditioning and power distribution as well as additional floor space to better accommodate increased systems and subsystems. Photo courtesy U.S. Army-PM DCATS

To Man or Not to Man?

That is the question for assigning drone missions.

Two U.S. Navy officers inspect an MQ-5B Hunter unmanned aerial vehicle (UAV) at Kandahar Airfield in Afghanistan. The Navy’s increased use of UAVs is changing the nature of its air operations, but it also is raising concerns about manned versus unmanned missions.

New Technology Approaches Can Solve Complex U.S. Navy Problems

Software-defined networking, virtualization and orchestration enable C2D2E afloat and enhance security, capability and flexibility ashore.

A U.S. sailor aboard the amphibious assault ship USS Boxer sets up a virtual server administrator account during a training course provided by the Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR) Command. The command furnishes fleets with fly-away network operations support teams that offer tailored, hands-on information technology and information assurance training to maintain command, control, communications and computers readiness.

Solving the Hard Science For Future Coalition Forces

U.S. and U.K. researchers strive to exploit big data on the battlefield.

British troops practice attack drills during exercises in Oman. U.S. and U.K. researchers have teamed with industry and academia to develop better technologies for future coalition forces.

The Infinite Promise of DNA-Based Data Encryption

A new twist on information storage creates nearly unbreakable protection.

Researchers have developed a technique for encoding text within synthetic DNA that they say would take an infinite number of random, brute-force attacks to break.

U.S. Navy Runs Interference on Signals Conflict

Researchers seek to tear down antennas cluttering ship decks and improve critical communication technologies.

This image captures the results of an experiment conducted at the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory in Washington, D.C., where scientists set up radio sensors around buildings to test whether they could locate a small transmitter by listening for its emissions. They located the transmitter, but they were less successful as the emissions got farther away. An algorithm under development could help locate an emitter with a network of inexpensive power sensors.