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At the Core, It’s Communications
Occasionally lost in the roar of network-centric warfare is its most important aspect: battlefield information systems. Moving information among strategic and tactical commanders is vital to an operation’s success, of course, but the commanders’ expertise must reach and empower the individual warfighter, or else it is for naught.
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Navy Reorganizes for Space
by Robert K. Ackerman

The U.S. Navy has created a new office, Program Executive Officer (PEO) Space Systems, that increases its emphasis on integrated space systems acquisition. PEO Space Systems will act as a single, central acquisition authority.
[FULL STORY]
 
JWID: The Next Generation
Revamped event focuses on homeland defense and interagency communications.
by Maryann Lawlor

Lt. Gen. Harry D. Raduege Jr., USAF, director, Defense Information Systems Agency (DISA), confers with a Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration (JWID) 2003 participant at the Naval Warfare Systems Command. DISA is the lead agency for the event. The Joint Warrior Interoperability Demonstration is transforming from its traditional role as a venue for viewing technologies into a proving ground for solutions that can be fielded within 12 months of completion of the event.
[FULL STORY]
 
AFCEA Intelligence Committee Tackles Integration Impasse
by D.J. Suberk

With the 9/11 hearings becoming a near-national obsession and intelligence community officials testifying to the structural, technological and legal impediments to effective information sharing throughout that community, the AFCEA Intelligence Committee has stepped forward with specific recommendations.
[FULL STORY]
 
E-Service, No Waiting
Citizens go online instead of standing in line to get information, services.
www.afcea.org/signal
by Maryann Lawlor

While the U.S. military is diligently building network centricity into the battlespace, the federal government is constructing virtual bridges between agencies and citizens on the home front. Cyberspace is now a two-way street where information is driven to the public, and citizens steer through the bureaucratic maze.
[FULL STORY]
 
National Terrorism Information Network Links Decision Makers
Intelligence centers provide resources, tools and equipment.
by Henry S. Kenyon

The Pentagon after the terrorist attacks on September 11. 2001. A new World Wide Web-based service allows emergency first responders to access government databases, conduct live online collaborative meetings and send encrypted e-mail in the event of a terrorist attack.
[FULL STORY]
 
Small Businesses Encouraged to Stay Lean and Flexible
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Military leaders must look past what is being built today and focus on developing technologies for 20 years down the road, according to two U.S. Air Force leaders who addressed the AFCEA Small Business Committee.
[FULL STORY]
 
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Seeks Industry Partnerships
by Cheryl Lilie

When the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) changed its name last fall, it did so to represent the agency’s transformation from imaging and mapping to include the varied skills it uses to produce geospatial-intelligence (GEOINT).
[FULL STORY]
 
SIGNAL Magazine Launches New Web Site
www.afcea.org/signal

A new look is just the beginning for the SIGNAL Web site. Find out what new features and products have been added, and then drop in for a visit.
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NGA Industry Day 2004
May 26, 2004
Chantilly, VA
Transformation TechNet
June 8-10, 2004
Virginia Beach, VA
NMCI Industry Symposium
June 20-23, 2004
New Orleans, LA
DOIM/AKM
August 30-Sept. 3, 2004
Ft. Lauderdale, FL

AFCEA Professional Development
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Automated HF Radio
May 18-20, 2004
Covert Internet Comm
May 18-19, 2004
Terrestrial and Wireless Networking
May 24-28, 2004
Principles of Comm Military Systems
May 25-27, 2004
Introductin to Net-Centric Warfare
June 1-4, 2004
Principles of Comms (Satellite/GPS)
June 8-10, 2004


 
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CONTENTS
SIGNAL Magazine Launches New Web Site
A Tribute to Buck Bragunier
AFCEA Educational Foundation
AFCEA Intelligence Committee Tackles Integration Impasse
At the Core, It’s Communications
Connect for a Cure Charity Ball
Contact AFCEA
E-Service, No Waiting
How to Submit Material for SIGNAL Connections
International Contract Awards
JWID: The Next Generation
Meet the Staff
National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency Seeks Industry Partnerships
National Terrorism Information Network Links Decision Makers
Navy Reorganizes for Space
Online Assistance to Small Businesses Grows
Opportunities for European Industry
Small Businesses Encouraged to Stay Lean and Flexible
The Association Advantage
Transformation TechNet Puts Lessons Learned Into Perspective
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