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Leader This is why it is heartening to see the British Army at the forefront of new technologies - and those aimed at preventing loss of life, at that. The public sector is often criticised for being slow to embrace new technologies. [20 Oct 2005]
Army tests RFID to beat 'friendly fire'
News The British Army has been testing technologies - including radio frequency tags - that could reduce casualties from 'friendly fire' incidents. US Army colonel Bill McKean told silicon.com no single system would solve the problem of friendly fire. [20 Oct 2005]
Application of Quantum Cryptography for Government and Military
White Paper The United States Government, led by agencies such as the Army Research Organization (ARO), The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA), The Advanced Research and Development Activity (ARDA), The National Institute of Standards and... [01 Sep 2005]
RFID to track military supplies in Iraq
News Australian army troops in Iraq will use RFID tags to monitor the movement of equipment from early next year. McGahey said: "There are hundreds of millions of items that currently we have poor visibility of", adding that missing or incomplete data... [19 Aug 2005]
US showing signs of tech job pick-me-up
News Most of the 28 markets studied showed higher online demand for military-specific occupations, reflecting an increase in recruitment efforts by the US Army, the Army Reserve and the Army National Guard, Monster said. [19 Aug 2005]
US Army gags blog-o-soldier for "classified" info breach
News The US military has demoted and fined a soldier for publishing "classified" information on his personal blog, an Army spokesperson confirmed on Tuesday. Leonard Clark, a 40-year-old Arizona National Guardsman who is currently on active duty in... [03 Aug 2005]
Nasa hacker makes court appearance
News In the process, he gained password information that could be useful to an enemy and caused the US Army's Washington military district to shut down its systems for around a day, the government says. McKinnon, however, said he only deleted files once... [27 Jul 2005]
Brit faces US extradition for hacking
News A British man suspected of hacking into 53 Nasa (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) and US military networks is facing extradition today. Gary McKinnon, 39, an unemployed man from north London, was arrested by officers from the... [08 Jun 2005]
BT and Nortel do military service
News The partnership is part of the £1.5bn Defence Fixed Telecommunications Service (DFTS) between BT and the MoD to build and manage a co-ordinated communicated infrastructure for the Army, Royal Navy and RAF. [02 Jun 2005]
New Ammunition for the Canadian Army
White Paper Faced with important budgetary reductions, new government reporting regulations, the introduction of business planning and an increased requirement to render managers and military leaders at all levels accountable, the Land component of the... [27 Apr 2005]
Collaborative Network Solution Provides the U.S. Army With Video-Enabled Distance Training
White Paper To meet these goals, Marconi, mGen, Inc.formerly Digital Media Solutions) and nCUBE integrated their leading-edge technologies to create a training system solution that supports the Army Classroom XXI initiative, enables military personnel to... [19 Apr 2005]
Transferring Army Land Containing UXO: Problems and Possible Solutions
White Paper It has been particularly difficult to transfer land containing unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from military training or weapons testing, and the problem has been especially acute for the Army. Since 1988, the Department of Defense has been... [02 Mar 2005]
Transferring Army BRAC Lands Containing Unexploded Ordnance: Lessons Learned and Future Options
White Paper In the ongoing Base Realignment and Closure (BRAC) process, lands containing unexploded ordnance (UXO) left over from military training have proved particularly difficult and costly to transfer to new users. [02 Mar 2005]
Army Transformation Drives Biggest Change Since 1939
White Paper Fighting the war against global terrorism while simultaneously transforming itself to confront 21st-century threats is challenging the Army, a top military officer told U.S. Army is in the midst of its greatest transformation since the period just... [15 Feb 2005]
Spam plateaus - but worse times to come?
News While there is a natural attrition throughout the year of infected machines being taken offline or repaired, Christmas will have put a more considerable dent in this zombie army. So now the spammers must find new ways to recruit a fresh-faced army... [02 Feb 2005]
