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U.S. Army officials are planning improvements to the Army’s mobile cloud computing platform commonly used in Afghanistan. The next version of the Battle Command Common Services (BCCS) system will mark the Army’s first attempt to align the cloud platform with the Common Operating Environment. It will improve interoperability between the operations and intelligence communities, ultimately improving situational awareness for warfighters.

Operation Gratitude is collecting donations and assembling packages to send to deployed troops this holiday season.

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.

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.

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.

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.