IT brass: C4 reform huge, but moving in 'right direction'

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The House Armed Services Committee's terrorism and unconventional threats subcommittee held a hearing to probe why the Department of Defense (DOD) has so many command, control, communications and computer (C4) systems that perform similar functions. Marine Lt. Gen. Robert Shea, director for communications and computer systems on the Joint Staff, said that IT modernization was an enormous task, but that the military was moving in the right direction.

National Security, Defense Operations & Maintenance, Dept of the Army, Technology application, United States. Army, Military administration, Antiterrorism measures

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U.S. needs new ways to understand enemy use of space: But funding not a priority

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Terrorist opposing the US forces are using satellites for communications and Earth imagery. Military reliance on space has surged over the years, hence military needs enhanced capabilities to better understand its enemies.

Police Protection, Terrorist Control, Security Mgmt-Kidnapping & Terrorism, Analysis, Military aspects, Control, Terrorism, Military strategy, War on Terrorism, 2001-

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