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Army purchases more counter-fire radars
Lockheed Martin will supply an additional 33 Q-53 radars under $206 million contract.
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Air Force awards $14M modification for space situational awareness prototype
Lockheed Martin will support the Joint Space Operational Center under NETCENTS.
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Maritime exercise marks milestone for U.S.-China joint operations
U.S. 5th Fleet participates with Chinese navy in bilateral counter-piracy scenarios.
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Navy modification increases Global Hawk contract award to $95M
Northrup Grumman will provide operations, maintenance service.
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GAO finds redundancies with Next Generation Jammer
While new Navy jammer would fill a specific gap, functional overlap exists between current technologies.
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DOD planning for major civilian, procurement cuts in fiscal 2014
The Defense Department is reportedly preparing to lay off more than 6,200 civilians in October.
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Marine Corps deploys upgraded biometric scanner
The Biometric Enrollment Screening Device matches fingerprints, iris images and facial photos.
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Hagel says joint exercise expansion key to Asia Pacific pivot
U.S. shift is progressing despite sequestration.
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Army looks to integrate micro drones
Barclay stresses combined operations as a way to stretch procurement dollars.
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DOD's push for secure mobile comms leverages commercial tools
Commercial encryption, biometrics help DOD prevent eavesdropping.
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DARPA field tests tactical cloud software
Edge network software would turn mobile devices into battlefield servers.
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Navy logistics tool emulates Expedia
Web-based tool pinpoints available shipping capacity.
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B-1B Lancer crashes during routine training
All four crew members safely ejected from the bomber.
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Navy awards $18M modification for Aegis testing
Aegis Combat System can simultaneously attack land targets, submarines and surface ships.
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Army buys six Shadow drones for $11.8M
The RQ-7B collects intelligence, relays real time video.
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Coast Guard procurement of navigation app raises security concerns
Coast Guard seeks to replace mission critical paper navigation with electronic system.
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Internet chat rooms used for joint exercise command and control
U.S. and Australian forces used chats alongside traditional technology during Talisman Saber.
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Navy awards $243M contract for aircraft engineering services
Six contractors will provide systems engineering services to the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Department.
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President Obama cancels U.S. participation in Egypt’s Bright Star Exercise
The biennial training brings thousands of U.S. air and ground forces to Egypt.
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