Recently added articles from CHIPS:

Editor's notebook.(Editorial)

Apr 01, 2008; Anderson, Sharon ... The focus for this issue is maritime security--a foundation for national security and economic well-being. But these objectives can only be reached through stability operations and coalition cooperation on a global scale. To this end, U.S. Navy and joint forces are projecting a ...

DON CIO: putting information to work for our people.

Apr 01, 2008; Carey, Robert J. ... The theme of this CHIPS issue, maritime strategy, is about applying maritime power to the crucial responsibility of protecting U.S. vital interests in a world that is increasingly interconnected and yet, increasingly uncertain. Our maritime forces provide security with the ...

U.S. Africa command: building mutual trust, respect and confidence through a sustained relationship with African countries.

Apr 01, 2008; Shorey, Denise ... U.S. Africa Command is the Department of Defense's newest regional command. The command will be responsible for U.S. military relations and activities with 53 African nations when it becomes an independent unified command in October 2008. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] ...

Congratulations to the 2008 IM/IT Excellence Award and Federal 100 Award winners.(Information Management/Information Technology)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Congratulations are in order for individuals and teams throughout the Department of the Navy. The DON Chief Information Officer presented DON Information Management/Information Technology (IM/IT) Excellence Awards Feb. 5, 2008, during the DON IM/IT Conference in San Diego, Calif ....

Combined joint task force-horn of Africa: defense, diplomacy and development.

Apr 01, 2008 ... The Horn of Africa contains some of the most volatile areas in the world, countries ravaged by poverty, instability, violence, human rights violations, natural catastrophes and piracy. But the Combined Joint Task Force-Horn of Africa, under the leadership of the State Department and ...

The sheep and the goat.

Apr 01, 2008; Folktale, Somali ... Once upon a time a goat and a sheep lived together in a lovely house. One day they left their house to eat some grass. When the goat returned, she saw a snake coming out of the house. The snake stopped by the door of the house. It was waiting to eat anything that tried to enter the house. ...

Q & A with Cynthia Gonsalves acting director office of Technology Transition Office of the Deputy under Secretary of Defense (Advanced Systems & Concepts).(Interview)

Apr 01, 2008 ... As the Acting Director for the Office of Technology Transition (OTT), Ms. Cynthia Gonsalves is responsible for formulating policies and establishing and managing programs that transition advanced technologies from research and development (R&D) to weapons systems in an affordable manner to ...

Hold your breaches!

Apr 01, 2008; Muck, Steve ... All Department of the Navy personnel should continue to increase their level of awareness about properly safeguarding personally identifiable information (PII). To learn more about properly safeguarding PII, go to http://privacy.navy.mil. The synopsis at right of a recently ...

The defense acquisition challenge program: DAC gives small and medium-sized vendors the opportunity to inject innovative proposals into the Defense market.

Apr 01, 2008 ... Authorized by Title 10, U.S.C. Sec 2359b, the Defense Acquisition Challenge Program (DACP), part of the Office of the Deputy Under Secretary of Defense for Advanced Systems and Concepts, provides increased opportunities for the introduction of innovative and cost-saving technologies into ...

Serving at the pointy end of the spear in the Pacific: SPAWARSYSACTPAC scores high with strong leadership for mission success.

Apr 01, 2008; Newton, Joanne ... As an organization under the command of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, San Diego, SPAWAR Systems Activity Pacific (SPAWARSYSACTPAC) provides electronics materiel and information technology support, planning, installation design, installation, maintenance engineering, training, ...

The Joint Tactical Radio System: competition in production, open standards, software reuse through a repository and a joint governance structure turn the once struggling program into a winner providing capabilities to warfighters at the tactical edge.

Apr 01, 2008 ... The Joint Tactical Radio System, the once troubled Defense Department major acquisition program for developing and procuring software-defined radios, has been revitalized through a new business model that not only saves money, but delivers net-centric cutting edge technology into the ...

Q&A with JPEO for JTRS Dennis Bauman and Deputy JPEO for JTRS Howard Pace.(Joint Program Executive Office of the Joint Tactical Radio System)(Interview)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Q: Can you talk about the logistics tail? In the competition between vendors, how are maintenance and repair competed? Mr. Bauman: With everything there are pluses and minuses. When you compete in production, you save a considerable amount of money in purchasing product, but in ...

U.S. Southern Command.(Agency overview)

Apr 01, 2008 ... Admiral James Stavridis Commander, U.S. Southern Command Admiral James Stavridis, a 1976 distinguished graduate of the U.S. Naval Academy, assumed command of the U.S. Southern Command Oct. 19, 2006. Adm. Stavridis earned a Ph.D. and master of arts in law and ...

Feeding the fighting force.

Apr 01, 2008; Anderson, Sharon ... "Our motto is, 'Warfighter Recommended, Warfighter Tested, Warfighter Approved.' Nothing goes in or out of a combat ration unless it has been tasted and tested by warfighters in the field." --Program Integrator Kathy Evangelos Combat Feeding Directorate U.S. Army Natick Soldier ...

Marine Air Ground Task Force C2 and joint interoperability: a portfolio approach to delivering capability to the warfighter.(command and control)

Apr 01, 2008; Westphal, Marty ... Command and control is the union of the art and science of war. C2 integration enables commanders to exert their leadership and influence throughout the battlespace and to assess the outcome of that exertion. Both "command"--the human component--and "control"--the scientific and ...

Research and development of algorithms for automated video surveillance: increasing automated system accuracy by improving algorithms used for digital motion estimation.

Apr 01, 2008 ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As the use of digital video for surveillance increases, there remains a need to automate and improve these systems, not only to decrease the amount of manpower required to operate surveillance systems, but also to increase their capability. This article ...

Can you hear me now? The four stages to addressing spectrum supportability.

Apr 01, 2008; Kidd, Tom ... [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Federal regulation and Department of Defense (DoD) and Department of the Navy (DON) policy require that spectrum supportability must be addressed before acquiring communications-electronics (CE) systems and equipment that require use of the electromagnetic ...

DON CIO Lean Six Sigma: streamlining the spectrum supportability process.

Apr 01, 2008; Kidd, Thomas ... The Department of the Navy Chief Information Officer (DON CIO) has embarked upon a Lean Six Sigma (LSS) project to improve data collection and dissemination for rapidly procured DON spectrum-dependent equipment being introduced into theater for the global war on terrorism (GWOT). ...

Grand opening for the Distributed Training Center Atlantic.

Apr 01, 2008; Anderson, Sharon ... It's not every day that the Navy opens a state-of-the-art facility for conducting and coordinating live and virtual training with joint and coalition forces, but Feb. 28, onboard Naval Air Station Oceana, Dam Neck Annex, the Distributed Training Center Atlantic (DTCL) officially opened its ...

Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center, Charleston: leads the way in the global war on terrorism with Lean Six Sigma: improved manufacturing processes and a dedicated team help to aggressively ramp up MRAP vehicle production.

Apr 01, 2008; Phillips, Brian E. ... SSC Charleston is leading the charge protecting warfighters with state-of-the-art technology by overseeing the integration of the command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) suite into Mine Resistant Ambush Protected (MRAP) vehicles, ...