WHITE SANDS MISSILE RANGE, N.M., May 2, 2011 -- Soldiers preparing for this summer's Network Integration Evaluation at White Sands Missile Range are receiving training on the new Force XXI Battle ...

MCLEAN, Va., Feb. 23, 2011 (GLOBE NEWSWIRE) -- The U.S. Army has approved for fielding the next-generation Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) system, called Joint Capabilities Release ...

Northrop Grumman Corp. wants U.S. and coalition forces on foot to have the same digital communication abilities that they have inside their vehicles. "The Army needs better dismounted communications.

The Defense Department continues to push for more network-enabled capabilities that can help warfighters more quickly and safely execute operations in the field, but network limitations could slow the ...

BOSTON — The Pentagon next year plans to expand its distribution of U.S. Army-designed equipment that is intended to help soldiers on the battlefield avoid friendly fire This joint version of the ...

A next-generation situational awareness system will start fielding in fiscal 2012, providing a quantum leap in capabilities for the Army and Marine Corps Blue Force Tracking network, part of the Force ...

The US Army has completed formal evaluation of the next-generation software version of the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2), developed by Northrop Grumman Corporation . Field testing ...

As the readiness management chief for the Army's situational awareness system, Mr. Jeffery Forgach was recently honored by the U.S. Army Acquisition Corps for his contributions, but the ultimate ...

Comtech Mobile Datacom Corporation, Germantown, Maryland, was awarded a $25,425,000 firm-fixed-price contract for services supporting the Force XXI Battle Command Brigade and Below (FBCB2) systems.

It's not the earth-grinding Paladin howitzers and Abrams tanks that give the Army's 4th Infantry Division its moniker - the "digitized division." The heavy hardware is guided by a sophisticated ...

FBCB2 is the key situational awareness and command-and-control system used by US and coalition forces. More than 95,000 FBCB2 systems have been deployed worldwide, forming the world's largest tactical ...