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Soldiers configure the communications systems housed within ruggedized transit cases to allow in-flight secure network access and mission command for increased situational awareness, as part of the Enroute Mission Command Capability (EMC2) demonstration on May 14, 2015 at Pope Army Air Field, Fort Bragg, N.C. (U.S. Army photo by Amy Walker, PEO C3T)

Army Prototype Integration Facility Aligns with Better Buying Power 3.0

Posted on January 7, 2016 by glenn.selby

See how C4ISR PIF provides all-inclusive engineering solutions, resulting in low-rate initial production prototypes of emerging technologies.
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Sensors Key to Preserving Battlefield Edge

Posted on April 30, 2015 by Yolanda R. Arrington

The future force will likely be able to operate in extremely degraded atmospheric conditions, thanks to advanced sensor research.
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Posted in Articles | Tagged army, cerdec, Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, sensors, U.S. Army | Comments Off

(U.S. Defense Department graphic illustration by Jessica L. Tozer/Released)

Sensors Move Army Closer to Common Environment

Posted on January 19, 2015 by jtozer

Integrated Sensor Architecture (ISA), establishes standards that bring together sensors within an area of operation so they can talk without requiring physical integration.
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Posted in Articles, Technology | Tagged army, cerdec, CERDEC NVESD, Communications-Electronics Center's Night Vision Electronic Senors Directorate, Development and Engineering Center's Night Vision and Electronic Sensors Directorate, fundamental interoperability, IEW&S, Integrated Sensor Architecture, intelligence electronic warfare and sensors, intermediate communications, ISA, ISA-compliant systems, Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, Modeling and Simulation Division of the Communications-Electronics Research, PEO, Program Executive Office, Project Manager Terrestrial Sensor, situational awareness, TRADOC | Comments Off

The Army’s “Gateway to the Plethora of Awesomeness”

Posted on October 28, 2014 by jtozer

The gateway into the Army’s plethora of awesomeness is the RDECOM modeling and simulation Senior Working Group (SWG).
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Posted in Articles, Engineering | Tagged Army Regulation AR 70-1, cerdec, Development and Engineering Command, Future Combat System, innovative support, Joint Virtual Battlespace, modeling, Modeling Architecture for Technology, optimal, physics-based simulations, Research and Experimentation, simulation, spans multiple technical processes, supportability, TRADOC, TRADOC Battlelab experimentation, U.S. Army Research, web-based tools | Comments Off

Enabling the Commander’s Virtual Staff

Posted on October 21, 2014 by jtozer

By equipping dismounted soldiers with handheld devices, the Army provides unprecedented computing power at lower echelons of the force.
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Posted in Articles, Technology, Top Technology | Tagged Aberdeen Proving Ground, battlefield sensors, cerdec, CERDEC’s ‘M&S, Command Power and Integration Directorate, coordinating graphics, Development and Engineering Center, known enemy locations, Lt. Col Michael A. Baker, meaningful situational assessments, Modeling and Simulation, obstacles, real-time battlefield visualization, Situational Understanding, smart real-time analysis, terrain, U.S. Army Communications Electronics Research, Virtual Staff | Comments Off

MODESTA: The Evolution of System Integration

Posted on October 14, 2014 by jtozer

MODESTA provides a large-scale, tactical network analysis environment with a centralized framework so analysts can conduct realistic, operational scenarios with emulated and simulated systems.
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Posted in Articles, Engineering, Technology | Tagged analysis, architecture, Army S&T community, brigade-scale, cerdec, CERDEC C4ISR Systems Integration Lab, cost efficiencies, cross-PEO tool, cyber defensive/offensive systems, Data Collection, Distributed Common Ground System-Army, Emulation, ERDEC S&TCD, high-fidelity, high-fidelity M&S tool, intelligence systems, Joshua Fischer, mission command, modeling, Modeling and Simulation, Modeling and Simulation Team Leader, MODESTA, modular, Noah Weston, open, PEO C3T, scalable network, science and technology, SEAMS, Simulation Tool for Analysis, system integration, system-of-systems network/environment, tactical communications network, threats, ystems Engineering | Comments Off

Aircraft Survivability

Posted on September 30, 2014 by jtozer

As the Army develops its next-gen survivability systems, it has the opportunity to cost-effectively leverage advanced commercial electronics and integration technologies.
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Posted in Articles, Engineering, Technology | Tagged armed with science, army aviation, Army Science and Technology, Army’s Communications-Electronics Research, cerdec, Development and Engineering Center, electronic warfare and aircraft survivability, I2WD, Integrated Air and Ground Survivability, Intelligence and Information Warfare Directorate, Mark Calafut | Comments Off

Fuel Reformation

Posted on February 25, 2014 by jtozer

Fuel is the second largest transported item next to water, and is therefore vulnerable to attack. Find out how the Army is working to lessen the reliance on fuel convoys while improving fuel efficiency.
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Posted in Articles, Energy | Tagged army, army research laboratory, cerdec, communications-electronics center, Defense Department, Development and Engineering Command, fuel cell power systems, Fuel reforming, Jet Propellant 8, ommand, Power and Integration Directorate, Power Generation and Alternative Energy Branch, RDECOM, U.S. Army Research, Unmanned Ground Systems | Comments Off