FORT BLISS, Texas - A stimulating scene unfolded, not unlike children in a candy store, as visitors explored the expansive displays of the latest military communications, training and protective ...

Our boy Colin Clark reports that the Army is looking at using smart phones like the iPhone the Droid for communications and other tasks netted in with its secure comms networks in the field.

The challenge military leaders and procurement officers face is the urgency of the need. After all, communications satellites aren’t cellphones or drones and can’t be bought at the local tech store.

The US Army is working on a technique that will allow teams of robots on the battlefield to work together effectively, even when communications become spotty. Called α-shape, the technique helps ...

Because they all have to work together to produce a good, holistic solution for the Army." So far the Army has demonstrated a soldier app portal, showing what a potential app store for the tactical ...

Open-market technology and downward pressures on defense spending are causing changes in the Army's tactical combat communications. The service is going leaner on hardware to push capabilities ...

Streamlining vehicle communications through open architecture is an opportunity to battle the critical size, weight and power issues that have emerged from rapid acquisition of command, control ...

Lt. Gen. Ellen Pawlikowski, USAF, commander, Space and Missile Systems Center, addresses the audience at MILCOM 2011. Armed forces face austere budgets, more mandates to collaborate. In the coming ...

A new high-capacity military communications satellite was launched March 15 to help soldiers on the ground send large transmissions faster.