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How commercial satellite constellations fit into the Army’s future tactical network designs 4 hours ago U.S. Army Paratroopers assigned to 1st Battalion, 503rd Infantry Regiment, 173rd Airborne Brigade, assemble a satellite antenna in 2019 in Slovenia. The Army is looking for smaller satellite terminals for low-Earth and medium-Earth orbit capabilities. (Paolo Bovo/U.S. Army) JOINT BASE MYER‐HENDERSON HALL, Va. — The U.S. Army will begin implementing advanced satellite communications technology to increase network resiliency as part of its next iteration of tactical network tools. ...

Cloud computing speeds up new military software Army Futures Command's Software Factory, newly opened in Texas. (Luke J. Allen/U.S. Army) At the recently launched Army Software Factory in Austin, Texas, platform product manager Capt. James Cho uses cloud computing to speed software development. Coders — who create software for anything from streamlining warehouse operations to improving soldiers’ battlefield performance — take advantage of the cloud’s shared storage, databases and networking that make computing resources more powerful and flexible than those available in on-site d...

A civilian cybersecurity reserve corps is needed for the Pentagon and DHS, lawmakers from both parties say (scyther5/Getty Images) A bipartisan group of lawmakers is pushing to create a civilian reserve corps of cybersecurity experts to help defend national security interests, amid concerns about growing digital threats to public and private networks and infrastructure. The Civilian Cybersecurity Reserve pilot program would bolster the workforces at the Defense Department and Department of Homeland Security by bringing in former federal employees and military veterans who are trained in t...

Top general: Access provided by enterprise cloud needed for JADC2 10 hours ago JADC2 leader: The U.S. Department of Defense needs an enterprise cloud to enable multidomain operations. (Master Sgt. Ken Hammond/U.S. Air Force) WASHINGTON — The general tasked with delivering the Pentagon’s future battlefield network said that the new joint war-fighting concept needs an enterprise cloud to provide wide accessibility. A cloud for use across the DoD would extend the access that a basic cloud environment provides, which will be important for Joint All-Domain Command and Control, Lt. Gen. D...