ABERDEEN PROVING GROUND, Md., 30 April 2015. U.S. Army radio communications
experts are moving forward with mass production of the Rifleman
software-defined radio for handheld use by infantry warfighters with
substantial contracts Wednesday to two manufacturers.
Officials of the Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., announced a potential $3.9 billion contract with options to Harris RF Communications in Rochester, N.Y., and to Thales Defense & Security Inc. in Clarksburg, Md., to produce Rifleman radios....
This isn't the worst of it. This is a different modality than radio communications in the past. I don't approve of the digitalization of the US military, but, if the commanders see this as an advancement then so be it. BUT. There needs to be 'old world' back up in every vehicle and every operation both at the receiver and sender capacity. Digital is the worst idea any one had for the USA military. I am not happy with the poor capacity of digital in my home, yet alone be happy with such capacity for the US military.
But, dig this. The products are going to go out to the troops and then comes this, "Oops."
This is the Army.
This article is from the Navy.
CRANE, Ind., 14 April 2015. U.S. Navy researchers (click here) are working with working with industry and academia to find new ways to create radiation-hardened commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics from the effects of radiation from the explosion of nuclear weapons.
Officials of the Naval Surface Weapons Center in Crane, Ind., invited companies and colleges last week (N0016415SNB38) to work with the Navy to evaluate the survivability of COTS electronics that are exposed to the radiation of nuclear explosions.
Research will involve evaluating modern electronics when they undergo severe changes in behavior when exposed to nuclear radiation. Navy experts particularly are interested in simulations long-term exposure to radiation, as well as high levels of radiation during the first minute of a nuclear explosion....
Do I have to say exactly how stupid this is?
The Army has decided to use these new fangled communication devices; while the Navy is investigating the impact of radiation on COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF electronics.
HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Does one division of the USA military actually talk to the other. Because if they talked to each other the Army would have found the Navy was FIRST going to investigate radiation on the electronics the US military uses on a regular basis and/or emergency communication for domestic emergencies with the people they serve.
I already know digital capacity with a radiation blast is gone. The signal is completely lost and when communication is finally reestablished that information during the blast is gone. Completely gone and the USA military will need a "Secure Military Cloud" where all communication passes through while at war to be stored and reviewed as necessary for lost data.
That is free information. Okay? The Americans that care about the military actually have ideas that might help.
BUT.
I don't approve of digital for the military for exactly what I already stated. It will require a Cloud to retain data for a period of time on a rolling basis depending on capacity. That cloud can be hacked into by the enemy and then they'll have information that the military on the ground has lost and has to spend time to reclaim it.
What does that mean? Dead soldiers beyond what a radiation blast would cause. Doesn't that reality dictate the need for a drone military? No. The minute the USA military has complete and autonomous power without counting on citizens to conduct the military, it becomes a huge problem globally and domestically. I think the military needs to keep up with any enemy's capacity, but, to simply develop a drone military 'in case' it is a good idea is extremely dangerous for everyone.
The biggest danger of a drone military is that it will completely compromised by other countries and then used against the USA. That is not national security. There is no such thing as a hack-proof computer capacity.
There are times when I write criticism of our military I feel as though I should first apologize. Many of these bozo priorities are not necessarily theirs so much as the Congressperson who's district will receive jobs from the wayward project. There are ways to better spend our military dollar and keep levels of personnel the country needs; I strongly suggest the military stop accepting spending on worthless projects and projects that don't fit into a logical progression.
Seriously.
Officials of the Army Contracting Command at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., announced a potential $3.9 billion contract with options to Harris RF Communications in Rochester, N.Y., and to Thales Defense & Security Inc. in Clarksburg, Md., to produce Rifleman radios....
This isn't the worst of it. This is a different modality than radio communications in the past. I don't approve of the digitalization of the US military, but, if the commanders see this as an advancement then so be it. BUT. There needs to be 'old world' back up in every vehicle and every operation both at the receiver and sender capacity. Digital is the worst idea any one had for the USA military. I am not happy with the poor capacity of digital in my home, yet alone be happy with such capacity for the US military.
But, dig this. The products are going to go out to the troops and then comes this, "Oops."
This is the Army.
This article is from the Navy.
CRANE, Ind., 14 April 2015. U.S. Navy researchers (click here) are working with working with industry and academia to find new ways to create radiation-hardened commercial off-the-shelf (COTS) electronics from the effects of radiation from the explosion of nuclear weapons.
Officials of the Naval Surface Weapons Center in Crane, Ind., invited companies and colleges last week (N0016415SNB38) to work with the Navy to evaluate the survivability of COTS electronics that are exposed to the radiation of nuclear explosions.
Research will involve evaluating modern electronics when they undergo severe changes in behavior when exposed to nuclear radiation. Navy experts particularly are interested in simulations long-term exposure to radiation, as well as high levels of radiation during the first minute of a nuclear explosion....
Do I have to say exactly how stupid this is?
The Army has decided to use these new fangled communication devices; while the Navy is investigating the impact of radiation on COMMERCIAL OFF THE SHELF electronics.
HELLO!!!!!!!!!!!!
Does one division of the USA military actually talk to the other. Because if they talked to each other the Army would have found the Navy was FIRST going to investigate radiation on the electronics the US military uses on a regular basis and/or emergency communication for domestic emergencies with the people they serve.
I already know digital capacity with a radiation blast is gone. The signal is completely lost and when communication is finally reestablished that information during the blast is gone. Completely gone and the USA military will need a "Secure Military Cloud" where all communication passes through while at war to be stored and reviewed as necessary for lost data.
That is free information. Okay? The Americans that care about the military actually have ideas that might help.
BUT.
I don't approve of digital for the military for exactly what I already stated. It will require a Cloud to retain data for a period of time on a rolling basis depending on capacity. That cloud can be hacked into by the enemy and then they'll have information that the military on the ground has lost and has to spend time to reclaim it.
What does that mean? Dead soldiers beyond what a radiation blast would cause. Doesn't that reality dictate the need for a drone military? No. The minute the USA military has complete and autonomous power without counting on citizens to conduct the military, it becomes a huge problem globally and domestically. I think the military needs to keep up with any enemy's capacity, but, to simply develop a drone military 'in case' it is a good idea is extremely dangerous for everyone.
The biggest danger of a drone military is that it will completely compromised by other countries and then used against the USA. That is not national security. There is no such thing as a hack-proof computer capacity.
There are times when I write criticism of our military I feel as though I should first apologize. Many of these bozo priorities are not necessarily theirs so much as the Congressperson who's district will receive jobs from the wayward project. There are ways to better spend our military dollar and keep levels of personnel the country needs; I strongly suggest the military stop accepting spending on worthless projects and projects that don't fit into a logical progression.
Seriously.
