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home > March/April 2006 issue


Iraq Conditions Prompt Systems Upgrades When it comes to harsh environments, vehicles in Iraq face some of the most rugged in the world. The Armys Movement Tracking System, deployed in the late 1990s to keep truck convoys on the right road, is being upgraded for heavy equipment transports, Humvees and heavy expanded mobility tactical trucks.

When Sand Gets In The Drive, Who Fixes It? Rugged, portable computing has come into its own as the Defense Department and General Services Administration achieve wider-ranging satellite connectivity for government users here and abroad.

Tough Travelers Rugged desktop, notebook and handheld PCs have been military staples since the early 1990s. But in the mobile battlespaces of Afghanistan and Iraq, rugged servers, switches, equipment have become crucial combat tools.

A Second Act 2 Bombers came of age in World War II. Ubiquitous Huey helicopters came to symbolize state-of-the-art tactical tools in the Vietnam War. Operation Iraqi Freedom seems destined to be remembered for advancing a new kind of technology: the digital battlefield.


LETTERS FROM THE EDITOR Transformation Spans People and Things

UPFRONT Q&A With Michael Todd

UPFRONT Reader Letter: DODAF Chart Creates Confusion

UPFRONT Data Strategist Michael Todd Answers Your Questions

UPFRONT Tagging Technologies Get A Test In The Sand

UPFRONT DISA Sends Encore II Bidders A Valentine

UPFRONT Transformation R&D: With Stiletto, DOD Steps Up To Stealth

UPFRONT It's A Fact: DTS Saves On Travel Costs

UPFRONT Fix And Forget IDs—No, Not Really

UPFRONT A Chief Management Officer for GIG? Not exactly, DOD tells GAO

UPFRONT Defense Tunes In

CIO VIEW The Migration To Net-Centric Tactical C2 Has Begun

LIFECYCLE VIEW Why Defense Should Test Tiered Systems

AGENCY RECON Navy's IT Reporting Chain Gets An Overhaul

BEYOND THE DOG TAG Additional Questions and Answers from an Interview with Defense Intelligence Agency CIO and director of systems Michael P. Pflueger

BEYOND THE DOG TAG A Chat With Michael P. Pflueger, Defense Intelligence Agency CIO

OUTSIDE IN What's Behind The Evolution Of GCCS To JC2?

TOUR OF DUTY The Central Command's Brig. Gen. Susan Lawrence Views Iraq Trips As Mission-Critical


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