Story by Jason Cutshaw | U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command | 08.04.2020
Lt. Gen. Daniel L. Karbler, commanding general of U.S. Army Space and Missile Defense Command and commander of Joint Functional Component Command for Integrated Missile Defense, updates those virtually attending the 23rd annual Space and Missile Defense Symposium Aug. 4 on how the command supports national defense through Army space and air and missile defense. This year’s symposium’s......
Story by Walter Ham | U.S. Coast Guard Headquarters | 06.14.2019
WASHINGTON – Automatic Identification System (AIS) is a navigation-communication tool designed to mitigate collisions and enhance situational awareness by exchanging real-time vessel navigation information autonomously and continuously....
Story by Kaitlin Kelly | Marine Corps Systems Command | 09.06.2018
The Marine Corps released a request for information for industry input that identifies potential sources for a suite of hearing enhancement devices. The devices will protect Marines’ hearing while increasing their situational awareness in a variety of training and combat environments. Marine Corps Systems Command will assess the systems to ensure they are compatible with Marine......
Story by Airman 1st Class Tessa Corrick | 2nd Bomb Wing | 05.02.2018
One moment he’s looking over a design for a tattoo, the next he’s saving someone’s life. Second Lt. Adam Sacchetti, 2nd Security Forces Supply and Logistics officer in charge, removed a 17-year-old from a smoking car following an accident in San Antonio on April 6, 2018....
Courtesy Story | U.S. Army Acquisition Support Center | 02.01.2018
Inherent in the coming internet of battlefield things are challenges that commercial products don’t face. But those products might have solutions to the Army's problems, which is why ARL and its partners are exploring novel distributed processing approaches, a domain the Army practically invented....
Story by Airman 1st Class Parker Dubois | Joint Base Langley-Eustis | 06.20.2017
As an improvised explosive device detonated, everyone dropped to the ground. For just one moment, there is silence, then shouts of assurance echo throughout the air. Although just a training environment with simulated IEDs, the situation appeared real for the 633rd Civil Engineer Squadron Airmen donned in Kevlar vests and helmets. The simulated situation was part of the 633rd Civil......
Story by Lance Cpl. Gloria Lepko | II Marine Expeditionary Force | 05.04.2017
Marines from Fox Company, 2nd Battalion, 8th Marine Regiment responded to simulated combat-related emergencies during a Squad Overmatch course at Camp Lejeune, North Carolina, May 1-4....
Story by Kathryn Bailey | U.S. Army Combat Capabilities Development Command | 01.27.2017
The Tactical Computing Environment, or TCE, developed by the U.S. Army Materiel Command’s Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, or CERDEC, allows commanders to conduct mission command using multiple computing devices from brigade down to the edge....