Network Centric Warfare 2004, Institute for Defense and Government Advancement Announce Winners of First Ever NCW AWARDS(tm) 1/22/2004
From: Josh Goldgar of IDGA, 212-885-2741 or joshua.goldgar@idga.org . WASHINGTON, Jan. 22 -- Network Centric Warfare 2004 Conference and Exhibition and The Institute for Defense and Government Advancement officially announced the winners of the 2004 NCW AWARDS(tm) yesterday in Washington, D.C. "The winners will no doubt set the standards of excellence for incorporating this transformational concept into current and future work for the Department of Defense and its partners," commented Michael Levenberg, executive director of IDGA. The NCW AWARDS(tm) judging panel consisted of leading Military and Industry experts and practitioners in the field of NCW. These judges selected one winner and two honorable mentions across the four categories. The results are listed below: Most Innovative U.S. Government Program/Initiative Winner: Blue Force Tracking, PM FBCB2, US Army Honorable Mention: Horizontal Fusion, OASD(NII) Honorable Mention: Hairy Buffalo Program, NAVAIR --- Best Contributions to the Development of NCW Theory Winner: Dr. David S. Alberts Honorable Mention: Using Architectures for Research Development and Acquisition, ASN (RDA) Architecture Team Honorable Mention: Future Combat Systems Command & Control, DARPA, IXO --- Best NCW Program/Initiative from a Coalition Partner Winner: TITAAN, Royal Netherlands Army Command and Control Support Centre Honorable Mention: Common Operating Decision System, Norwegian Battle Lab & Experimentation Honorable Mention: NBD Strategy Programme, Swedish Armed Forces Strategic Plans & Policy Directorate --- Outstanding Achievement from the Defense Industry Winner: Network Centric Collaborative Targeting, L-3 Communications, ComCept Division Honorable Mention: Tactical Targeting Network Technology, Rockwell Collins Honorable Mention: High-Data Rate Wireless Networking Technologies, L-3 Communications -- Communications Systems West About the NCW AWARDS(tm) The Network Centric Warfare (NCW) Awards have been established to honor, recognize and promote initiatives in the US Department of Defense, Coalition Governments, and Defense Industry that exemplify the principles of network-centric warfare and support information age transformation. To identify these leading programs and initiatives, IDGA has enlisted a distinguished panel of defense sector leaders to accurately and objectively evaluate the network-centric innovations that support our military operations. The winners will exemplify the best in current initiatives and undoubtedly set new standards of excellence for incorporating this transformational concept into future work for the Department of Defense and its partners. For more information, visit http://www.ncwawards.com. About IDGA The Institute for Defense & Government Advancement has established itself as a non-partisan information-based organization dedicated to the promotion of innovative ideas in public service and defense. We bring together speaker panels comprised of military and government professionals while attracting delegates with decision-making power from military, government and defense industries. IDGA events are well- researched, uniquely tailored topics that keep our delegates abreast of operational and industry advancements as well as provide a forum to gain access to influential representatives and professionals from the aforementioned industries. For more information on IDGA conferences and symposiums please contact Josh Goldgar, director of communications, at joshua.goldgar@idga.org. |