Diálogo is a professional military magazine published quarterly by the Commander of the United States Southern Command as an international forum for military personnel in Latin America.

Extreme Miniaturization to Navigate without GPS

Extreme Miniaturization to Navigate without GPS

The U.S. Military relies on the space-based Global Positioning System (GPS) to aid air, land and sea navigation. Like the GPS units in many automobiles today, a simple receiver and some processing power is all that is needed for accurate navigation. But, what if the GPS satellites suddenly became...

 

DARPA Envisions the Future of Machine Learning

DARPA Envisions the Future of Machine Learning

Machine learning – the ability of computers to understand data, manage results, and infer insights from uncertain information – is the force behind many recent revolutions in computing.

 

DARPA Tactical Technology Office to Host First Proposers’ Day

DARPA Tactical Technology Office to Host First Proposers’ Day

DARPA’s Tactical Technology Office (TTO) creates advanced platforms, weapons and space systems to help preserve U.S. Military superiority through overwhelming technological advantage. However, constantly evolving technologies, shifting warfighter mission requirements and limited budgets mean TTO ...

 

U.S. Southern Command to Launch Nanosatellites by Year’s End

U.S. Southern Command to Launch Nanosatellites by Year’s End

The United States Southern Command (SOUTHCOM) is looking to space technologies to respond to the communication requirements for the battlefield. And, in this quest, the Command is placing big hopes on small and inexpensive satellites. These platforms are known as cubesats, or more commonly, as na...

 

World’s Largest Space Observatory Opens in Chile

World’s Largest Space Observatory Opens in Chile

ALMA, the largest ground-based astronomic observatory worldwide with an unprecedented capacity that will allow examining some of the most remote areas in the universe, was inaugurated on March 13 in the desert of northern Chile.

 

Brazilian Navy Inaugurates Infrastructure for Construction of Nuclear Submarine

Brazilian Navy Inaugurates Infrastructure for Construction of Nuclear Submarine

On March 1, in the presence of President Dilma Rousseff, the Brazilian Navy inaugurated its Steel Structure Fabrication Unit (UFEM), which is part of the construction and maintenance infrastructure of submarines being implemented by the Navy in Itaguai, Rio de Janeiro.

 

The Majority of Passwords Worldwide Are Vulnerable

The Majority of Passwords Worldwide Are Vulnerable

A great deal of digital passwords generally used to access different services, such as Internet, online banking through computers, smart phones or tablets, are vulnerable due to repetition, according to a report published by Deloitte in February in Panama.