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Army PEO C3T Price promoted to major general
The Senate confirmed Nov. 10 the promotion of Brig. Gen. Lee Price, the Army's program executive officer for command, control and communications (tactical), to the rank of major general.
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Navy group to evaluate unmanned surface patrol craft
The Navy has sent three unmanned surface vessels to its Riverine Group One to evaluate how well the vessels perform the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for which they were designed.
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Army tests 3G network to boost squad-level awareness
The Army has tested a 3G wireless network that would link smart phones, tablets and radio systems to a large number of sensors and unmanned ground and air vehicles to push information down to the squad and fire team leaders.
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Comms-on-the-move revolutionizes military tactics
A revolution is taking place in the form of communications-on-the-move in which dismounted soldiers and those at the lower echelons can take advantage of advanced communications capabilities to keep in touch with each other and their commanders.
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Navy arranges network support for overseas cyber ops
Computer Sciences Corp. will support the Navy's overseas network, ONE-NET, under a contract that could be worth as much as $145 million.
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Air Force wants to trim satellite costs
The Air Force wants to change how it develops, acquires and manages its satellite programs.
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Navy seen fighting in satellite-denied conflicts
The Navy is looking at future operations where it might have little or no satellite communications or navigation.
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Air Force must clean up its networks, general says
A top Air Force officer warns that if the service doesn't clean up and centralize its network management, critical command and control functions may be threatened.
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Are we nearing cyber DEFCON 1?
A report by the National Counterintelligence Executive raises questions about the continuing problem of Chinese cyber espionage.
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NATO seeks single cyber command
NATO is working to get all its agencies and commands under a single cyber roof by the end of 2012, but lacks a strategy to respond to an all-out assault on civilian critical infrastructure throughout the European Union.
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Navy to arm Fire Scout with laser-guided weapons system
The Navy’s Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has conducted a variety of reconnaissance missions, and now the service plans to arm it with a 70mm laser-guided rocket system to engage hostile targets in future clashes.
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Technology leap needed for comms-on-the-move
Communications-on-the move technology must continue to evolve to keep intelligence data in motion and to feed it to the warfighter where and when it's needed.
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Fresh approach to cybersecurity needed
We must change our approach to cybersecurity to reduce the vulnerability to threats.
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DOD looks at new ways to field tactical networks
The military services are thinking out of the box to develop and deliver new tactical networking technologies.
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DARPA looks for ways to shield drones from viruses
To defend the nation's unmanned aerial vehicles and other military networks from cyberattacks, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is seeking assistance from regular citizens.
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Post GMR, DOD to take commercial route to mobile radio
JPEO JTRS seeks commercial radios to replace the canceled Ground Mobile Radio program.
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NASA picks a new technologist
NASA Administrator Charles Bolden has named the agency's top advisor for technology.
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Senate committee calls contractors to task for phony military parts
Counterfeit parts, mostly made in China, have found their way into the U.S. military's supply chain, and now members of the Senate Armed Services Committee want to hold contractors more responsible.
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Army changes how it acquires, develops IT systems
The Army's CIO discusses how the service is changing the way it acquires and evaluates IT systems.
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