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Presidential election triggered push to finish rules on drone strikes
Before the 2012 presidential election, the Obama administration sped up efforts to develop formal rules for the targeted killing of terrorists by drones so that they would be available if needed by a new president.
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Republicans pledge to work toward avoiding sequestration
A top Republican senator said Nov. 25 that his party is willing to be flexible about increased revenues provided Democrats give ground on entitlements in the quest to find a legislative solution to sequestration.
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Air Force taps Hughes for waveform development
Hughes Network Systems has won a contract from the Air Force Military Satellite Communications System Directorate to support protected, tactical satellite communications.
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Sentek to help Navy dominate battlespace with critical intel
Sentek Global has won a prime contract from the Navy to compete for upwards of $100 million in battlespace awareness task orders from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command's Systems Center Atlantic.
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Navy picks 7 for $899M battlespace awareness contract
The Navy has selected seven defense contractors to furnish battlespace awareness technology and support under a multiple-award contract with a potential value of $899.5 million over five years.
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Lockheed, Raytheon face off in Space Fence competition
Two titans of the defense industry have submitted final contract proposals for the Air Force's ambitious Space Fence program that seeks to field a next-generation, ground-based radar system that will improve the way the service identifies and tracks objects orbiting Earth.
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Sharp rise occurs in cyber espionage incidents
The recent spike in cyber espionage has raised alarms within the government, military and intelligence communities, as well as the private sector.
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Lockheed buys UAS manufacturer Chandler/May
Lockheed Martin has purchased unmanned aerial systems and ground control station manufacturer and integrator Chandler/May for an undisclosed amount.
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Tight budgets drive training into the networked virtual world
Technological advances have made the task of preparing troops for combat more efficient and less expensive.
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Geospatial intelligence sharing across echelons poses Big Data challenge
Getting various types of geospatial intelligence to end-users quickly and in the correct format remains a complex process.
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Presidential directive updates military rules for cyber warfare
President Barack Obama has signed a directive that allows the military to take specific offensive and defensive actions necessary to nullify cyberattacks on the nation's government and private-sector computer networks.
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Virtual states in cyberspace increase in size and numbers
Virtual states are increasing in size and numbers in cyberspace, with their participants now present in almost every region of the globe.
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Tech trends emerge across DOD enterprise
The Defense Department spent a good bit of time and effort in 2012 inquiring about emerging technologies and understanding the benefits they might bring to the mission.
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2012: Year One in global cyber war
As cyberattacks mounted in 2012, the Defense Department and other government agencies began striking back.
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Air Force abandons costly ERP project
After spending $1 billion on a major enterprise resource planning software project, the Air Force has decided its better off in the long run scrapping the project on the grounds that completing the project would result in no appreciable gain.
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Senate rejects Cybersecurity Act for second time
A chorus of voices that included Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and other top national security officials was not enough to convince the Senate to pass the Cybersecurity Act of 2012 during a second vote on the controversial legislation on Sept. 14.
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Second AEHF satellite fully operational after on-orbit testing
Lockheed Martin and the Air Force have transferred operational control of the second Advanced Extremely High Frequency (AEHF) military communications satellite to the 14th Air Force at Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., following successful on orbit testing of the spacecraft.
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Our first industry ranking
We thought it would be appropriate to cap our final issue of 2012 with the Defense Systems Super 75, our ranking of the most innovative and agile companies operating in the net-centric battlespace.
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Air Force centralizes cyber control under new reorganization plan
Service reorganizes business operations to become more cost-effective and benefit from commercially available technologies.
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