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BAE installs tool to help Air Force manage obsolete parts
The Air Force has awarded BAE Systems a $25 million contract to help manage obsolete parts for aircraft, weapon systems, and a range of electronics and equipment.
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Hiring freeze hits Air Force's civilian work force
The Air Force has established a force-wide, temporary civilian personnel hiring freeze in anticipation of the growing possibility of sequestration and continuing budgetary shortfalls.
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Army steps up planning, refines participation process for NIEs
The Army plans to use its Network Integration Evaluations (NIEs) to respond to emerging requirements, make smarter acquisition decisions and keep pace with technological change in an increasingly tight budget climate.
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Lockheed moves MUOS-2 satellite closer to July launch
Lockheed Martin has completed the required system testing on the second satellite in the U.S. Navy's Mobile User Objective System, and has placed the satellite in temporary storage before its scheduled launch in July.
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DOD to forge stronger cyber ties with European allies
As he begins a week-long visit to the United States' European allies, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta is raising cybersecurity as one of the chief areas of discussion with European leaders and defense officials.
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DOD working to fill in the blanks on BYOD strategy
Defense Department workers looking to use at work those new iPhones, tablets and smart phones they received as holiday gifts will have to wait a bit longer, as DOD officials continue to parse out their policy for the use of personal mobile devices in the workplace.
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NGEN contract expected by March
The Navy expects to award a contract this year for the shore-based portion of the service’s future computing environment.
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Mobility in 2013: A CIO's perspective
The Defense Department will face a number of issues in 2013, including mobility.
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Military encryption's going open
Emerging technologies aim to secure data on a rapidly growing number of platforms.
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Fewer will go into harm’s way with mobile power strategy
The Army is testing mobile computing equipment designed to adhere to the Defense Department's operational energy strategy.
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The Navy changes its mind and cancels CIO/IT conference
Just weeks after approving the Department of the Navy’s CIO/information technology conference, which is typically held in conjunction with the Armed Forces Communications and Electronics Association’s (AFCEA) West conference and exhibition in San Diego, the Navy changed it’s mind and has cancelled the event.
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Navy installing first CANES system
The Navy’s next-generation shipboard tactical computing system is expected to set sail in the spring aboard a San Diego-based destroyer, the first of 23 ships scheduled to receive the system in an initial deployment.
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NGA apps for GEOINT facilitate mobile, tactical tools
The drive to make smart phones and tablets a viable communication tool for warfighters in the field is moving forward at a rapid pace.
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Online educational tools prepare specialists for deployment
An arsenal of online educational tools are preparing personnel for deployment.
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Navy moves forward on business and technology improvements
Terry Halvorsen, CIO, Department of the Navy, discusses business IT efficiency, cloud computing and enterprise e-mail.
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SRW Appliqué and Agile Bidding: Vehicle Voice and Data
The Army is using a streamlined bidding process to save time and money as it searches for an inexpensive way of adding networking capabilities to SINCGARS-radio-equipped vehicles.
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The strategy behind DOD's realignment of tactical radios
COL William "Russ" Wygal, project manager, Tactical Radios, Army PEO C3T, on what lies ahead for the tactical radio programs in 2013.
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Lockheed to support ground station for GPS worldwide system
Lockheed Martin has won a new contract from the Air Force Space Command Space and Missile Center to sustain the ground control segment for the Global Positioning System satellite constellation.
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The intelligence community in the cloud
The intelligence community is developing a single cloud-computing platform that would enable analysts to access and rapidly filter through the massive data stored by the intelligence community.
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