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Soldiers in Cities: Military Operations on Urban Terrain

whitepaper In the past half-century, the classic military conflict of armies maneuvering in the field has been replaced by conflicts that center on, rather than avoid, heavily populated areas. Modern military conflict more frequently is not just a fight to...

Tags: border security, military, warfare, armies

[27 Dec 2004]

Military Spending, the Peace Dividend, and Fiscal Adjustment

whitepaper The end the Cold War has brought in significant changes worldwide military spending. This paper finds that the easing of international tensions, regional tensions, and the existence of IMF-supported programs are related to lower military spending...

Tags: online trading, programs, military, cold war

[24 Feb 2004]

Military Commissions and the Global War on Terrorism: The Chief Defense Counsel's Perspective

whitepaper This webcast explains about military Commissions and the Global War on Terrorism.

Tags: network security, military, war, terrorism

[21 Jan 2005]

Military Personnel: Oversight Process Needed to Help Maintain Momentum of DOD's Strategic Human Capital Planning

whitepaper DOD's human capital plans addressing military personnel and quality of life represent a positive step forward in fostering a more strategic approach to human capital management. The plans, for example, recognize that benefits are important elements...

Tags: performance budgeting and management, strategic, life, military

[25 May 2005]

How the U.S. Military Is Reinventing Learning

whitepaper To a large extent, the military's needs are driving the training industry, especially e-learning. Indeed, e-learning courses have become a mainstay already for military trainers to meet just-in-time training objectives and career advancement goals.

Tags: learning management systems, learning, training, military

[21 Jul 2004]

Military Messaging Over Low Bandwidth Networks

whitepaper Military Messages often need to be transferred over low bandwidth networks such as HF radio and other "Constrained communication channels". The two military specifications which have evolved to deal with such a messaging environment are the CCEB...

Tags: bandwidth issues

[06 Jan 2008]

Agent-Based Technology Systems Assisting in U.S. Military Transformation

whitepaper In order to defeat global, dispersed enemies that pose an eminent threat to homeland security, the military is now focusing on joint force efforts to be supported through information technology. This paper describes the agent-based technology...

Tags: border security, united states, agent, attacks

[01 Oct 2006]

Military Support to Homeland Security

whitepaper For the Department of Defense and U.S.military, the September 11 attacks required less the development of new capabilities, than a shift in focus from one centered almost exclusively on external enemies, to a balance between foreign missions and...

Tags: network security, defense, military, homeland

[16 Jan 2005]

Military doctors to get £80m medical IT system

News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to spend £80m on a computer system that will give military doctors access to vital medical record information when treating wounded soldiers in combat zones. The new medical system will have a central database that...

Tags: logicacmg, mod

[27 Apr 2006]

Asymmetry and U.S. Military Strategy: Definition, Background, and Strategic Concepts

whitepaper Army Strategic Studies Institute, in turn, set about defining asymmetry within the context of military doctrine, assessing the implications of asymmetric military capabilities, and suggesting strategic concepts for countering asymmetric threats.

Tags: border security, threats, military, strategic

[27 Dec 2004]

Military unveils £200m next-generation comms network

News The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a deal with BAE Systems Integrated Systems Technologies for a new £200m military communications network. The network, to be known as Falcon, is designed to give senior military commanders a high-speed, air...

Tags: army, falcon

[31 Mar 2006]

Military Mission Planning in 3D

whitepaper Currently, mission planners rely on things like conventional military maps, road maps, aerial photographs and remote sensing images to scope out their operations. But these 2D tools cannot deliver mission-critical 3D data: Does that city block...

Tags: 3d modeling and rendering, story, mission, maps

[24 Feb 2004]

U.S. Military Improves Medical Care, Tactical Advantage with Wireless Point-of-care Handheld Assistant

whitepaper Military medics save lives in the field, and now get some high-tech help with a critical part of that job-tracking medical information on the troops under their care. Snapshots of unit health improve tactical advantage, which can result in a more...

Tags: pocket pc - windows ce, care, microsoft windows mobile, creating

[01 Mar 2004]

A Review of Team Collaboration Tools for Crisis Response in the Military and Government

whitepaper The military operates today both administratively and tactically using collaboration tools. Two methods, ad hoc research and systematic document search, were used to identify commercial and proprietary collaboration tools that deserve review and...

Tags: response, military, consideration, crisis

[15 Sep 2006]

Government/Military Communication Solutions Via Satellite

whitepaper Government and military organizations are often located in remote areas, where terrestrial infrastructure is not in place, or damaged due to disaster. The wide satellite coverage enables government and military organizations to expand their reach...

Tags: satellite communications, satellite, military, terminals

[30 Aug 2005]

Reliability Considerations for Using Plastic-Encapsulated Microcircuits in Military Applications

whitepaper The key to reliable use of PEMs in military applications is gained by matching the capabilities of PEMs to the application environment. The quality and reliability of plastic-encapsulated microcircuits (PEMs) manufactured today are closely...

Tags: component-based, reliability, address, gained

[24 Feb 2004]

Sustaining the Military Enterprise: Architecture for a Lean Transformation

whitepaper An increased military operational tempo, aging weapon systems, an aging workforce, limited financial resources, and the availability of new sustainment technologies are but some of the reasons why maintenance, repair, and overhaul depots must...

Tags: enterprise architecture, commercial, cellular, efficiency

[20 May 2005]

Civil-Military Cooperation in Peace Operations: The Case of Kosovo

whitepaper The NATO deployment in Kosovo provides a unique opportunity to study the effectiveness of civil-military cooperation in humanitarian interventions and other stability and support operations. The U.S.missions to Bosnia and Kosovo and the current...

Tags: border security, cooperation, iraq, kosovo

[27 Dec 2004]

Homeland Defense: Use of the Military Instrument in Strategic Context

whitepaper This discussion of Homeland Defense was intended to suggest that non-military instruments of power will not only be integral to the execution of a comprehensive strategy, but may also be more effective and appropriate instruments than the military...

Tags: border security, military, instruments, homeland defense

[04 Jan 2005]

Building Net-Centric Military Applications Over Service Oriented Architectures

whitepaper The authors compare the overall structure of military GIG and NCES architectures with that of the object oriented architectures (CORBA, J2EE and .NET) and of the emerging Web Services architecture. Several issues of the latter sort arise when the...

Tags: service-oriented architecture, architectures, military, gig

[20 Mar 2007]

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