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Defense Department Goes for a Power Play

A reactor in a box could be a green dream or a nuclear nightmare.

The Mobile Low Power Prototype Number 1 at the National Reactor Testing Station, Idaho Falls, Idaho, was designed at Fort Belvoir, Virginia. It was deployed in Idaho in 1961 and was one of a series of ultimately failed efforts by the Army Corps of Engineers to develop a mobile nuclear reactor in the 1960s. U.S. Army photo courtesy of Office of History, HQ, U.S. Army Corps of Engineers/Photographer unknown

Certainty in an Uncertain Age: Sponsored Content

The defense sector faces an uncertain future. The pandemic is threatening to change the way Americans think about security and raise questions about U.S. defense spending.

AFCEA Spring Scholarships Support Students Nationwide

AFCEA International has awarded more than $65,000 in the form of 24 scholarships for the 2020-2021 academic year to both undergraduate and graduate students nationwide.

Top: Midshipman Sean Chen (r), Miami University, accepts his AFCEA ROTC Scholarship from Capt. Todd Bahlau, USN, commanding officer, Miami University NROTC. Bottom, l-r: AFCEA scholarship winners Gavin Bloom, Boston College, Undergraduate Cyber Security Scholarship; Kaila Hodge, Towson University, Undergraduate STEM Major Scholarship; and Cadet Justin Hineline, University of Wisconsin–Madison, AFCEA ROTC Scholarship, receive their awards.

Incoming: Toward a Stronger Military with Smartest Systems

A joint architecture, built on commercial standards and interfaces, powered by artificial intelligence and allowing the military to fight as a unified force—could it be that its time has finally come?

Announcing Two New Programs from the AFCEA Educational Foundation

The AFCEA Educational Foundation announces two new programs.

Holding the Line for Joint All-Domain Command and Control

The move to near-peer confrontation requires new practices.

U.S. Air Force airmen monitor computers in support of the Advanced Battle Management System Onramp 2 exercise in September at Joint Base Andrews, Maryland. The military held multiple exercises this fall that proved some of the initial concepts of joint warfighting across all domains. Credit: Air Force photo by Senior Airman Daniel Hernandez

Army Mulls Expeditionary Experiments

Multi-Domain Operations Live moves evaluations into combat theaters.

Soldiers assigned to 1st Stryker Brigade Combat Team use satellite communication systems at the National Training Center, Fort Irwin, California, in March. Next summer, the Army intends to take its premier command, control, communications, cyber, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance experiment to the Indo-Pacific theater. It will mark the service’s first full-sized technology development experiment in a combat theater. Credit: U.S. Army/Pfc. Rosio Najera

Atomic-Scale Processing Enables Advanced Electronics

The Army Research Laboratory looks small to make large leaps forward.

Army scientists explore materials at the nanolevel with the goal of finding stronger or more heat-resistant properties to support the Army of the future. Credit: U.S. Army photo by David McNallyArmy scientists explore materials at the nanolevel with the goal of finding stronger or more heat-resistant properties to support the Army of the future. Credit: U.S. Army photo by David McNally

DOD’s Aim for Spectrum Superiority

The Department lays out comprehensive strategy to maintain dominance, protect operations and improve electromagnetic-related capabilities.

The Defense Department's new electromagnetic spectrum strategy looks to bolster the nation's associated operational environment and security. Credit: Shutterstock/Fouad A. Saad

Scheidt Assigned as Deputy Chief of Computer Network Operations, NSA

Rear Adm. Jeffrey S.