Department of Defense

Recently, the members of the special operations community and their industry partners came together in Tampa for this year’s Special Operations Forces Industry Conference (SOFIC). Noted as the “premier conference…

As regular readers of The Modern Battlespace know well, making all our military radios interoperable with each other is a critical communications issue that needs to be addressed. Software defined…

Already, it’s been an eventful year for military AI applications. The U.S. Army announced last month that it will be investing $72 million in basic research in artificial intelligence aimed…

There is no doubt that how we view warfare and the battlefield will rapidly change as technologies and advancements continue.  Before we get too far into 2019, the editors of…

As 2018 comes to a close, our team is looking back at the most significant milestones of the year. One of the biggest areas of focus for the year has…

Connectivity challenges on the battlefield can leave a warfighter in a critical state. To ensure warfighter connectivity, the Mobile User Objective System (MUOS) has been implemented. By making smartphone-like capabilities…

Keeping pace with innovation has long been a concern for the Department of Defense (DoD), and much of this concern is tied to the corresponding acquisition process for the department.…

In an earlier post on the Modern Battlespace, we took a look at the Army Futures Command and what it indicates for ongoing innovation in the Department of Defense. Much…