us air force
RSS us air forceThe C2 Constellation a US Air Force Network Centric Warfare Program: Network Centric Applications and C4ISR Architecture
White Paper This paper describes the C2 Constellation which is an Air Force program designed to support NCW and JV2020. The C2 Constellation will facilitate the development of decisive information superiority, collaborative planning, and synchronized... [03 Jul 2008]
Nasa hacker fights extradition
News McKinnon stands accused of hacking into a series of sites belonging to the US Army, Air Force, Department of Defence and Nasa. Gary McKinnon, the Briton who has admitted hacking into Nasa systems, is due to fight his extradition to the US in the... [13 Jun 2008]
Backseat driver keeps armed forces in line
News The GreenRoad Safety Center will be installed in 200 vehicles belonging to the Royal Navy, British Army and Royal Air Force across the UK as part of a six-month trial to improve road safety. Photos: US military puts 'bat' spies in the sky… [04 Apr 2008]
The USAF Standard Desktop Configuration (SDC)
White Paper The US Air Force is one of the largest and most sophisticated IT organizations in the world. The US Air Force has over one hundred bases located in the United States, Europe, Asia, and the Middle East. [03 Apr 2008]
The Federal Desktop Core Configuration (FDCC)
White Paper The concept of enhancing PC and network security while also reducing the total cost of ownership first took shape on a large enterprise scale in the US Air Force. During the 2004-2006 timeframe, the Air Force, partnering with Microsoft, developed... [03 Apr 2008]
How the good guys fight the security arms race
News During his career as an US Air Force officer he was assigned to the National Security Agency where he helped create the Department of Defense Trusted Computer System Evaluation Criteria (Orange Book) and was co-author of Object Management Group's... [15 Feb 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 25.01.08
Round-Up Glad you asked - the MoD has announced it has lost a laptop containing the personal information of about 600,000 people who have joined or expressed an interest in joining the Royal Navy, Royal Air Force and Royal Marines. [25 Jan 2008]
Stolen MoD laptop contains 600,000 records
News The data related to people who have joined or expressed an interest in joining the Royal Navy, Royal Marines and Royal Air Force. The MoD said it chose not to make the theft public immediately, following consultation with West Midlands Police about... [21 Jan 2008]
How to clean up after a data breach
News Any organisation trying to cope with the consequences of a data breach should beware of get bogged down in the details, according to a former US Air Force major. The US Air Force experienced a data breach in May 2005 when 33,000 personal staff... [19 Sep 2007]
Photos: MoD unveils £80m IT health programme
Photo The system will then be implemented in the Defence Dental Services, Royal Air Force (RAF), Royal Navy and permanent overseas bases by August 2008. Robert Baxter, deputy chief of defence staff at the MoD, said: "The DMICP gives us the chance to have... [02 Aug 2007]
Photos of the month - June 2007
Photo The RAF is testing a simulator which will allow RAF and US Air Force pilots to train together in the same virtual environment. Called Street View it lets users take a virtual walk down the streets of cities in the US. [27 Jun 2007]
Photos: Top Gun goes virtual
Photo The RAF is testing a new simulator using technology that will eventually allow RAF and US Air Force pilots to train together in the same virtual training environment. The system can also be linked to training simulators for Apache helicopters and... [08 Jun 2007]
So what is convergence anyway?
Comment Decades later and convergence is all around us: in the boardroom, on the stock market, over the air and in your pocket. The business pages of a daily paper will state with authority that convergence is the driving force behind cable company NTL's... [07 Dec 2006]
Photos of the month - October 06
Photo Upcoming features include the ability to display other nearby aircrafts on the screen to prevent mid-air collisions - but that will have to wait on a mandate from the aviation industry to install GPS on every plane. [31 Oct 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.10.06
Round-Up OK, the tracking tags won't actually be implanted into the brain, or any part of the body for that matter, but the idea is that by somehow tagging all air passengers, airport staff will be able to monitor human traffic more closely through their... [20 Oct 2006]
