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US Navy ordered to reinstate sailor following AOL flap
News A federal judge yesterday ordered the US Navy to comply with his earlier ruling reinstating a sailor who successfully fought dismissal after an investigator suggested he was homosexual based on information from the sailor's America Online profile.
[March 27, 1998, 10:19]
A Year Ago: US Navy reports on Kosovo conflict "cyber-soldiers"
News A new report commissioned by the US Navy's European department reportedly claims the Kosovan conflict could have been shortened by "at least half" if the US Defence Department had adequately trained "cyber-soldiers".
[October 7, 2000, 7:04]
US Navy reports on Kosovo conflict "cyber-soldiers"
News A new report commissioned by the US Navy's European department reportedly claims the Kosovan conflict could have been shortened by "at least half" if the US Defence Department had adequately trained "cyber-soldiers".
[October 7, 1999, 15:25]
Linux to power US Navy aircraft
Talkback In the 1980s, many US Navy shipborn applications were hosted on UNIX systems. So when I hear that the US Navy is using Linux, my feeling is that the USN is returning to its roots. On day, the Navy deployed a destroyer running MS-Windows.
[August 2, 2006, 5:59]
Up periscope: Adobe's GUI updates for US Navy's green screens
Blog Anyway, in a “not really a press release or formal announcement” kind of type of thing, Turner spoke about her company's work with the US Navy to work with its systems people to potentially help update the green-screen terminals still used inside...
[December 5, 2008, 6:31]
Linux to power US Navy aircraft
News Boeing will use Wind River's Linux to run surveillance and other mission computing tasks in the P-8A Multi-Mission Maritime Aircraft, a 737 modified for US Navy uses such as finding submarines and other tasks, said Chip Downing, senior aerospace...
[July 31, 2006, 9:45]
Anti-war hackers strike the US Navy
News Perhaps most notably, the US Navy Web site was hacked by an activist called Apocalypse. Virus writer and hacker activity has stepped up dramatically since the US and UK armed forces started their war against Iraq.
[March 21, 2003, 17:17]
Linux to power US Navy aircraft
Talkback A very wise decision. Anyway that's my personal opinion. Linux is a very stable operation system. It also has proved it's capability in the film industry (Titanic) and the space industry. What I would like to know is: Which distribution is going to...
[August 2, 2006, 13:35]
Linux to power US Navy aircraft
Talkback Where are all the open source advocates' comments? Don't they want to boast about its military applications? Here, take my work and apply it to anything you like. Code doesn't kill people. People kill people.
[July 31, 2006, 13:50]
Italian police nab NASA hackers
News Italian police have arrested fourteen hackers, who are accused of thousands of computer intrusions, including attacks on the US Army and Navy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).
[August 2, 2002, 15:45]
US brings down its spy satellite
Blog The US Navy claims to have scored a hit on an ailing spy satellite, and brought it down. Last week the Pentagon announced that the US Navy was to fire on the satellite. According to a US DoD press release, at about 10.26pm EST yesterday the USS...
[February 21, 2008, 12:53]
Navy set sights on Linux programmers
News The US' Naval Oceanographic Office, which relies on Linux for many of its information-gathering activities, has linked with the Open Source Software Institute (OSSI) to study how the Navy might improve its use of open-source programs.
[October 11, 2001, 14:59]
British man to be extradited for US military hacks
News McKinnon is believed to have attacked the Earle Naval Weapons Station, a US Navy command centre responsible for supplying munitions to the Atlantic fleet, three times between April 2001 and September 2001.
[November 13, 2002, 9:10]
Italian hackers: Business or leisure?
News Italy's Guardia di Finanza, or financial police, last week arrested 14 people around the country, accusing them of thousands of computer intrusions, including attacks on the US Army and Navy and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration...
[August 5, 2002, 12:04]
IT pioneer Norris dies
News Before that, he worked on code breaking for the US Navy in World War II and ran the Univac division of Sperry. Working on code-breaking calculators for the US Navy during the war, he was in at the start of the computer industry, and set up the Navy...
[August 23, 2006, 15:20]
Tuesday
Blog I work at a US Navy R&D lab and we are in the midst of developing similar capabilities on an iPAQ. While the US Navy has been known for its fascinating experiments involving running warships on Windows (subsequently towing them back to base while...
[September 5, 2002, 16:58]
EDS announces massive job cuts
News EDS has been beset by challenges, including a recent downgrade by Moody's Investors Service of EDS debt to "junk" status, losses from a massive and troubled contract with the US Navy and an ongoing probe by the US Securities and Exchange Commission.
[September 13, 2004, 13:30]
EDS expects huge loss
News A massive project to upgrade the US Navy's computer and communication systems has been delayed for reasons that include "inefficient program management," according to EDS. The company recently wrote off $559m related to the Navy agreement.
[March 16, 2004, 8:20]
Solaris to enlist military security
News Sun is keen to push its close ties with the US military, including the Army and Navy, given recent public-relations setbacks to Windows and Linux. The company claims that the Navy is a keen user of its SunRay thin client technology because the...
[September 18, 2003, 11:30]
Rupert Goodwins' Diary
Blog Meanwhile, navies are getting the hang of the stealth warship -- the Swedes have their Windows--NT powered Visby corvette (no jokes about the shipyard name, Kockums, please), while the US Navy is hard at work building the DD (X) destroyer.
[June 18, 2004, 18:45]
