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    Webcast: The Role of Spacepower on the Modern Battlefield

    This event took place on December 16, 2025 As modern warfare expands into new domains, space plays a critical role in offensive, defensive and communications capabilities. Critical infrastructure relies on space, as satellites provide key components…

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    DoD Decision Advantage: Agentic AI as the Accelerant

    Artificial intelligence (AI) is a top priority for the Department of Defense (DoD), as its data collection, analysis and management capabilities can help U.S. forces maintain an information advantage in the field. But as with any…

  • Clearing the Fog of War

    Clearing the Fog of War

    Surviving the Realities of Modern Combat Today’s operational environments demand more from our warfighters than ever before. In Ukraine, we’ve seen how contested communications and GPS jamming can cripple even the most technologically advanced forces. Soldiers must operate on the move, maintain situational awareness and communicate across diverse networks amid chaos. To achieve a true…

  • Apex Defense: Where Defense Meets Innovation

    Apex Defense: Where Defense Meets Innovation

    Apex Defense is more than just a typical defense event. Scheduled for April 23-24, 2025, at the Gaylord National Harbor, MD, this groundbreaking forum is set to redefine how the U.S. military, defense contractors, private capital and cutting-edge tech companies connect with each other. The mission is to “deliver adaptable capability at speed and scale…

  • Webcast: Protecting Data in Contested & Denied Environments

    Webcast: Protecting Data in Contested & Denied Environments

    This event took place December 2, 2024. As the U.S. military adopts a network-centric approach to the modern battlefield, being able to operate in contested and denied environments takes on critical importance. The key considerations include collecting, securing and distributing data in a timely manner, but in addition to those challenges, operating in contested and…

  • Webcast: Software Armories

    Webcast: Software Armories

    This event took place on September 22, 2020. Each of the service hopes to develop and deliver software that adopts the best practices from industry. The Naval Information Warfare Systems Command has started its own version of such tools, which they have dubbed software armories. In 2019, leaders in San Diego kicked off the Collaborative Software Armory (CSA), the cloud-enabled DevSecOps digital environment that facilitates rapid delivery of software applications…

  • JUST LIKE “TOP GUN”

    JUST LIKE “TOP GUN”

    Slider: Ice, we’ve got a problem. I have four aircraft on radar. Four bogeys. Iceman: Wood, we’ve got four bogeys. Wolfman: Wrong, make that five! More than 30 years after the 1986 blockbuster Top Gun, a new upgrade to the Identification Friend or Foe (IFF) system helps pilots avoid dangerous situations like the one featured in the movie’s final scene. “This is a huge upgrade,” said Frank Whiston, director of…

  • Webcast: Understanding the Air Force’s Digital Connective Tissue

    Webcast: Understanding the Air Force’s Digital Connective Tissue

    This event took place on September 15, 2020 During this webcast, we discussed the service’s plans for digital architecture, data standards and the role of software in connecting the Air Force’s weapons through the Advanced Battle Management System and the JADC2 concept. What technical challenges do officials still need to overcome and what kind of momentum is in place to change how the Air Force thinks about these problems? Guest…

  • Why information warriors will be critical in the next conflict

    Why information warriors will be critical in the next conflict

    Pentagon leaders are continuing to put an emphasis on information warfare. That change has manifested itself in new tools and new information nodes throughout each of the services. But while the term “information warfare” can feel nebulous, members of the defense industrial base are starting to find a niche in the new market as a way to help the warfighter and to provide new tools and technology. C4ISRNET spoke to…

  • C4ISRNET CONFERENCE RECAP: THE NEW DRONE MARKETPLACE

    C4ISRNET CONFERENCE RECAP: THE NEW DRONE MARKETPLACE

    The Pentagon’s new Trusted Capital Marketplace program for small unmanned aerial systems is underway. This panel at the 2020 C4ISRNET Conference discussed what it takes to stand up a new domestic drone market and what lessons the Pentagon is learning from the existing market. Guest Speakers Jennifer Santos, Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense, Industrial Policy, Department of Defense Brent Ingraham, Unmanned Systems Technical Director for the Undersecretary of Defense for…

  • WEBCAST: SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND’S TECH PRIORITIES

    WEBCAST: SPECIAL OPERATIONS COMMAND’S TECH PRIORITIES

    C4ISRNET recently spoke with Lisa Sanders, Director of Science and Technology at USSOCOM, and Scott Newbern, Vice President and CTO at AeroVironment. On this webcast they discussed the latest industry trends and news in a contextually relevant environment. Guest Speakers Ms. Lisa Sanders, Director of Science and Technology, USSOCOM Scott Newbern, Vice President and CTO, AeroVironment Moderator Mike Gruss, Executive Editor, C4ISRNET & Defense News Special Operations Command’s science and…

  • Webcast: Developing the Next Battlefield Network

    Webcast: Developing the Next Battlefield Network

    On June 3, 2020, C4ISRNET spoke with COL Garth Winterle, PM Tactical Radios, PEO C3T and COL Rob Ryan, Deputy Director Network Cross Functional Team, Army Futures Command. Guest speaking was also Herman Leybovich, Vice President of Engineering with Klas Telecom Government. Winterle and Ryan outlined the results of a recent design review, described the path to fielding and explained upcoming development activities. Leybovich weighed in with industry perspective. You…