On November 16th 2012, the US-China Economic and Security Review Commission released its annual report to Congress reviewing topics including China’s military developments. The report states: “In order to defeat a superior opponent, the Area Control Strategy emphasizes degrading an opponent’s technological advantages; striking first in a conflict, and establishing military control over China’s periphery, especially the...

We are pleased to announce the date for the second annual Military Education & Training Blackboard User Group (METBUG) conference. It will be March 14, 2012 at the Joint Forces Staff College in Norfolk, VA. The conference is FREE and open to all Military and Federal civilian agencies. We hope you will join us and the 100+ attendees it attracts for what we feel is a very friendly, honest, informed and informative conference. METBUG is Black...

Building Effective Partnerships to Achieve Coastal and Offshore Safety and Security Offshore Patrol Vessels (OPVs) are the primary means of Coastal Water and Maritime Homeland Defense. Unfortunately, there are major capability gaps in the US maritime, Coast Guard, and Custom Border Protection interdiction strategy. These gaps can be closed with more effective OPVs, but to do this, decision makers must have access to practical, innovative progr...

Join Google and DLT Solutions for a seminar exploring Google's vision and how it can support the Department of Defense missions. Learn first-hand how geospatial visualization and effective enterprise level search and collaboration allow you to grow and scale your organization's IT infrastructure to meet the current challenges of today's Military environment. From Google’s Earth Enterprise to Search Appliance and Apps, the DoD is rapidly...

In-agency technology expositions are time- and cost-effective for both on-site personnel and the exhibiting companies. The result is an efficient, orderly dissemination of information to personnel and an effective means of marketing for technology vendors.Each year, NCSI produces more than 125 in-agency technology expositions. These tabletop events consist of 25-50 technology companies exhibiting the latest in mission-related, emerging technol...