January-March 2013 Issue
Capt. Tim Gallaudet assumed duty as the 53rd Superintendent of the U.S. Naval Observatory Sept. 8, 2011. He graduated with ...
January-March 2013 Issue
The department of the Navy’s highly skilled electromagnetic spectrum professionals are more vital to the mission today than ...
January-March 2013 Issue
Top Navy leadership, charged with ensuring the U.S. Navy remains a critical contributor to national security and economic ...
January-March 2013 Issue
The eighth annual Army Expeditionary Warrior Experiment Bold Quest began on September 17, 2012 at Fort Benning, Ga. AEWE ...
January-March 2013 Issue
Rear Adm. Jonathan White holds the position of “oceanographer of the U.S. Navy” and is the 20th person to do so since its ...
January-March 2013 Issue
Much is being discussed these days within the defense community about the legacy of, and investment in, the Joint Tactical ...
Thursday, October 11, 2012
USS Enterprise (CVN 65), the Navy’s first nuclear-powered aircraft carrier, departed Norfolk, Va., March 11, 2012, to begin ...
Thursday, October 11, 2012
ATLANTIC OCEAN – Operations department’s OA meteorology and oceanography (METOC) division aboard the aircraft carrier USS ...
October-December 2012 Issue
Today's unmanned vehicles can trace their roots back to the inventor of alternating current (AC),
Nikola Tesla (1856-1943). ...
October-December 2012 Issue
Combined Endeavor is a U.S. European Command-sponsored multinational exercise intended to enhance communication network ...
October-December 2012 Issue
From a shipboard perspective, we can no longer strictly refer to super high frequency satellite communications as simply ...
October-December 2012 Issue
Mr. Matthew Swartz is a member of the Senior Executive Service and serves as Director, Communications and Networks (N2/N6F1) ...
Monday, July 23, 2012
USS HARRY S. TRUMAN, At Sea (NNS) -- The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) conducted its first helicopter ...
Friday, July 20, 2012
USS HARRY S. TRUMAN, At Sea (NNS) -- The aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) completed flight deck certification ...
July-September 2012 Issue
The final step in the dynamic federal agency spectrum access process within the United States is receiving a radio frequency ...
July-September 2012 Issue
Capt. Danelle Barrett graduated from Boston University in 1989 with a Bachelor of Arts degree in History where she received ...
Friday, April 13, 2012
The Joint Program Executive Office for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) announced April 10 that the ...
April-June 2012 Issue
Ms. Katherine Flattery has spent most of her career in the resource management field. She has served in a variety of ...
April-June 2012 Issue
Emerging technology has always compelled traditional spectrum management processes to adapt and evolve. The 2012 ...
January-March 2012 Issue
To achieve the most efficient use of communications-electronics (C-E) resources, the required capabilities of systems and ...
January-March 2012 Issue
Capt. Danelle Barrett, an information professional officer and commanding officer of Naval Computer and Telecommunications ...
October-December 2011 Issue
The electromagnetic spectrum is a unique resource. While in some ways it is similar to other resources, like oil or water, ...
July-September 2011 Issue
Naval installations have long been good neighbors with their surrounding communities. In fact, in many cases, Navy and ...
April-June 2011 Issue
Enterprise Business Model stimulates competition and increases innovation
The Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) for ...
April-June 2011 Issue
"Few technological developments hold as much potential to enhance America's economic competitiveness, create jobs, and ...
April-June 2011 Issue
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) high frequency antenna designer, Daniel Tam, developed an ...
January-March 2011 Issue
JPEO JTRS Releases the Software Communications Architecture Next Draft Specification
The Joint Program Executive Office ...
January-March 2011 Issue
Our atmosphere is filled with electromagnetic energy from many sources. These include manmade emissions from sensors and ...
October-December 2010 Issue
The Department of the Navy's (DON) engagement in the United States spectrum regulatory environment has been discussed in ...
October-December 2010 Issue
For the past 30 years the use of radio frequencies has dramatically increased. Radio has enabled the unprecedented growth of ...
July-September 2010 Issue
Imagine a world without wireless devices: no radios, no televisions, no radar or satellite systems, no keyless car locks, ...
April-June 2010 Issue
The growth and diversity of military unmanned aerial vehicles (UAV) in the first decade of the 21st century has been ...
January-March 2010 Issue
The electromagnetic spectrum is a critical enabler of the Department of the Navy's ability to communicate and operate in a ...
January-March 2010 Issue
The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DONCIO) represented the DON at the first International ...
January-March 2010 Issue
In this issue, we look at the many facets of managing the electromagnetic spectrum, more commonly known as the radio ...
January-March 2010 Issue
Naval Sea Systems Command is comprised of command staff, headquarters directorates, affiliated program executive offices ...
January-March 2010 Issue
While the range between 540 – 610 in terahertz (THz) is (literally) the "green" portion of the electromagnetic spectrum, ...
January-March 2010 Issue
Multi-National Force-Iraq turned over responsibility for management of the high frequency radio band to the Government of ...
January-March 2010 Issue
Past CHIPS editions have addressed and focused on well-known information technology (IT) areas such as knowledge management ...
January-March 2010 Issue
Dormant for more than a decade, the U.S. Navy's Electromagnetic Pulse (EMP) Program is being revived through the Naval Sea ...
October-December 2009 Issue
The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer has released the DON CIO Campaign Plan for FY 2010, which outlines the ...
October-December 2009 Issue
We are all familiar with overcrowding and traffic congestion. Most people in the United States experience long work ...
July-September 2009 Issue
The National Telecommunications and Information Administration (NTIA) Interdepartment Radio Advisory Committee (IRAC) ...
April-June 2009 Issue
Interoperable communications between federal first responders and non-federal first responders is a vital capability that ...
January-March 2009 Issue
In less than two years, nearly 150 distinguished ambassadors and more than 2,000 delegates from across the globe will gather ...
October-December 2008 Issue
Adm. Vern Clark wrote about "revolution" while serving as Chief of Naval Operations. Today, the retired CNO still refers to ...
July-September 2008 Issue
Maj. Gen. William T. Lord is commander, Air Force Cyberspace Command (Provisional). He is responsible for establishing ...
July-September 2008 Issue
All military forces need uninterrupted access to the radio frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum to meet vital ...
April-June 2008 Issue
The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO) has embarked upon a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) project to improve ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Federal regulation and Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of the Navy (DON) policy require that spectrum ...
January-March 2008 Issue
The WRC is held every four years to review and update the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Radio Regulations, ...
October-December 2007 Issue
In the last issue of CHIPS we discussed the Department of the Navy's (DON) Electromagnetic Spectrum Campaign Plan, which ...
July-September 2007 Issue
Mr. Robert J. Carey became the sixth Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer November 2006. Reporting directly to ...
July-September 2007 Issue
The Navy and Marine Corps' role in the global war on terror requires the rapid development of new capabilities to defeat ...
April-June 2007 Issue
Obtaining foreign spectrum support for Marine Corps and Navy operations is referred to as "Host Nation Allocation" (HNA) or ...
April-June 2007 Issue
Vice Adm. Nancy E. Brown serves as the Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4 Systems), the ...
January-March 2007 Issue
Increasingly, our lives, lifestyles, culture and economy depend on wireless devices. Wireless devices enable us to remotely ...
October-December 2006 Issue
For the past two years CHIPS magazine has been running the "Can You Hear Me Now" series of articles about the Department of ...
April-June 2006 Issue
Unprecedented progress in the development of radiocommunication services has resulted in an increased demand for ...
January-March 2006 Issue
Supporting the active duty force in the global war on terror are an unprecedented number of government civilian and ...
January-March 2006 Issue
Unlicensed devices are a category of equipment that does not require a license from the Federal Communications Commission or ...
October-December 2005 Issue
The radio frequency electromagnetic spectrum is more important to the Department of the Navy (DON) today than it has ever ...
April-June 2005 Issue
If you remember what it was like to be a preschooler, you'll recall Aesop's Fables, short stories with moral lessons passed ...
April-June 2005 Issue
DoD's Future Communication Architecture
In the Jan-Mar 2005 edition of CHIPS, multiple aspects of the Department of ...
January-March 2005 Issue
It is unlikely that more than a few CHIPS readers who use the Internet at home would tolerate yesteryear's slow speed modems ...
October-December 2004 Issue
To use a current phrase, "being on the same page," is not adequate for military communications. If your unit or aircraft is ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Even if you have never heard of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), you probably recognize the names Wal-Mart and Target. ...
April-June 2004 Issue
When bombers in postwar Iraq launched a new wave of attacks against U.S. troops last fall, Lt. Col. Steve Russell’s ...
January-March 2004 Issue
The 22-screen multiplex cinema down the street from Ray Willis' office in Alexandria, Va., does a brisk business on most ...
October-December 2003 Issue
When our warfighters make the call and ask that simple question, "Can you hear me now?" we need to be sure the answer is ...
July-September 2003 Issue
In an environment where information, intelligence, and communications shape the battlefield, United States Special ...
July-September 2003 Issue
Have you ever imagined the Radio Frequency (RF) spectrum as a weapon system? Software defined radios in the form of the ...
April-June 2002 Issue
Background
The ability of Naval forces to support diverse operations and crises is largely dependent on their ability to ...
October-December 2001 Issue
As an organization, we in the Department of Defense (DoD) fall short in our ability to detect, characterize, report and ...