Monthly Archives: July 2009

Afghan Army and Police get a helo simulator

By Sean Gallagher | Published: July 22, 2009
A bit of propaganda from the Armed Forces Network: a video on the delivery of anMi-17 flight simulator. The simulator, from Bucharest-based Simultec, is an Mi-17 Full Mission Simulator (FMS). It will give Afghan pilots the ability to train under a wide range of simulated conditions to prepare them for flying counter-narcotics and [...]
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Backing Obama, US Senate votes no on new F-22s

By Sean Gallagher | Published: July 22, 2009
Backing Obama, US Senate votes no on new F-22s. (Spacewar.com). While not necessarily the death knell for the F-22, it certainly will set back the future for the aircraft.
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FORGE.mil set for secret code

By Sean Gallagher | Published: July 22, 2009
Update [7/22] I spoke with DISA’s Rob Vietmeyer yesterday. FORGE.mil currently consists of a collaborative software development site; it’s open to use by all of DOD and contractors with NIPRNet (and now SIPRNet) access to create applications that can be openly shared within DOD. The impetus for creating a classified net version of [...]
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FCS RIP…sort of

By Sean Gallagher | Published: July 20, 2009
The Army officially announced the “partial termination” of the Manned Ground Vehicle segment of the Future Combat Systems program. FCS is being restructured into a number of programs under the aegis of th Brigade Combat Team (BCT) Modernization. The New York Times published what amounts to an obituary for FCS today, discussing [...]
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Gates to ask for 22,000 more troops

By Sean Gallagher | Published: July 20, 2009
Secretary of Defense Gates is reportedly preparing to request that the size of the military be increased by 22,000 to ease the burden on deployed troops and allow for better rotation times during the sustained war in Afghanistan. This has gotten a predictably favorable reaction from some quarters: Brian Wise, Executive Director of Military Families United, a [...]
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Congress hammers NECC for lack of coordination

By Sean Gallagher | Published: July 20, 2009
I’m working on a story on the Net Enabled Command Capability program at DISA, the SOA-based successor to the Global Command and Control System family of systems (GCCS FoS). The Senate Armed Services Committee has essentially ordererd NECC’s termination because, as the Senate sees it, there’s been a lack of coordination between the services [...]
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Public records access gone awry

By Sean Gallagher | Published: July 14, 2009
Yesterday, my brother had his house burglarized while he slept. Today, he got two calls from telemarketers selling alarm systems and protection from home invasion. Coincidence?
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