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The White House has quietly shifted lead responsibility for its controversial armed drone program from the CIA to the Defense Department, a move that could encounter resistance on Capitol Hill.
Late last year, a small Alabama defense firm hit the big leagues.
- Future medical training needs for military and civilian doctors are similar; the list includes virtual patients and cadavers, haptic technology, advanced simulators for high-fidelity operations, and patient-specific sims.
- NATO leaders searching for operational and strategic simulations are using 2013 ITEC simulation and training show to flesh out their requirements and pinpoint gaps in training and technology.
A European Defence Agency (EDA) study of the military cyberdefense capabilities across 20 EU countries released here May 24 has identified training, education and cyber situational awareness as among the 'most pressing gaps.'
A. We often talk about the DoD being an anchor customer mainly because they were technically one of our first customers when we started in 2000, in this incarnation.
An MQ-4C Triton Unmanned Aircraft System — previously known as the Broad Area Maritime System (BAMS) — took to the air for the first time last Wednesday, completing an 80-minute flight around southern California.
North Korea on Friday accused South Korean President Park Geun-Hye of hurting the dignity of its leadership and slammed her as 'a confrontation maniac.'
No Nunn-McCurdy breach in Selected Acquisition Report
President Barack Obama Thursday laid out new guidelines for drone strikes and launched a new bid to close Guantanamo Bay, warning that a 'perpetual' US war on terror would be self defeating.
Poland's leading defense manufacturer, the Bumar Group, rebranded itself as Polish Defense Holding (PHO) May 22.
Turkey's principal defense exhibition is no longer a venue for 'foreigners to showcase products aiming at Turkish market,' but now an event where Turkish firms run the show, analysts and industry sources said.
When it comes to delivering training, future technology needs to be thoroughly tested, more focused on the learner and more carefully tracked in terms of results, experts said.
Commanders and operators need to take in an ever-growing amount of data, analyze it, and make decisions — but current training exercises may not accurately train these skills.
Details could hint at imminent Korean fighter announcement
Exactly what technology will be used for training in the coming years remains uncertain, but members of the military and industry alike are pushing for future tools to fit into a standardized system in an interoperable future.
Israel’s Defense Ministry is slightly ahead of schedule in a 10-year government-mandated plan to save 30 billion shekels (US $8.4 billion) through 2017, but no thanks, uniformed officers say, to the ministry’s high-priced contract with an international consulting firm.
Setting up a new training system to match its weapon is just like any relationship. It requires good communication and hard work, and things get stressful when money is tight.
Indian Prime Minister Manmohan Singh pledged Thursday to crack down on corruption in the defense sector after a string of recent graft scandals left his government facing renewed calls to step down.
Despite the uncertain economic climate, the biennial International Maritime Defence Exhibition and Conference (IMDEX) was fully booked last week.
Italy's Finmeccanica is close to completing the link-up of eight of its simulator facilities to allow the integration of simulation training involving vehicles, helicopters, UAVs and other platforms.
A feisty US House Armed Services Committee Democrat put supporters of a controversial missile defense program on notice Wednesday, saying bluntly she plans to finally kill it.
While the US Air Force has been trying to retire its fleet of RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30 UAVs, the House Armed Services tactical air and land forces subcommittee is again stepping in to keep the birds flying.
If anyone wanted to see evidence of the US Navy's steps toward rebalancing to the Asia-Pacific last week, it was right there in haze gray.
The election of Nawaz Sharif as Pakistani prime minister may bode well for a wider détente with India, but dealing with the Taliban insurgency and relations with the military are uncertain, analysts said.
The USS Freedom, first of the US Navy's littoral combat ships, was forced to return to port in Singapore Tuesday after sediment was discovered in the ship's lube oil system.
A US House Armed Services subcommittee on Wednesday approved legislation that would allow the use of multiyear contracts for interceptor missiles, require an Air Force plan for buying a key rocket and press Moscow on supplying missile components to rogue
Barco and projectiondesign displayed one of their first collaborative projects at ITEC this week.
Military driving simulators are as effective as live training for basic tracked-vehicle maneuver skills, according to a study publicly presented for the first time today at ITEC.
Playing cards don't typically save lives. But researchers at the University of Central Florida are using augmented reality combined with a special deck of cards to reinforce procedures and concepts for combat medics.
The Brazilian Army has taken its next step in training with constructive simulations, selecting French company MASA's artificial intelligence sim software for battalion-, brigade- and division-level training.
When the littoral combat ship Freedom set sail from San Diego in March, the ship carried an unusual crew. This newest class of warship normally sails only with experienced sailors and officers, most with at least one tour under their belts.
As in countless other areas of military endeavor, the operators of unmanned aerial vehicles are turning to simulation to make training faster, cheaper and better.
The drawdown of operations in Iraq and Afghanistan, plus tightening budgets, are driving members of the aviation community toward new ways to develop and maintain perishable skills.
The ITEC conference is a confluence of technology and military, where one expects to see big screens, high-res graphics and fake weapons. It hardly seems like the place for a discussion on morality.
Legislation approved Wednesday by a US House subcommittee fully supports the Obama administration's plan to budget special operations forces for more than $12 billion in 2014.
Financial austerity has become a key driver for distributed training, multinational cooperation and integrated virtual systems, military and industry leaders said at ITEC today, the opening day of the training conference and exhibition.
The defense chiefs of South Korea, Japan and the United States will hold their first trilateral meeting for four years at the end of this month, with North Korea likely to top the agenda.
Philippine President Benigno Aquino on Tuesday announced a $1.8-billion military upgrade to help defend his country's maritime territory against 'bullies' amid an ever-worsening dispute with China.
The US Defense Department's desire to create an unprecedented cadre of military spies is one step closer to becoming a clandestine reality.
In its first swipe at the 2013 defense authorization bill, the House Seapower subcommittee approved a new cost cap for the US Navy's Gerald R. Ford aircraft carrier, and rejected again a service request to decommission nine ships as an economy measure.
US Secretary of State John Kerry arrived in Oman on Tuesday aiming to help finalize an estimated US $2.1 billion deal to supply a US-made air-defense system to the Gulf nation.
For the first time, Indian defense companies have been selected for trials in a howitzer gun tender.
Canada's multibillion-dollar naval shipbuilding program is heading into stormy seas, critics say, as new questions emerge about costs and the capability of domestic shipyards.
The first portion of a major Pentagon policy bill unveiled Tuesday by a key House committee excludes any mention of a controversial East Coast missile shield proposal.
Despite continuing challenges, German Defense Minister Thomas de Maizière told the Bundestag he sees progress in the ongoing restructuring of the country's military.
The Defense Department will allow government-issued iPhones and iPads to connect to the military's networks, the Pentagon announced Friday.
With US and European defense spending cuts clouding future prospects, contractors have been hitting the export trail in an effort to retain their order backlogs.
As the U.S. military shifts its focus away from the Middle East and over to Asia, the Pacific and Africa, it faces a particular quandary: How do you give soldiers cultural awareness when they don't know which culture they will encounter?
Col. Charles Wells is the program manager for the Army's Distributed Common Ground System, the service's effort to integrate all streams of intelligence.
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