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  <title><![CDATA[Commentary: &amp;#8216;Do No Harm&apos;]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120425/C4ISR02/304250001</link>
  <description><![CDATA[C4ISR Journal reports that Human Terrain System will be recruiting at this year&apos;s meeting of the American Anthropological Association [&amp;#8220;Early Engagement,&amp;#8221; March].]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:48:49 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[ISR Modernization: An Interview with Air Force Lt. Gen. John C. &amp;#8220;Craig&amp;#8221; Koziol]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120425/C4ISR02/304250002</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The ISR Task Force has rushed $12 billion of intelligence and communications equipment to Iraq and Afghanistan since it was created in 2008. Much of that work was overseen by Air Force Lt. Gen. Craig Koziol. In April, Koziol retired after a 36-year career in the Air Force and three years as director of the high-level ISR Task Force set up by then-Defense Secretary Robert Gates to fill an intelligence shortage.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Apr 2012 09:55:32 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Commentary: Integration Nation]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120413/C4ISR02/304130002</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Given all that is going on in the world today &amp;#8212; politically, economically, militarily and in the information domain &amp;#8212; there is no better time to illuminate a 21st-century approach to intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 13 Apr 2012 12:54:04 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Interview with Matthew McCormack, Chief Information Security Officer for DIA]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120404/C4ISR02/304040008</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Matthew McCormack is unusual among the intelligence community&apos;s information security leadership. Most top managers are homegrown, but McCormack came to the Defense Intelligence Agency in January 2011 from the Internal Revenue Service, where he was chief of cybersecurity operations.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:18:00 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[After 10 Years in Storage, Athena Rockets Will Attack Small-Sat Launch Backlog]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120404/C4ISR02/304040009</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Lockheed Martin was building an Athena rocket to launch a NASA Earth science satellite when space agency officials called back in 2000 with a question. Instead of flying a single, large satellite into orbit, could the rocket deliver four small spacecraft into four distinct orbital slots for NASA and the Pentagon?]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 04 Apr 2012 16:20:07 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cover Story: Top Secret Goes Mobile]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120329/C4ISR02/303290008</link>
  <description><![CDATA[At this moment, nearly 100 U.S. intelligence professionals in a dozen agencies are carrying Android smartphones that let them engage in top-secret conversations using a commercial cellular carrier.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:44:42 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Shipboard Intel: Cloud Struggles]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120329/C4ISR02/303290007</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A group of civilian information technologists came away from the Navy&apos;s Trident Warrior 2010 exercise convinced they had proven that the nation&apos;s public cloud computing capacity could be part of the service&apos;s IT future, and that this future didn&apos;t have to be far off.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 29 Mar 2012 14:40:28 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cover Story: U.S. Army&apos;s Human Terrain Experts May Help Defuse Future Conflicts]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120322/C4ISR02/303220015</link>
  <description><![CDATA[With Iraq behind it and the end of its role in Afghanistan scheduled for 2014, the operative term used by U.S. Army Human Terrain System managers these days is &amp;#8220;Phase Zero.&amp;#8221;]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:39:53 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Notebook: U.S. Navy Lays Out Tight Schedule for Shipboard IT Upgrade]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120322/C4ISR02/303220014</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Now that the U.S. Navy has chosen Northrop Grumman for the initial phase of a project to upgrade the network equipment on its ships and some shore sites, the challenge for the company will be to make up for lost time, said one industry official who follows the program closely.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:34:37 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Notebook: Plans for Reinvigorated U-2 Include Hyperspectral Sensor]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120322/C4ISR02/303220012</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Air Force is publicizing details of the upgrades it plans to make to its U-2 spy planes now that the Pentagon plans to continue flying them beyond 2040, instead of replacing them with Global Hawk unmanned aircraft.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:23:49 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Notebook: Central Command&apos;s ORS-1 Satellite Goes Fully Operational]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120322/C4ISR02/303220010</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Air Force says it will continue operating the ORS-1 imaging satellite as long as ground commanders want its imagery, a strategy that could effectively separate the program from an anticipated debate in 2012 over whether to continue funding the broader Operationally Responsive Space program.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:14:51 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Notebook: Contractor Fights Global Hawk Decision]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120322/C4ISR02/303220011</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Northrop Grumman has taken the unusual step of publicly casting a key government customer as fickle for proposing to cancel the versions of the Global Hawk unmanned planes that were to replace the U-2s .]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:20:50 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Editorial: How to Reduce Fratricide]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120322/C4ISR02/303220008</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. Air Force now has official buy-in from ground commanders to let intelligence analysts speak with Predator crews during the harrowing moments before a drone strike. It&apos;s welcome news. Analysts at the service&apos;s Distributed Ground System sites have been lobbying for this change since 2009 because of a series of miscommunications, some of which remain secret.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:02:10 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Notebook: NSA Seeks Tighter Info Security for Agencies, Contractors]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120322/C4ISR02/303220013</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. National Security Agency is developing a set of cybersecurity guidelines to apply to its own systems, and ultimately to any government or contractor network, according to sources familiar with the effort.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:31:19 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Commentary: 6 Ways to Improve UAVs]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120322/C4ISR02/303220009</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The conditions surrounding the crash landing of a U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel in Iran in December remain murky, but no one doubts that the U.S. lost a highly valued ISR asset. U.S. sources have attributed the loss to a data-link failure coupled with another unspecified malfunction, disputing Iran&apos;s claim of hacking into and taking over the drone&apos;s computer-guided navigation system. We doubt that these competing claims will ever be resolved conclusively, but of more immediate concern should be the almost cavalier attitude in some parts of the U.S. military over the inevitability of losing unmanned aircraft.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:09:37 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cover Story: Despite Calls for Fencing-In the Border, U.S. Sticks with Surveillance and Comms on Southwest Borders]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120322/C4ISR02/303220016</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A team of researchers from Princeton University calculates that the security of the border between the U.S. and Mexico is better than ever. But with more cameras being erected, and more aircraft and agents patrolling the border, U.S. analysts caution that intelligence sharing among agents and dispatchers must continue to improve if this trend is to continue. On top of that, doubters outside the Obama administration are yet to be convinced these high-tech solutions make more financial and strategic sense than attempting to block the entire border with fences.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 18:45:22 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Commentary: Trust Takes Time]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120322/C4ISR02/301270006</link>
  <description><![CDATA[While there is widespread agreement among U.S. defense and intelligence officials regarding the cost benefits, there is disagreement about whether a cloud system can be secure enough to handle the nation&apos;s most sensitive information. A lack of common understanding of cloud computing and how it is deployed and used may contribute to these concerns.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 22 Mar 2012 17:05:59 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cover Story: Waveform Woes Delay Cellphone-Inspired Satellite Service]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120301/C4ISR02/303010008</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The first satellite in a long-delayed U.S. military communications constellation is about to go into orbit, but the revolution it promises will be delayed at least a few months.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 16:10:19 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Interview: Katherine Flattery, U.S. Navy Corporate Director for Information Dominance]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120301/C4ISR02/303010003</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Katherine Flattery is one of the architects of the U.S. Navy&apos;s 45,000-person Information Dominance Corps (IDC), the civilians and active-duty personnel who run the service&apos;s networks, conduct information warfare, analyze intelligence and study the Earth&apos;s oceans.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:39:24 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Cover Story: Learning From Fratricide]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120301/C4ISR02/303010004</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A Predator pilot in California saw a &amp;#8220;splash&amp;#8221; on his video screen as a Hellfire missile slammed into a small group of people thought to be Taliban fighters. Almost immediately, he knew something was wrong. Other figures rushed into the field of view but showed no signs of fighting their way to the scene.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 01 Mar 2012 14:41:05 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Letter to the Editor: Training Changes Can Fix Drone Mistakes]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120130/C4ISR02/301300009</link>
  <description><![CDATA[I finished reading your November/December editorial about drone operations [&amp;#8220;Fix drone operations&amp;#8221;].]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:15:12 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Commentary: Blueprint for Security]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120130/C4ISR02/301300002</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Government agencies and corporations have historically managed their data under a centralized approach of fixed data centers and backup sites. The problem with this strategy is that the world is increasingly decentralized, with large organizations conducting their work at numerous sites around the world. Latency is a major drawback to the centralized approach to data management because the farther a user is from the data center, the longer it takes to retrieve and return information to the data center. Recent efforts to consolidate data centers may further increase latency and hurt user performance.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Mon, 30 Jan 2012 12:25:03 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Editorial: Say &amp;#8216;No&apos; To Tunnel Vision]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120127/C4ISR02/301270009</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. is taking a bold and risky gamble by publicly naming a specific region as the locus for its decision-making about which overseas facilities to retain, which weapons and intelligence equipment to buy, and where to focus intelligence collections.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:46:20 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Notebook: Electronics Supplier Mercury Buys KOR, Paragon]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120127/C4ISR02/301270005</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Mercury Computer Systems, which makes sensor electronics for aircraft and ground vehicles, has purchased KOR Electronics and its subsidiary Paragon Dynamics in a move meant to help Mercury squeeze more processing power into its electronics.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:34:31 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[U.S. Military, Industry Seek Ways To Fly Unmanned Planes Amid Civil Air Traffic]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120127/C4ISR02/301270008</link>
  <description><![CDATA[A few U.S. companies are developing optionally piloted aircraft in the realization that it could be many years before unmanned planes are smart enough to replicate the ability of a human pilot to sense other air traffic and avoid it, a capability the U.S. Federal Aviation Administration is insisting upon before treating unmanned aircraft like traditional planes.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Fri, 27 Jan 2012 17:39:22 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Notebook: DoD To Loosen Restrictions on Wireless Devices]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120126/C4ISR02/301260002</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The Pentagon plans to overhaul the way troops handle classified material and official data, a move intended to clear the way for more widespread use of smartphones, tablets and wireless technology.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Thu, 26 Jan 2012 10:26:22 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Notebook: Australia Gets Backpack-Size Robots]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120125/C4ISR02/301250009</link>
  <description><![CDATA[QinetiQ has delivered a first batch of Dragon Runner 20 (DR20) small unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) to the Australian Army under its five-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:54:06 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Libya Lessons: NATO Hears Calls for Better C2, More Targeting Experts]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120125/C4ISR02/301250006</link>
  <description><![CDATA[NATO&apos;s seven months of airstrikes and intelligence gathering over Libya helped defeat the forces of Moammar Gadhafi. But Operation Unified Protector also underscored the alliance&apos;s reliance on American ISR planes and highlighted shortcomings in its standing command-and-control and target-analysis capabilities, interviews with participants in the operation show.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:37:06 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Notebook: Canada Rethinks Intel Strategy]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120125/C4ISR02/301250005</link>
  <description><![CDATA[OTTAWA &amp;#8212; The Royal Canadian Air Force has launched a review of its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance needs as it tries to determine the right combination of unmanned planes, maritime patrol aircraft and satellites.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Wed, 25 Jan 2012 14:23:58 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Interview: Col. Elmar Tamm, Director, NATO Cooperative Cyber Defence Center of Excellence]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120124/C4ISR02/301240002</link>
  <description><![CDATA[Estonian Army Col. Ilmar Tamm is nearing the end of his term as the first director of NATO&apos;s 3-year-old cyber think tank. It was a role for which Tamm, a signals expert, appeared destined. The small Baltic nation with the outsized economy was looking to carve a niche for itself within NATO in 2004 when Tamm and colleagues proposed creating a center to study cyber issues. A signing ceremony establishing the Cooperative Cyber Defence Centre of Excellence was held in May 2008, 11 months after cyber attacks forced Estonia to reboot its banking system. Today, the Tallinn-based center drafts curricula, studies legal questions and organizes cyber response exercises.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 09:44:42 -0400</pubDate>
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  <title><![CDATA[Notebook: U.S. Air Force To Test Jet Version of Predator]]></title>
  <link>http://www.defensenews.com/article/20120124/C4ISR02/301240006</link>
  <description><![CDATA[The U.S. wants to send faster versions of the Predator planes to Afghanistan urgently, and it has announced plans to purchase a jet-powered Predator C Avenger for testing in the United States.]]></description>
  <pubDate>Tue, 24 Jan 2012 12:14:59 -0400</pubDate>
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