navy federal. i was not about to let anything happen to her. just looking out for my wingman. he's still in training. open to the armed forces, the dod and their families. navy federal credit union. >> welcome back to defense news. i wanted to continue. i know you attended the special operations forces exhibition and there was a lot of talk about cooperation in the region. >> everyone wants to cooperate. was the theme of the conference and a lot of cooperation is going on not only in the overt battle, but covertly. and with covert partners, i might add. cooperation is key . how effectively this can be implemented is an open issue. >> challenges and information sharing, can that really unite them in terms of the fight? >> they train a lot of special forces at a special training site. as you suggested, it is very difficult. not only operationally, but politically. today's friends can be tomorrow's foes. ago, the syrians were considered allies and a common fight against terror and of course the jordanian government is at office it ends. things change. jordan. as aw jordan has emerged leader. froms their role different others among the allies? for jordan and king abdullah, this is a

navy federal credit union. ♪ we are back with more from conference,space this time showing you the coolest gadgets for those of you did not check them out in person. our on the show floor, it is chock full of toys exhibitors bring forward. let's check them out. this is a huge hit. it is a surface vessel that can find those lost at sea. drones are not always good news. especially when they are defender, which uses electromagnetic waves to jam drones and keep them away from base. the defense department and homeland security have about 100 of these, but it is not available for public use. for troops in combat, there are toys like this sensor, which can transmit your vital signs wirelessly to an android app act at command. wearable technologies like touchscreens that they can attach to kids and take on the battlefield. to go with that, they need a centralized data pack where they can power that technology and record everything happening on the battlefield. this is the micro weather center by physical optics corpora

navy federal credit union. jill: senior reporter amber corrin recently interviewed the chief of the satellite communications division at the systems agency. he is starting the opti and indicating to an analysis of alternatives for the air force. he asked -- she asked mr. miller how that is coming along. >> it is designed with the air force to determine the optimum octomom -- thee optimum mixture could we took current analysis and looked back on the analysis that i went pricing structure on different and purchasingg arrangements and looked at what would be the national requirement -- national requirement based on the report and we basically built a model that would help us to determine the optimum mixture for each theater based on requirement. it is coming quite well and we expect to finish the work at the end of this month, april, and started up to the chain of command and delivering the final product. amber: ?hat point this this something it will be released to the public? bedon't anticipate it will releas

navy federal credit union. >> welcome back to "defense news" and our innovation segment. sandbox is an android and i.o.s. app for service members, veterans and families that makes it easier for the military community to stay in ones.with loved i sat down with the c.e.o. a former marine to find out how off the grounds. >> really it started in the marine corps. hey were looking for family redness platform and general smith and i got together and how can we create a better solution for the entire community. >> from idea to actually getting off the ground you told me you are not a developer. how did you make this happen? was quite a crazy roller coaster and still is. trying to t understand what the key pinpoints were and build the around that. effectively it was taking the organizational structure of wrapping it in a secure user experience framework akin to the mobile user. development started initially looking toward development houses in new york overseas but what we realized is we needed to develop in-house