The Army wants a single seamless data system from home base to the front line. That’s even harder than it sounds.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Gone are the days of a stately, deliberate, laborious acquisition process in which the Army would plan out the future in detail before going to industry. “We’d almost always guess wrong,” said Maj. Gen. David Bassett. “Eventually we’d deliver yesterday’s technology tomorrow.”
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Army foot soldiers are going into battle with more and more electronics, wirelessly networked both to each other and to distant command posts. So can GI Joe be hacked?
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.Sun Tzu said all warfare is based on deception. Today, that means electronic deception.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.The Army is already struggling to man its new cyber units — and now it wants to expand their ranks and responsibilities for a new mission.
By Sydney J. Freedberg Jr.