DOD system will monitor battlefield health data
The Defense Department is building a Web system that will collect and store health data that can help explain mysterious illnesses such as Gulf War Syndrome. <br>
Army exec insists on data sharing to give soldiers 'full power'
During a trip to Iraq in August, Lt. Gen. Keith B. Alexander, the Army's deputy chief of staff for intelligence, observed an incident that illustrated the service's intelligence weaknesses.
Lawmaker: Intelligence will cut threat
ATLANTIC CITY, N.J.'A key step in preventing high-tech weapons from being used by terrorists or rogue nations is improving intelligence capabilities, Rep. Curt Weldon told an audience of Army chieftains last month.
GCSS boosts security with off-the-shelf app
The Defense Information Systems Agency is using a commercial application on its Global Combat Support System that provides identity, account management and enhanced security with a single sign-on.
Digital system keeps bombers on target
Two years ago, a crew flying a B-52H'the Air Force's long-range, large-payload bomber'dropped deadly munitions on friendly forces during a close air-support mission.
Battle-tested: Air Force battlelab's innovations prove themselves
The Air Force Command and Control Battlelab at Hurlburt Field, Fla., may be thousands of miles from Iraq, but the facility helped wage the fight against Saddam Hussein's forces.
DISA reorganizes IT staff around net-centric programs
The Defense Information Systems Agency has begun reorganizing its IT staff to put the focus on the Defense Department's enterprise infrastructure efforts.<br>
Navy signs deal for NKO portal upgrade
The Navy's Knowledge Online enterprise portal is getting features that make it easier for users to form collaborative and interactive portal pages.<br>
NIMA deal will assure access to commercial satellite images
Through its NextView program and a new $500 million contract, NIMA wants to influence development of next-generation tools for producing images captured by commercial satellites.
DOD gives workers electronic access to pay info
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service has launched Newswire, a service to deliver information about pay, finance and accounting matters to Defense Department employees' e-mail accounts.
DISA deals further information grid efforts
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded contracts for pilot work for the Global Information Grid-Enterprise Services initiative.<br>
DOD lauds IT managers and programs
The Defense Department has honored three organizations and three people for outstanding achievement, improved service and cost savings in IT programs. <br>
DOD budget makes modernization a priority
The House yesterday approved a $368.2 billion Defense budget for 2004 that pushes modernizing military forces.<br>
Putting IT to the test
Testing has long been considered the Achilles' heel of the military IT development process because it adds to the time and cost of getting new technology into users' hands. Col. Victoria A. Velez says developers who eschew testing in favor of a quick rollout are tempting fate.
Army wants to fine-tune intelligence data sharing
The Army's deputy chief of staff for intelligence went to Iraq for a week last month and said the force "didn't have the full power of the intelligence community at its fingertips." <br>
Army inks contract for oversight office
The Army has awarded a $7.6 million task order to Cap Gemini Ernst & Young Solutions to support the Army Enterprise Integration Oversight Office.<br>
NAVAIR hires support for simulation division
The Naval Air Systems Command Warfare Center has awarded a $36 million task order to Lockheed Martin Corp. to support its Combat Environment Simulation division.<br>
E-business pilots chosen to enhance services' processes
The Business Initiative councils for the Defense Department, Army and Navy have approved a slate of new projects to improve military business processes.
Army details results of systems integration efforts
The Army has reduced servers by 30 percent, slashed applications by 50 percent, begun work on an Army systems integration plan and created a deputy for Army logistics enterprise integration.<br>
AF system could send classified parts astray
GAO says faulty internal controls in an Air Force system that monitors the foreign sale of military spare parts and services could sidetrack classified items to unauthorized governments.<br>
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