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Yemen to get 4 RQ-11 Raven UAVs for counter-terrorism fight
Officials in Yemen are awaiting a shipment of four AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven tactical unmanned aerial vehicles to use in the country's counter-terrorism efforts.
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General Dynamics Wins $94 Million USMC C4ISR contract
General Dynamics Information Technology won the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command’s Total Integrated Ground Equipment Readiness Contractor Logistics Support contract.
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Mine-seeking drone sub tested in Persian Gulf exercise
The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet based in Bahrain has tested a prototype of an unmanned underwater vehicle designed to detect mines in the course of a multinational naval exercise in the Persian Gulf.
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Oracle America awarded USMC bridge contract for ERP logistics system
The Marine Corps System Command has awarded Oracle America a bridge contract in support of Global Combat Support System-Marine Corps/Logistics Chain Management Increment 1.
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General Dynamics gears up for Marine Corps C4ISR work
General Dynamics IT has won a task order to assist the Marine Corps with C4ISR.
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AF to base first 'Space Fence' facility in Pacific
The Air Force will establish a Space Fence radar site on Kwajalein Island in the Republic of the Marshall Islands that will begin operating in fiscal 2017.
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Logos nabs Navy persistent ground surveillance contract
The Navy has awarded Logos Technologies a contract for Kestrel persistent ground surveillance systems.
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Northrop wins Air Force contract for airborne comms node
The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract modification to add beyond-line-of-sight command and control capabilities to the Battlefield Airborne Communications Node information gateway system.
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Army seeks bids for mega ITES-3 hardware contract
The Army has announced that it is accepting proposals from companies that want to win a spot on its next-generation $5 billion IT Enterprise Solutions 3 Hardware (ITES-3H) acquisition program.
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DOD strives to match military applications to commercial clouds
Security considerations may limit the number of military applications moving to the cloud, but some applications are eligible for migration.
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Air Force plans robust competition for small launches
The Air Force has decided that all of the bidders that applied for the Orbital/Suborbital Program-3 contract will be eligible to compete.
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Army establishes standard for geospatial data storage
The Army is working to establish a data content standard for geospatial-intelligence used by ground forces that would improve management and sharing of featured data generated by intelligence agencies, the Army, and the Marine Corps.
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Progress in using commercial devices in secure work environment
As national security policy matures to catch up with need, technology companies say they are ready to facilitate the use of commercial mobile devices in a secure work environment.
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Intel community must find more efficient ways to process data, says ISR chief
The entire intelligence community needs to find more efficient methods to process ISR data into decision-making information for joint warfighters, says Lt. Gen. Larry James.
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Army investigates improper acquisition of intel software by infantry unit bound for Afghanistan
Army acquisition officials have demanded that the 3rd Infantry Division take "immediate corrective action" upon discovering that the unit tried to obtain a controversial intelligence software for training before it deployed to Afghanistan.
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DOD's mobility strategy a push-pull between radios and COTS devices
Rapidly evolving mobile technologies create new capabilities—and rapid change.
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Cyberattacks might threaten personal safety
We must take steps now to ensure that future cyberattacks on U.S. infrastructure do not result in loss of life.
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