Wednesday, February 20, 2013
In the world of network cyber security, the weak link is often not the hardware or the software, but the user. Passwords are ...
Tuesday, January 29, 2013
PANAMA CITY, FL – Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) engineers received fleet accolades on Dec. ...
Monday, January 28, 2013
ATLANTIC OCEAN (NNS) -- Sailors aboard the aircraft carrier USS Harry S. Truman (CVN 75) and personnel from the Navy ...
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
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
Ron Broersma, a Space and Naval Warfare (SPAWAR) Systems Center Pacific information technology division chief engineer, ...
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 25, 2012
The Assistant Secretary of the Navy, Research, Development and Acquisition (ASN RDA) Sean Stackley issued a directive in ...
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
ARLINGTON, Va.-The Office of Naval Research (ONR) awarded contracts to Lockheed Martin and Aurora Flight Sciences on Sept. ...
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 ...
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
The Department of the Navy Enterprise Mobility Integrated Product Team charter was signed by Terry Halvorsen,DON Chief ...
July-September 2012 Issue
The Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic is a shore-based telecommunications hub whose mission ...
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 27, 2012
Sailors attached to Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic (NCTAMS LANT) in Norfolk, Va., are ...
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD) scientists and engineers have designed and developed an ...
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
Increasing the ability to conduct business on the go, away from a traditional office or desktop environment, can be a key ...
April-June 2012 Issue
Two years ago, Adm. Mike Mullen, former chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, called the national debt the greatest threat ...
April-June 2012 Issue
Riding an Atlas V rocket, the Mobile User Objective System-1 (MUOS-1) satellite lifted off at 5:15 p.m. EST, Feb. 24 from ...
April-June 2012 Issue
Bold Alligator 2012, the largest Navy/Marine Corps amphibious exercise in the past 10 years, tested the limits of naval ...
April-June 2012 Issue
The Software Communication Architecture (SCA) is an open-architecture specification that defines the interactions between ...
April-June 2012 Issue
From 2012 to 2015, the United States Navy and its partners, the U.S. Marine Corps and Coast Guard, will commemorate the ...
April-June 2012 Issue
Emerging technology has always compelled traditional spectrum management processes to adapt and evolve. The 2012 ...
Wednesday, February 22, 2012
Naval Surface Warfare Center Panama City Division (NSWC PCD), a leader in littoral warfare and coastal defense systems, ...
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
PEARL HARBOR -- Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) Hawaii and Weston Solutions Inc., began installing "smart ...
January-March 2012 Issue
Lt. Cmdr. Ima Eyep, a recent information professional lateral transfer from the surface warfare community, checks aboard a ...
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
Designed to build combat capability and foster cooperation between multinational forces and government agencies, Saxon ...
January-March 2012 Issue
In today's efforts to identify and leverage all potential efficiency opportunities, one area often overlooked is a device ...
January-March 2012 Issue
Capt. Danelle Barrett, an information professional officer and commanding officer of Naval Computer and Telecommunications ...
October-December 2011 Issue
Since 1998, when Congress amended the Rehabilitation Act, all federal agencies, including the Department of Defense, are ...
October-December 2011 Issue
On Aug. 19, 2011, Naval Computer and Telecommunications Area Master Station Atlantic in Norfolk, Va., became the frontrunner ...
October-December 2011 Issue
The Department of the Navy anticipates that personnel will begin teleworking in significant numbers when a new telework ...
October-December 2011 Issue
Robust, reliable, trusted communications are in high demand by Special Operations Forces, and Adm. McRaven, commander of ...
October-December 2011 Issue
The DoD CIO serves as the principal adviser to the Secretary of Defense for information management/information technology ...
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
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific's C4ISR department is working to make information dominance a reality by ...
July-September 2011 Issue
Today's Soldiers and Marines struggle to gain instant and persistent access to essential situational awareness information, ...
July-September 2011 Issue
This is a very active year in the area of enterprise mobility. In the commercial marketplace, dozens of new devices, the ...
July-September 2011 Issue
As all personnel within the Department of Defense and across the federal government are well aware, this is an era of ...
April-June 2011 Issue
The Department of Defense, through its various commands and programs, contracts a significant number of cellular ...
April-June 2011 Issue
Enterprise Business Model stimulates competition and increases innovation
The Joint Program Executive Office (JPEO) for ...
April-June 2011 Issue
The new Department of the Navy enterprise wireless multiple award contracts, covering commercial cellular providers, managed ...
April-June 2011 Issue
A Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command service member received a Capt. Joy Bright Hancock Leadership Award from the Sea ...
April-June 2011 Issue
Mission-essential, real-time secure voice and data communications are a critical element of the Navy’s command, control, ...
April-June 2011 Issue
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific (SSC Pacific) high frequency antenna designer, Daniel Tam, developed an ...
April-June 2011 Issue
To maximize total allowable bandwidth for deployment, USS Enterprise Strike Group staff, in collaboration with the flagship ...
January-March 2011 Issue
Most of the buzz in the mobility world these days is about apps, apps and more apps. The growth in the number and variety of ...
January-March 2011 Issue
The stars will align with the launch of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command (SPAWAR) Joint Milli-Arcsecond ...
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 ...
January-March 2011 Issue
Collaborative Sites
The Navy has long had a requirement for units to share information at great distances to collaborate ...
October-December 2010 Issue
This summer the Army turned the normal software development cycle on its ear by issuing "Apps for the Army," the Army’s ...
October-December 2010 Issue
In this installment of the CHIPS Web 2.0 column we are bringing you a selection of news and tips about collaborative media ...
October-December 2010 Issue
For the past 30 years the use of radio frequencies has dramatically increased. Radio has enabled the unprecedented growth of ...
October-December 2010 Issue
While it is axiomatic to say that the speed of technological change is breathtaking, the past year in particular has ...
July-September 2010 Issue
The earthquake in Haiti was undoubtedly a tremendous human tragedy, and for communicators, it represented an enormous ...
July-September 2010 Issue
Imagine a world without wireless devices: no radios, no televisions, no radar or satellite systems, no keyless car locks, ...
July-September 2010 Issue
In the days immediately after the Jan. 12 earthquake in Haiti, the Transformative Innovation for Development and Emergency ...
July-September 2010 Issue
Destroyer Squadron 7's mission is to conduct prompt, sustained combat operations at sea in support of U.S. national policy. ...
July-September 2010 Issue
This column typically extols the virtues of enterprise mobility by promoting technologies that enable the workforce to ...
April-June 2010 Issue
Not a week goes by without an inquiry to the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO) or the Navy or ...
April-June 2010 Issue
When Charles H. Duell, Commissioner of the U.S. Patent and Trademark Office, claimed in 1899 that: "Everything that can be ...
April-June 2010 Issue
The Joint Program Executive Office for the Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) has announced that the Multifunctional ...
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
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
For years now, Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI) users have jealously eyed the laptop-wielding, Wi-Fi-connected masses in ...
January-March 2010 Issue
It can be embarrassing to attempt to predict technology beyond its current development horizon. This is especially ...
October-December 2009 Issue
The use of social media has become a popular topic within the Department of the Navy, Defense Department and across the ...
October-December 2009 Issue
JPEO JTRS teams with UCSD to develop Project 25 Waveform porting guidelines
Project marks a crucial step for JTRS radio ...
October-December 2009 Issue
Delivering a robust enterprise mobility capability to the Department of the Navy workforce requires leveraging various ...
October-December 2009 Issue
Welcome to the Virtual Life, where we can tailor reality to suit our tastes. Applications like Second Life can give us the ...
July-September 2009 Issue
In today's warfighting environment, it is essential that we, as Defense leaders, accelerate the delivery of advanced ...
July-September 2009 Issue
As cell phones and personal digital assistants (PDAs) become more technologically advanced, attackers are finding new ways ...
July-September 2009 Issue
In this podcast, Rear Adm. Bill Goodwin, Assistant Chief of Naval Operations for the Next Generation Enterprise Network ...
July-September 2009 Issue
The Secure Mobile Environment – Portable Electronic Device (SME PED) will soon be operational across the Navy Marine Corps ...
July-September 2009 Issue
U.S. Navy and Marine Corps command, control, communications, computers and intelligence (C4I) communities face a major ...
July-September 2009 Issue
The year was 1978 – the Bee Gees' "Night Fever" ruled the charts; "Mork and Mindy" first hit the airwaves; and it cost 15 ...
July-September 2009 Issue
Whether wireless voice, video or data, the number of wireless applications is increasing. Wireless capabilities can be as ...
July-September 2009 Issue
What does it take to change the world? A few things come to mind: the discovery of fire, the wheel … and a realization that ...
April-June 2009 Issue
Interoperable communications between federal first responders and non-federal first responders is a vital capability that ...
April-June 2009 Issue
There are a few frontiers left to explore: space; the world's oceans; Earth's inner space; microscopic and nano inner ...
April-June 2009 Issue
The Going Mobile series of articles began in the January – March 2009 issue of CHIPS. In it we discussed "Enterprise ...
January-March 2009 Issue
In April 2008, the Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO) released a report called "Department of the ...
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
Soft Power
The U.S. military has been performing humanitarian missions since the end of the Cold War, sometimes in a ...
October-December 2008 Issue
For many years, Navy ships pulling into port had to drape fiber optic "umbilical" cables over the side from the ship deck ...
October-December 2008 Issue
The Navy has begun procuring the next generation commercial satellite communications terminals to augment its military ...
October-December 2008 Issue
Adm. Vern Clark wrote about "revolution" while serving as Chief of Naval Operations. Today, the retired CNO still refers to ...
October-December 2008 Issue
Introduction
U.S. 2nd Fleet was the first numbered fleet to successfully test a modular command and control (C2) suite, ...
July-September 2008 Issue
The Advanced Sensor Distribution System (ASDS) Laboratory, also known as the AN/SPQ-14(V) or ASDS lab, is a small lab with a ...
July-September 2008 Issue
Regardless if military communication specialists are participating in their 14th Combined Endeavor communications ...
July-September 2008 Issue
Since 1988, the Defense Department's Interoperability Communications Exercise has been the only DoD exercise whose primary ...
July-September 2008 Issue
The Navy's Program Executive Office for Command, Control, Communications, Computers and Intelligence (PEO C4I) announced the ...
July-September 2008 Issue
All military forces need uninterrupted access to the radio frequencies of the electromagnetic spectrum to meet vital ...
July-September 2008 Issue
Operations Coordination and Execution Lead Capt. Kevin Johnson, at Naval Network Warfare Command, recently announced the ...
July-September 2008 Issue
NSWC Dam Neck was selected to receive a $1.4 million grant from the Office of the Secretary of Defense to develop and ...
July-September 2008 Issue
Bringing the National Maritime Strategy to life is just one facet of Phoenix Express 2008, the Navy's third annual two-week ...
July-September 2008 Issue
The Remote Monitoring initiative under the Surface Warfare Enterprise (SWE) has resulted in significantly improved equipment ...
July-September 2008 Issue
Introduction
According to recent reports from the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), solar flare ...
July-September 2008 Issue
Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Charleston's Ken A. Crawley was selected a Top Navy Engineer by the acting ...
July-September 2008 Issue
Six Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) San Diego employees were honored with the 2008 Dr. Delores M. Etter Top ...
July-September 2008 Issue
The idea to have a single digital display of relevant operational information shared by many nations and organizations in ...
April-June 2008 Issue
AROWS, a modification of the Navy Reserve Order Writing System, is an automated order writing system that gives all levels ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Stronger and improved security settings were implemented for all Navy Marine Corps Intranet BlackBerry devices in February. ...
April-June 2008 Issue
The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer unveiled its newly redesigned Web site in late January. In addition to ...
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
Command and control is the union of the art and science of war. C2 integration enables commanders to exert their leadership ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Q: Can you talk about the logistics tail? In the competition between vendors, how are maintenance and repair ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Federal regulation and Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of the Navy (DON) policy require that spectrum ...
April-June 2008 Issue
The Joint Tactical Radio System, the once troubled Defense Department major acquisition program for developing and procuring ...
April-June 2008 Issue
Communication, as we may remember, consists of four parts: sender, receiver, message and medium. The sender constructs a ...
January-March 2008 Issue
The WRC is held every four years to review and update the International Telecommunications Union (ITU) Radio Regulations, ...
January-March 2008 Issue
"Historically, communications has proved to be a major shortfall in disaster operations … However, once again the [Extended] ...
January-March 2008 Issue
U.S. Joint Forces Command has developed a Joint (experimental) Deployment and Support (JxDS) architecture with multiple ...
January-March 2008 Issue
Rear Admiral Kendall L. Card assumed the position of Director, Command Control Systems, North American Aerospace Defense ...
January-March 2008 Issue
A good idea, well-executed and with value to the customer now, and in the future, is the key to any good product and its ...
January-March 2008 Issue
Vice Admiral Nancy E. Brown is Director of Command, Control, Communications, and Computer Systems (C4 Systems) of the Joint ...
October-December 2007 Issue
The Department of the Navy (DON) is a dynamic enterprise with personnel constantly on the move between the office, temporary ...
October-December 2007 Issue
In the last issue of CHIPS we discussed the Department of the Navy's (DON) Electromagnetic Spectrum Campaign Plan, which ...
October-December 2007 Issue
The trooper was large, granite-jawed and wearing the iconic "Smokey Bear" hat. His name tag read "Cragg." I wasn't sure if ...
July-September 2007 Issue
"Communication is the essence of C4I," said Information Specialist 1st Class (SW) Anthony D. Pierce, referring to command, ...
July-September 2007 Issue
How many electronic devices do you own? Do you have an iPhone or Wii gaming system yet? Can you eat lunch without checking ...
July-September 2007 Issue
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command is one of the Navy's five major acquisition commands, and is headquartered in ...
July-September 2007 Issue
The Surface Combat Systems Center performs vital work focused on Program Executive Office Integrated Warfare Systems (IWS) ...
July-September 2007 Issue
The breadth and scope of Combined Endeavor 2007 is impressive — 1,500 people from 42 countries spanning four continents and ...
July-September 2007 Issue
Introduction
Modernization and integration of shipboard voice communications systems are long overdue. This is true of ...
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
Consider that in the 21st century, communications, media, information and information services will become 50 percent of ...
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
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) at-sea Sailors and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7 participation in the memorable ...
April-June 2007 Issue
USS Dwight D. Eisenhower (CVN 69) at-sea Sailors and embarked Carrier Air Wing (CVW) 7, participated in a historic ...
April-June 2007 Issue
Vice Adm. Nancy E. Brown serves as the Director, Command, Control, Communications and Computer Systems (C4 Systems), the ...
April-June 2007 Issue
Engineers in the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Charleston European Office jumped at the chance to give ...
April-June 2007 Issue
Introduction
The United States Navy is embarking on an ambitious initiative to craft a new maritime strategy. This will ...
January-March 2007 Issue
Forty ships, six submarines, 160 aircraft and more than 19,000 personnel from Australia, Canada, Chile, Japan, Peru, South ...
January-March 2007 Issue
U.S. Joint Forces Command Joint Training Directorate and Joint Warfighting Center (J7/JWFC) lead joint warfighter capability ...
January-March 2007 Issue
In January 2006, the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) announced the standup of a separate N6 Directorate for Navy as part of ...
January-March 2007 Issue
Cmdr. Ingersoll is a Reservist who has supported the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) Charleston in a number of ...
January-March 2007 Issue
The mission of the U.S. Joint Forces Command Standing Joint Force Headquarters-Core Element is to provide the warfighter ...
January-March 2007 Issue
The High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) recently assigned a supercomputer to U.S. Joint Forces Command ...
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 ...
October-December 2006 Issue
During Fleet Week in May in New York City, the Office of Naval Research (ONR) showcased some of the Navy's newest and future ...
July-September 2006 Issue
Combined Endeavor is the largest security cooperation and communications exercise in the world. The multinational exercise ...
July-September 2006 Issue
U.S. Pacific Command's Standing Joint Forces Headquarters (SJFHQ) participated in Exercise Vital Prospect with the ...
July-September 2006 Issue
Aboard USS TARAWA in port in San Diego, Calif., Information Professional (IP) Officers, in charge of Navy communications and ...
July-September 2006 Issue
CHIPS asked Deputy Commander, U.S. Second Fleet, Rear Adm. David O. Anderson to explain the importance of the Navy's ...
July-September 2006 Issue
The Communications Information Technology Excellence (CITE) award recognizes a command's ability to carry out its assigned ...
July-September 2006 Issue
The Joint Program Executive Officer Joint Tactical Radio System (JPEO JTRS) outlines an incremental approach to build ...
April-June 2006 Issue
The Defense Logistics Information Service's mission is to provide interoperable, integrated, quality logistics data and IT ...
April-June 2006 Issue
To prepare for natural disasters, catastrophes or other events that could disrupt operations or cause loss of data, ...
April-June 2006 Issue
Unprecedented progress in the development of radiocommunication services has resulted in an increased demand for ...
April-June 2006 Issue
DELIVERING TACHYON TO IRAQ
Bringing 21st century technology to the battlefield means overcoming primitive conditions — ...
January-March 2006 Issue
Commander, Carrier Strike Group (COMCARSTRKGRU) Twelve initiated and executed a successful combined fleet, joint and ...
January-March 2006 Issue
Commander, Amphibious Squadron Four is responsible for the tactical employment of the ships from the Iwo Jima Strike Group. ...
January-March 2006 Issue
In the CHIPS Oct-Dec 2005 edition, we reported that the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center (SSC) New Orleans was closed ...
January-March 2006 Issue
CNO N71 provides Navy Space and Electronic Warfare Leadership, Vision, Policy and Resources in support of Naval, Joint and ...
January-March 2006 Issue
Rear Admiral Victor See Jr. is the Director, Communications Systems Acquisition and Operations Directorate, National ...
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
Underwater digital acoustic communications (Acomms) with added networking capability is one of the leading research programs ...
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
Winston Churchill once said, "There is nothing wrong with change, if it is in the right direction. To improve is to change, ...
October-December 2005 Issue
Military units require a full spectrum of communications capabilities to ensure that all elements of command and control ...
October-December 2005 Issue
The radio frequency electromagnetic spectrum is more important to the Department of the Navy (DON) today than it has ever ...
October-December 2005 Issue
I have resigned myself to a simple fact of modern life: Thanks to the marvels of modern communications technology, I will ...
July-September 2005 Issue
The sentries posted at the armory, the crews at the fire station, and the base security patrols in their squad cars all ...
July-September 2005 Issue
Losing Control
Over the last 15 years the computing environment has changed from one dominated by the laborious ...
July-September 2005 Issue
In March 2005, Commander, U.S. 2nd Fleet established the Combined Joint Operations from the Sea (CJOS) Center of Excellence ...
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
Because of the efforts of all participating nations, interoperability and C4I connectivity made RIMPAC 2004 an unprecedented ...
January-March 2005 Issue
Since the start of operations in Afghanistan and Iraq, Navy technology specialists have been an essential part of tactical ...
January-March 2005 Issue
The first generation of the Operation Iraqi Freedom (OIF) MWRNet Program was executed in September 2003 when the Combined ...
January-March 2005 Issue
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Charleston has designed a Tidewater Node of the FORCEnet Composeable Environment ...
January-March 2005 Issue
It's winter, and amid the bright, snow-covered landscape surrounding my home in Vermont, this young man's fancy turns to ...
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
The Department of Defense (DoD) Interoperability Communications Exercise (DICE) is an annual training exercise, sponsored by ...
October-December 2004 Issue
The ability to communicate is critical in all phases of our business. We are quickly becoming a society with diverse ...
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
Background
The Office of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV N61), Navy Modeling and Simulation Management Office ...
July-September 2004 Issue
Even if you have never heard of Radio Frequency Identification (RFID), you probably recognize the names Wal-Mart and Target. ...
July-September 2004 Issue
In the last two installments of the Lazy Person's Guide, we reviewed the history and development of analog and digital ...
July-September 2004 Issue
The new headquarters for the U.S. Pacific Command (USPACOM) located on Camp Smith, Hawaii, was dedicated in April. Named the ...
April-June 2004 Issue
A well-ordered battlespace is critical to the success of any military operation. This article discusses a few of the issues ...
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 ...
April-June 2004 Issue
NNSOC was established July 12, 2002, through the merger of elements of Naval Space Command and the Naval Network Operations ...
April-June 2004 Issue
Decentralized communication is one of the hallmarks of modern U.S. warfighting capability, and the concept of ...
April-June 2004 Issue
In CHIPS Winter 2004, we looked at the development of the telephone, telephone systems, and the traditional ...
January-March 2004 Issue
The Greek mathematician, Archimedes, wrote, "Give me a place to stand and a lever long enough, and I will move the world." ...
January-March 2004 Issue
In a huge step toward implementing a common messaging solution for warfighters afloat and ashore, the Naval Modular ...
January-March 2004 Issue
"We are the Navy's community of Information Warriors with expertise in information, command and control, and space systems. ...
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 ...
January-March 2004 Issue
In 1789, it took George Washington eight days to travel from his home in Mount Vernon, Va., to his Presidential inauguration ...
January-March 2004 Issue
Brig. Gen. Glenn F. Spears is Director of Plans and Programs, Headquarters Pacific Air Forces, Hickam Air Force Base, ...
January-March 2004 Issue
In today's world, most of us have three basic expectations: Flip a switch and electricity will provide power; turn on a tap ...
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 ...
October-December 2003 Issue
A Spanish soldier sent U.S. Army Staff Sgt. Timothy Knoblach an Artillery Systems Cooperation Activity (ASCA) message from ...
October-December 2003 Issue
CHIPS: How has the Global War on Terrorism changed the Army's communication priorities or needs?
Lt. Gen. Boutelle: The ...
October-December 2003 Issue
The Achilles' heel of military operations has traditionally been the lack of interoperability between Command and Control, ...
October-December 2003 Issue
Command: To give orders to.
Control: To exercise authority or influence over.
Command and Control (C2): Together, these ...
July-September 2003 Issue
In an environment where information, intelligence, and communications shape the battlefield, United States Special ...
July-September 2003 Issue
The opening of the newest Integrated Battle Force Training Center (IBFTC) at Afloat Training Group, Western Pacific, June ...
July-September 2003 Issue
Mr. Bauman received a Bachelor of Science Degree from Pennsylvania State University in 1971. He served as a Lieutenant ...
July-September 2003 Issue
SPAWAR Europe is a Department of the Navy (DON) leading-edge engineering organization specializing in providing Command, ...
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 2003 Issue
Background
Modern warfare is conducted at longer ranges and with greater precision than ever before. Overall mission ...
April-June 2003 Issue
The story of Navy Lt. Kevin Shaeffer is one of courage, bravery and incredible determination. Shaeffer sustained serious ...
January-March 2003 Issue
Welcome back to the third in a series of articles reviewing the history of personal computing. In the summer issue of CHIPS, ...
January-March 2003 Issue
Introduction
U.S. involvement in East Timor is a success story of peacemaking and country-rebuilding. The United States ...
January-March 2003 Issue
For many years, the Joint Interoperability Test Command (JITC) has directly contributed to the success of U.S. Navy fleet ...
January-March 2003 Issue
The Naval Air Systems Command F-14 Program Office (PMA-241) sent one of its own to the front lines of the war in June 2002 ...
January-March 2003 Issue
The Atlantic Fleet cruiser, USS Ticonderoga (CG 47), homeported in Pascagoula, Miss., successfully demonstrated the Navy's ...
January-March 2003 Issue
Edited from a brief given by Adm. Doran at TechNet Asia-Pacific 2002, November 2002.
"Uniting and Securing the Pacific ...
October-December 2002 Issue
Welcome to Part 2 of our excursion through the history of desktop computing. Hardware is an important element of personal ...
October-December 2002 Issue
The goal: Provide a set of tools that enables information interoperability among diverse systems technologies that support ...
October-December 2002 Issue
Edited from remarks given by Vice Adm. Mayo at the standup of NETWARCOM, July 11, 2002. Adm. Robert J. Natter, USN, ...
October-December 2002 Issue
Two Navy vessels ride the waves of the Mediterranean Sea side-by-side during an underway replenishment. Huge pallets are ...
October-December 2002 Issue
A Net-Centric Warfare (NCW) environment requires that we rethink how we organize operationally, implement technically and ...
July-September 2002 Issue
In honor of the 20th anniversary year of Chips, the editors have asked me to dust off my "Way-Back" Machine and look back at ...
July-September 2002 Issue
The Department of the Navy IT Umbrella Program Voice Video and Data (ViViD) contract now offers the TACLANE "Classic" and ...
July-September 2002 Issue
What a difference 14 years of technology makes! In January 1988, ships deploying to the Persian Gulf were some of the first ...
April-June 2002 Issue
As far-fetched as the concept of an ultra-high communications tower may seem, we are living in a time where the impossible ...
April-June 2002 Issue
Background
The ability of Naval forces to support diverse operations and crises is largely dependent on their ability to ...
April-June 2002 Issue
Overview
This article summarizes a flexible, "wideband", point-to-multipoint mobile communications solution that the U.S. ...
April-June 2002 Issue
Introduction
The Global Positioning System (GPS) has rapidly become an integral part of the U.S. warfighting ...
April-June 2002 Issue
IT-21 has fundamentally changed today's battle force operations, providing the Fleet with state-of-the-art Command and ...
January-March 2002 Issue
Heightened security concerns as a result of the tragic events of September 11, prevented our traditional format for ...
October-December 2001 Issue
An Interview with Dinah F. B. Cohen, Director, Department of Defense, Computer/Electronic Accommodations Program. As a ...
October-December 2001 Issue
We have all been reading about the increasing number of cyber attacks in today's news, with increasingly more menacing—and ...
October-December 2001 Issue
Fleet systems today are becoming increasingly complicated requiring interconnectivity capability, comprehensive IT training ...
October-December 2001 Issue
As an organization, we in the Department of Defense (DoD) fall short in our ability to detect, characterize, report and ...
October-December 2001 Issue
Today's workplace demands a new kind of worker. Data is dispatched in picoseconds and gigabits and this deluge of ...
July-September 2001 Issue
Connecting Technology (CT) Spring 2001, May 15-17, 2001 had the honor and pleasure to have Mr. Joseph Cipriano, PEO - IT as ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
"Reproduced with permission of Federal Computer Week magazine, Copyright 16 April 2001, FCW Government Technology Group. All ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
If you are familiar with the Navy Marine Corps Intranet (NMCI), you know that keeping up with all the information, or ...
Tuesday, May 1, 2001
What I'm writing about has been on your mind for quite a while now - why couldn't "they" just have left well enough alone? ...
April-June 2001 Issue
Are you an email zombie? How about your boss or subordinates? The following questions will help you decide if you are one of ...
April-June 2001 Issue
CHIPS recently interviewed Dr. Cathy Allen regarding the security of financial transactions on the Internet. BITS was formed ...
January-March 2001 Issue
Background
The Department of Defense (DoD) has a long-standing commitment to providing equal access and services for ...
January-March 2001 Issue
The Staff of the Chief of Naval Operations (OPNAV) will soon have a set of Web-based tools focused on improving work ...
January-March 2001 Issue
CHIPS: Please describe your study. How did you begin exploring the Knowledge Management (KM) process? Since this is a work ...
January-March 2001 Issue
Historically, deployed service members kept in touch with their family and friends with a letter or an occasional telephone ...
January-March 2001 Issue
The new world of digital video is better than ever and today's workstation clients such as Real Audio Player 8.0 provide ...