AF Computer Forensics Lab nabs criminals, byte by byte
"As a law enforcement agency our ultimate goal is prosecution" When Joseph Snodgrass cut two floppy disks into 23 pieces with shears, he thought he had destroyed evidence linking him to his wife's murder. What Snodgrass didn't count on was that the Air Force Computer Forensics Laboratory could reconstruct the disks and cull information that put him behind bars.
DOD raises concerns over possible AT&T, British Telecom deal
A proposed $10 billion global venture between AT&T Corp. and British Telecommunications PLC has raised security concerns about a major Defense Information Systems Network contract held by AT&T, Defense Department officials said. The Defense Information Systems Agency is studying whether the deal would compromise AT&T's $5 billion DISN Transmission Services for the Continental United States contract. AT&T is providing backbone and access area transmission services at bandwidth rates of T1 and higher to DOD facilities in
Navy hosts exercise without Coalition WAN
For Rim of the Pacific '98, a monthlong international maritime wargame, navies from six nations are running exercises without the benefit of the Coalition WAN. CWAN is the common coalition backbone that provides real-time collaborative planning, interoperability and connectivity between U.S. and allied forces. Forces set up the secret-level network for each use and dismantle it afterward.
Air Force lifts ban and issues policy on BPAs
The Air Force recently lifted a six-month ban on creating new blanket purchasing agreements and issued a policy statement on the agreements. Concerned about the unregulated growth of BPAs on General Services Administration Federal Supply Schedules, the Air Force in October 1997 banned the creation of new BPAs until an integrated product team could study the issue. The policy is based on a series of team meetings held in December.
AF gets top CMM rating
The Ogden Air Logistics Center's Software Engineering Division is now among the pantheon of software development organizations. Last month the division at Hill Air Force Base, Utah, received the Level 5 Capability Maturity Model designation for its software development work. It is the first government organization to earn the top CMM rating.
Warfighting systems get a once-over during JWID
SUFFOLK, Va.—The sign in the lobby of the Joint Training, Analysis and Simulation Center here said it all: "Warning! All Portable Computers and Diskettes Brought Into the Center Must Be Virus-Scanned And Marked." As visitors entered the facility, security guards at the front desk used a scanning station to enforce the edict.
Navy needs cohesive strategy for year 2000 fixes, GAO report says
The Navy's lack of management and oversight controls could prevent it from fixing its computer systems by 2000, a General Accounting Office audit has concluded. The report, Defense Computers: Year 2000 Computer Problems Put Navy Operations at Risk, said the Navy took a decentralized approach to remediation efforts without initially establishing an effective year 2000 program office to manage it.
Hello darlin'—you look great - DOD COMPUTING
The videophones, which cost about $400 each, use analog voice signals on traditional lines. Being separated from the family—it's a soldier's age-old lament. But the Air Force has found a way to unite soldiers and their families using full-color video technology. The service is using videophones at 22 air bases in Europe, including Bosnia-Herzegovina, to let service members see and speak with their families around the globe using standard telephone lines
Army plans $15b assault
Army will spend big on digitization Fiscal 1999: $2.6 billion Fiscal 2000: $2.9 billion Fiscal 2001: $2.9 billion Fiscal 2002: $3.1 billion Fiscal 2003: $3.1 billion The Army has unveiled a five-year plan to spend nearly $15 billion to digitize battlefield operations.
GAO: Pentagon must play larger role in Force XXI
The Army so far has exercised acquisition oversight over its Force XXI battlefield digitization initiative, but the General Accounting Office contends that should change. Defense Department senior management should scrutinize the cost and schedule risks related to creating the first digitized battlefield, GAO said in a report late last month. At the heart of the Army's battlefield digitization effort is the Force XXI Battle Command, Brigade and Below (FBCB2) program. For the FBCB2 program, the service is
AF awards $486 million in training contracts
The Aeronautical Systems Center this month awarded five vendors contracts worth $486 million jointly to develop training systems for the Air Force. The vendors—Boeing Co.; Camber Corp. of Huntsville, Ala.; Intelx Corp. of Leesburg, Va.; Lockheed Martin Corp.; and Raytheon Training Inc. of Irving, Texas—will provide the Air Force with systems, courseware, training and support.
JWID demos become jewels
"The C4I technologies will boost interoperability," said Gen. Henry Shelton, Joint Chiefs chairman. The 1998 Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration begins a new chapter in the short history of the annual exercise designed to mine Gold Nugget—or outstanding—information technologies. JWID '98, sponsored by U.S. Atlantic Command, runs through July 30. Though this year's demonstration is smaller than last year's monthlong exercise, Defense Department officials are calling it a groundbreaking event.
DOD creates new office to battle cyberterrorism
Deputy secretary John Hamre says that cyberspace has no definable geographical borders. In what deputy Defense secretary John Hamre called a radical departure, the Defense Department is creating a new office to defend the United States' infrastructure from cyberattack. It's radical because the scope of the work is outside DOD's jurisdiction, he said last month at the Defense Special Weapons Agency's Annual International Conference on Controlling Arms.
Senate kills info warfare funds in DOD spending bill
"The funding is critical to DOD's information assurance," Wells said. The Senate's Defense Department oversight committees have thrown DOD's Information Assurance Program into budget limbo by slashing proposed fiscal 1999 funds that the department requested to protect its systems from cyberattack. The House last month approved the full $69.9 million request as part of the fiscal 1999 Defense appropriations bill. But the Senate Appropriations and Armed Services committees axed the
DOD agrees with IG, builds new system to track code work
ASD-C3I's Arthur Money says an improved database for Defense agencies' use is in the works. The Defense Department is fielding a new database to track progress on year 2000 programs. DOD began work on the database in May. It had been using the Defense Integration Support Tools database to monitor date code work departmentwide.
JWID '98 expands on past and looks to future
Military leaders will put a smorgasbord of high-tech systems through their paces during Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration '98, which begins today. The Coalition Wide Area Network, which lets U.S. and allied forces share operational data, is making a return engagement from last year's JWID. The Defense Information Systems Agency developed CWAN for coalition forces because America's allies cannot use the Defense Department's Secret IP Router Network.
Oceans apart, Navy sailors see eye-to-eye via videoconferencing
Videoconferences let commanders carry out routine meetings. The service wants all its ships and submarines to have videoconferencing systems by 2003. The Video Teleconferencing (VTC) Project is part of the service's Information Technology for the 21st Century initiative, said Adm. Archie Clemins, commander of the Navy's Pacific Fleet, at last month's Naval League Convention in Seattle.
DOD scripts revision to date code management plan
"Read it. Do it. Report back," Curtis said. The Defense Department has drafted a new Year 2000 Management Plan to give systems managers more detailed guidance on fixing date codes. Defense in April 1997 issued its first version of the Year 2000 Management Plan, which contained broad guidance on prioritizing systems with date code flaws. A draft second version with more specifics was issued late last month by William Curtis, DOD's
Gen. Hartzog, digital battlefield backer, to retire
Gen. William Hartzog, commander of the Army's Training and Doctrine Command, will retire in October after 35 years of military service. Lt. Gen. John Abrams, deputy TRADOC commander, will receive a fourth star when he replaces Hartzog. Hartzog has been the chief advocate for the Army's Force XXI battlefield digitization effort.
Software glitches leave Navy Smart Ship dead in the water
The Navy's Smart Ship technology may not be as smart as the service contends. Although PCs have reduced workloads for sailors aboard the Aegis missile cruiser USS Yorktown, software glitches resulted in system failures and crippled ship operations, according to Navy officials. Navy brass have called the Yorktown Smart Ship pilot a success in reducing manpower, maintenance and costs. The Navy began running shipboard applications under Microsoft Windows NT so that fewer sailors would be needed to
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