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SAIC nabs $667M Navy technical services deal

Science Applications International Corp. has won a contract potentially worth as much as $667 million over three years from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center-Atlantic to furnish technical support.

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General Dynamics to furnish NATO with ground surveillance software

General Dynamics Canada has been awarded a $32 million contract to furnish key communications network technology for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program.

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Army open to possible future role for Palantir intel software

The Army appears to still be considering a role for a rival off-the-shelf system that deployed units have asked to use in the field.

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Microsoft inks first-ever joint licensing agreement with DoD

Microsoft announced Friday the most comprehensive licensing agreement ever established with the Department of Defense.

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Networked resistance on the rise in 2013

We have just begun to acknowledge the true power of networked resistance.

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Defense bill removes barrier to satellite exports

The 2013 defense authorization bill signed into law on Jan. 3 by President Obama will give U.S. satellite companies a more even playing field when competing in the international market by removing long-standing regulations that had hindered growth and innovation.

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Cubic to furnish asset tracking to Afghanistan bases

Cubic Global Tracking Solutions has been awarded three Army and General Services Administration Schedule orders totaling approximately $4.8 million to expand its wireless mesh asset tracking technology at two U.S. bases in Afghanistan.

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7 vie for $1.4B worth of DISA network services tasks

The Defense Department has awarded a $1.4 billion contract to seven companies to compete for task orders in support of the Defense Information System Network.

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Canada wants its own UAVs, but has done little to make it happen

Despite an effort begun six years ago to establish an unmanned aircraft capability, Canadian Forces still have neither fielded unmanned aerial vehicles for routine surveillance of the country's coasts nor for overseas missions.

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Obama signs laws delaying sequestration, establishing defense policy

President Barack Obama on Jan. 3 signed into a bill that would delay the deep sequestration budget cuts and also signed the 2013 military policy bill.

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Sequestration delayed for 2 months, DOD still vulnerable

The bipartisan agreement hammered out by lawmakers at the last minute to avert sequestration delays the inevitable for two months.

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Lockheed gets 10-year, $1.9B contract for 2 AEHF satellites

Lockheed Martin received a 10-year, $1.9 billion contract modification from the Air Force for its continuing work on the Advanced Extremely High Vehicle (AEHF) program.

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Defense authorization bill would require contractors to report cyber breaches

The 2013 defense authorization bill would require contractors to inform the Defense Department about breaches of their networks that contain military data.

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Lockheed buys maker of software for UAV control stations

Lockheed Martin has acquired CDL Systems, a developer of software for vehicle control stations used with unmanned systems.

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AAI wins Army contract to support remote video terminal

AAI has won a contract to furnish contractor logistics support for the Army's One System Remote Video Terminal.

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Army builds new sensor system to keep roads safe in war zones

The Army is building a new system to counter threats from enemy explosives buried in or beside roadways in war zones that works in conjunction with radars.

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Army issues its first RFP supporting the Network Integration Evaluation

The Army is looking for mature solutions to support a vehicle tactical router need, and to participate in the Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 14.1 event scheduled to take place in October-November 2013 at Fort Bliss, TX, and White Sands Missile Range, NM. This marks the first RFP to support the NIE events, according to the System of Systems Integration Directorate (SoSI), which is issuing the RFP.

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An opportunity for proactive cyber defense

Many people may not realize it, but the health care sector is the fourth most targeted industry segment when it comes to cyberattacks.

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Harris to continue working on Air Force satellite network

The Air Force has awarded a fifth option year valued at $66 million on its Network and Space Operations and Maintenance contract to Harris.

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DARPA, Marines refine capabilities of robotic 'mule'

Defense Department and Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory researchers are refining advanced capabilities related to autonomy, maneuverability and recovery for a four-legged robot designed to haul gear for Marines on the battlefield,