Defense Systems

New technology keeps SATCOM moving with commanders

Commercial satellite communications technology promises to revolutionize the way commanders control ground forces while on the move.

Defense Systems

Access to better intelligence and insight to come--eventually

The planned Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise builds upon the Distributed Common Ground System architecture used by the Army and Air Force in an attempt to provide a coherent, fully analyzed picture of the current operational and physical environment.

Defense Systems

Plan for DISA mobile device network to bring services together

Jennifer Carter, DISA’s component acquisition executive, on setting up a mobile device service that will support DOD classified and unclassified communications.

Defense Systems

Mission support in times of austerity driving Army PEO EIS initiatives

Doug Wiltsie, program executive officer, Army Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems, discusses budget cuts, Network 2020 and the strategic pivot to Asia.

Defense Systems

L-3 WESCAM demos infrared imaging system for Army aerostats

L-3 WESCAM has demonstrated its MX-25 electro-optical/infrared (EO/IR) imaging system for the Army.

Defense Systems

Lockheed, Fixmo team on secure authentication for mobile devices

Defense giant Lockheed Martin and mobile risk management (MRM) provider Fixmo have collaborated to bring to market secure authentication technologies for consumer-grade mobile devices.

Defense Systems

US target of sustained cyber espionage campaign

Information from the National Intelligence Estimate recently appeared in the news media.

Defense Systems

Boeing pulls in $100M Air Force laser targeting contract

Boeing has won a contract to furnish the Air Force with a compact laser targeting system designed to help airmen improve their performance on close air support missions.

Defense Systems

Navy $1.2B contract mod would extend NMCI services for NGEN transition

The Navy on Feb. 20 said it intends to issue a sole-source contract modification that could potentially extend the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet Continuity of Services Contract by five months, and increase its cost by $1.2 billion to cover ongoing transition to Next Generation Enterprise Services program.

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LGS to upgrade Army communications facility in SW Asia

LGS Innovations has won a contract to upgrade the U.S. Army’s Main Communications Facility in southwest Asia.

Defense Systems

SpotterRF demos harbor security radar for Navy

SpotterRF recently completed a demonstration for the Navy in which it showed that its Spotter M600C radar is capable of detecting all vessels coming in and out of a harbor.

Defense Systems

Another defense conference bites the dust

The Army's Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems (PEO EIS) said that it won't participate in the annual Belvoir Industry Days scheduled for April 1-3.

Defense Systems

ISS names team for $249M Air Force command and control applications project

Intelligent Software Solutions is one of seven companies selected by the Air Force to compete for tasks on the Commmand and Control Applications and Information Services Development contract.

Defense Systems

General Dynamics to port next-gen waveforms onto Navy digital radios

General Dynamics C4 Systems has received a $40 million contract modification from the Navy to port the MOUS Waveform and the Integrated Waveform into the AN/USC-61(C) Digital Modular Radio.

Defense Systems

Lockheed drives robotic vehicle for Army via satellite link

Lockheed Martin has completed a successful demonstration for the Army designed to show that its robotic squad support vehicle can be controlled via satellite from hundreds of miles away.

Defense Systems

Air Force begins first wave of mobile device distribution

The Air Force has begun the first wave of mobile device distribution in an effort to heighten the service's mobile operational potential of its Airmen and the real-time functionality of its executives.

Defense Systems

Independent analysis of DOD authorization act offers insight on cybersecurity and Big Data

The 2013 National Defense Authorization Act requires the Defense Department to make a number of concrete changes related to IT acquisition, cybersecurity, and network operations and software that will change the way the department does business in the years ahead.

Defense Systems

Raytheon, Thales team on Army helmet mounted display

Raytheon Technical Services Company has won a contract award worth $3.5 million for the engineering and manufacturing development of Common Helmet Mounted Display (CHMD) systems for the Army's Air Soldier Program.

Defense Systems

FAA issues RFP for unmanned aircraft test sites

The Federal Aviation Administration issued a request for proposals Feb. 14 for where it might establish six unmanned aircraft system test sites in the continental United States.

Defense Systems

Sequestration would force Army to delay all modernization programs, says chief of staff

Furloughs, budget cuts and curtailment of training might significantly affect Army readiness if sequestration is allowed to take place March 1, Army Chief of Staff GEN Ray Odierno told the Senate Armed Services Committee.