Command and Control

Cyber warfare: New battlefield, new rules

The old rules of war don’t apply in cyberspace, so the federal government is writing a new book for the new age of combat.

  • By Amber Corrin

Border patrol drone program plagued with problems

Customs and Border Protection's drone surveillance program lacks a consistent budget and isn't well planned, audit finds.

  • By Amber Corrin

DOD’s IT strategy implementation critical to tactical operations

DOD's move to the next generation of defense IT is more important than ever, says deputy DOD CIO Rob Carey.

  • By Amber Corrin

Next steps in situational awareness

The military is developing a number of interlocking technologies to deliver anytime, anywhere awareness of facts on the ground.

  • By Amber Corrin

Air Force planning ahead for cyber future

With a new RFI, the Air Force looks into the future of cyberspace operations.

  • By Amber Corrin

DOD looks to unconventional methods in fight against IEDs

The U.S. military's counter-IED agency is focusing on intelligence and robotics in the continuing fight against a critical threat to soldiers' lives.

  • By Amber Corrin

Air Force urged to move to social-media style communications

Drop the traditional model of one-on-one communications in favor of a social media-style broadcasting of information, one top official advocates.

  • By Amber Corrin

DOD nominee promises to find budget cut ideas fast

Ashton Carter tells Senate panel he would try to help avoid 'devastating' effects of forced cuts.

  • By Amber Corrin

A nation at war: Taking tech into battle

Gen. Nick Justice says he was forever changed by his days on the ground early in the U.S. military response to the 2001 terrorist attacks.

  • By Amber Corrin

Bin Laden's tech trove may give up secrets

The Defense Department and CIA are participating in a multi-agency task force to glean actionable intelligence from the large volume of material taken from Osama bin Laden's compound.

  • By Amber Corrin

Army needs better acquisition process, official says

Growth in Army capabilities must come without an increased price, an Army acquisition official says.

  • By Amber Corrin

Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence appointed Army CIO

Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence, former commanding general of U.S. Army Network Enterprise Technology Command/9th Signal Command, is the new Army CIO.

  • By Amber Corrin

Carey to replace DOD's Wennergren

Navy CIO Robert Carey will replace David Wennergren as deputy assistant secreatary of defense for information management.

  • By Henry Kenyon

Battle command network drives Army modernization

In its 2010 Modernization Strategy, the Army outlines its near-term future as it moves to become a taut, versatile and efficient force centered on the battle command network.

  • By Amber Corrin
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Defense Department chooses CIO

Unconfirmed reports indicate that Teri Takai, chief information officer for the state of California, will become DOD's next CIO.

  • By Michael Hardy

Getting war right

As the Defense Department looks toward enterprisewide network operations, one high-level official offered his insight for best practices.

  • By Amber Corrin

After Fort Hood shootings, no force-wide changes in Army base security

An Army official today confirmed that no force-wide alterations have been made to existing security measures across Army bases in the U.S. in wake of the Nov. 5 shooting at Fort Hood, Texas, that killed 13 people.

  • By Amber Corrin

Army network plan crucial to battlefield success

An Army effort to transform itself into a highly mobile and connected force is evolving into a crucial tool for the military services to collaborate in Iraq and Afghanistan.

  • By Amber Corrin

Judge sends Deepwater false claims lawsuit to trial

A U.S. District Court judge refuses to dismiss the False Claims Act lawsuit against the Deepwater contractors and sets trial for next year.

  • By Alice Lipowicz

DOD looks to industry for best technologies to help combat troops

The Defense Department wants industry to lead the way to quickly acquire the tools of tomorrow’s trade.

  • By Amber Corrin

DISA director emphasizes contractor workforce importance

Lt. Gen. Carroll Pollett, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency, reiterated the importance of the contract workforce to DISA at an industry presentation Aug. 7, especially, he said, as the agency faces moving its staff to Fort Meade next year.

  • By Sean Gallagher