Digital Battlespace

Digital Battlespace is the only dedicated publication delivering news, information and analysis for the global C4ISR community. The new bi-monthly publication, and dedicated online news service, extend the Shephard Group’s existing services to the global C4ISR community and reinforce the success of the company’s related handbooks and events. The Digital Battlespace team delivers timely news, analysis and comment on the pressing issues facing the C4ISR community. The magazine will be delivered to a hand-picked audience of government and military decision-makers and opinion leaders throughout the globe and the audience will keep in touch with issues on a day to day basis through the dedicated www.digital-battlespace.com portal.

Digital Battlespace is the only magazine of its type that will keep the audience in touch with the global issues covering all regions of the world. Leveraging the Shephard Group’s existing expertise in defence and aerospace reporting, the journal continues the company’s tradition of professional, timely and original reporting. Through Shephard’s team of in house journalists and expansive, global network of dedicated correspondents Digital Battlespace covers the widest possible range of issues of concern to the C4ISR practitioners covering everything from sensor development to network generation through concepts of operation to procurement practices.

Whether you are an expert wanting to know the challenges facing the C4ISR community, or a company wanting to reach the right decision-makers, Digital Battlespace is the only magazine that you can rely on to deliver.

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January/February 2010 Issue

03 COMMENT

The editor considers the importance of, and the challenges to, maintaining security and integrity in wireless network systems.

04 NEWS ANALYSIS

US military supports African C3 interoperability… SACEUR emphasises social media…

06 BUILDING UNITY IN DIVERSITY

With little fanfare, the Multilateral Interoperability Programme is showing how to make different national land and joint forces’ C2 systems work together, reports Peter Donaldson.

09 PULLING THROUGH CAPABILITY

Rapid modernisation of US Army BCTs relies on the spiral insertion of capabilities initiated within the former FCS programme and from outside it. Key to this will be the Network Integration Kits. Giles Ebbutt and Scott Gourley assess how far the effort has come.

13 STAYING IN TOUCH WITH SUBMARINES

A broad span of technologies and systems are being developed to enable submerged submarines to maintain robust, long-range connectivity, reports Richard Scott.

18 JOINED-UP THINKING IN THE DESERT

The ISAF in Afghanistan is looking to support a new command structure and refocussed strategy with a fully integrated, coalition-wide CIS infrastructure. Tony Skinner reports.

22 PREPARING FOR THE FUTURE

Wesley Covell, the president of Defense Programs for Harris Government Communications Systems, explains to Peter Donaldson how his organisation’s variety of business models helps it to serve its customers effectively.

24 SEARCHING THE CONCRETE JUNGLE

William F Owen examines how armed forces are optimising their ISR capabilities to meet the challenges of urban warfare.

27 MAKING SENSE OF ISR

Turning ISR data into actionable knowledge has always been a challenge. Peter Donaldson examines some new approaches.

30 CRACKING THE MARKET

Scott Gourley catches up with Rebecca Cowen-Hirsch, president of Inmarsat Government Services, to talk strategy and future growth.

32 SATCOMS TO GO

With their flexibility and lightweight, nimble user terminals, commercial satellite communications systems have a powerful appeal for armed forces looking for a quick fix to capacity shortages or a rapid response to a fast-developing situation, finds Brendan Gallagher.

36 THE FINAL WORD

Georges D’hollander, the new general manager of the NATO C3 Agency, talks to Tony Skinner about the challenges of enabling secure interoperability to support operations in Afghanistan.

COVER STORY

A joint intelligence centre (JIC) is a focal point for military data, allowing the centralisation of all forces’ intelligence systems. PHOTO: THALES