People
Funding fears surround military review
In a sweeping review, Pentagon will include technology's influence on the military and establish a defense program for the next 20 years
Acquisition
Air Force finds savings via auction
In its first test of online auctions, the Air Force saved about 27 percent off the price of computer equipment
People
Army awards C4I system to Motorola
The Army has awarded Motorola Inc. a $49.7 million contract to build the Joint Services Work Station to support surveillance and reconnaissance missions
People
Tech may track choppers
When the United States transfers 46 military helicopters to the Colombian government this year to fight the war on drugs, Pentagon technology likely will track the cargo every step of the way, possibly through territory dominated by drug lords.
People
Army networking soars with Openwings
Openwings, an information architecture being developed for the Army and expected to revolutionize battlefield command and control, has passed a challenging hurdle
People
Taking wing
Openwings' service-based architecture enables devices to enter a network spontaneously.
People
Keeping DOD on the right track
The Pentagon's Automatic Identification Technology (AIT) is an overarching initiative designed to ensure that all the services field interoperable tracking devices
Digital Government
Openwings team open to collaborators
The Openwings team is actively seeking collaborators, an open approach unusual for military systems development.
People
Openwings team flying high
The team developing the Openwings command and control architecture for the Army is ecstatic following the successful demonstration of the prototype
People
Pentagon scrutinizes handheld security
The Defense Department is conducting a top-down review of security concerning the use of personal electronic devices, including palmtop computers, certain pagers, cell phones and laptop computers.
People
Finding a way to fix brain drain
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking forward to the expansion of a program that gives it greater flexibility in hiring science and engineering experts.
People
Meeting of the minds
Benefits of the DARPA Experimental Personnel Management Program for Technology Workers, according to DARPA's first annual report to Congress
Digital Government
The supercomputer's building blocks
Following are the individual components or 'bricks' included in the new Silicon Graphics Inc. supercomputer:
Digital Government
Labs make room for high performance
NASA, Air Force researchers turn to new SGI supercomputer for high performance at a low cost and small space
People
Securing the 'command center'
Other security efforts under way, as detailed in the July 14 memo to senior Pentagon officials from Rudy de Leon, the undersecretary of Defense for personnel and readiness:
Digital Government
Supercomputer stacks up
A supercomputer unveiled July 25 already has government customers lined up to use it, for tasks such as simulated flight testing of military jet fighters, designing replacements for the space shuttle and studying the origin of life in the universe. Backlog orders for the system total more than $100 million, industry sources say.
People
Army updating 'the way we do business'
The Single Stock Fund initiative is designed to merge the Army's wholesale and retail inventory management and associated financial accounting practices
People
GAO: Plans out of step for digitized corps
The Army must update its fielding plan for the first digitized corps because many of the systems will not be ready by the 2004 deadline, GAO reports
People
Army inspects open architecture
Openwings may ease battlefield command, control and communications as well as connect your refrigerator to the Internet
Digital Government
SGI stacks up supercomputer, customers
Silicon Graphics' colossal new numbercruncher enables customers to tailor a supercomputer to their needs, 'brick' by 'brick'
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