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Kehler raises trial balloon: Put STRATCOM in charge of all GEOINT PED
One way to close the rising gap between the large volume of data being gathered and the ability of humans to process that information would be to make one agency responsible for managing it, said Air Force Gen. Robert Kehler at GEOINT 2011.
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Collaboration must be lifeblood of joint combat operations
Collaboration among coalition forces on the battlefield would seem to be a given, but there are still major hurdles preventing critical information sharing, according to international military officials.
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Navy Sea Systems Command lands critical areas support
The U.S. Navy has tapped TWD, a mid-size communications company in Arlington, Va., with providing it a broad range of IT services under a $121 million SeaPort-e Task Order.
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SOUTHCOM looks to non-traditional information sharing
The U.S. Southern Command's commander wants to use non-traditional ways to achieve the intelligence capabilities required in South America.
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Boeing's new C4ISR division to manage multiple programs
Boeing has created a new division to provide more focus and expertise to military customers for network-enabled command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) programs and technologies.
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Shadow M2 offers expanded payload capabilities
AAI has introduced the Shadow M2, an improved version of the RQ-7B Shadow tactical unmanned aerial vehicle used by the Army and Marine Corps. It is capable of carrying two sensor payloads on a mission rather than the single standard electro-optical, infrared package available on previous versions.
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Intell agency zeroes in on apps, metrics and reform
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is working to improve the way it operates, shares information and buys systems and capabilities, officials said.
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Handheld computing transforms geospatial intell world
On the opening day of the GEOINT 2011 Symposium, leading military speakers described efforts to employ handheld computing platforms and the small programs that run on them to give users quick access to geospatial imagery.
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Intell data sharing requires high degree of cooperation
Sharing geospatial intelligence data requires a focus on standards, improved processes and safeguards that protect secure data.
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DOD axes ground mobile radio portion of JTRS program
The Defense Department pulls the plug on the troubled Ground Mobile Radio portion of the Joint Tactical Radio System program.
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NGA looks to open source to improve access, better analysis
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is making strides in opening its information-sharing environment and collaboration efforts to improve intelligence and analysis, according to the agency's director.
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Cloud could provide cybersecurity boost to intelligence, defense
The intelligence community and DOD are looking to virtualization to secure the networks critical to national security.
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Integration crucial to geospatial intell as budgets slashed: Clapper
Integration will be the cornerstone of plans that will let the geospatial industry continue to bring more benefits during an era of austerity, said James Clapper, director of national intelligence, at the GEOINT 2011 Symposium.
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NRO changes architectures to speed data to warfighters
Though budgets are being reduced, the National Reconnaissance Office is still managing a number of launches while changing its architectures so data can be more readily accessed by soldiers in the field, said NRO Director Bruce Carlson.
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Long-endurance airship scheduled for November flight
Northrop Grumman's long-endurance, multi-intelligence vehicle (LEMV) will undergo its first test flight in November after a three-month delay.
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Army seeks more mature network technologies for next NIE
The Army has issued a second sources sought notice that asked industry to deliver additional mature technologies to fill gaps in network communications systems at the Network Integration Evaluation exercise planned for spring 2012.
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Can science and technology save Army programs?
The Army is looking to its science and technology arm to help determine its most critical issues and top spending priorities.
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Part of the JTRS AMF program is restructured
The DOD's Airborne, Maritime and Fixed radio system is being trimmed and reshaped to keep costs in check.
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Panetta accelerates full budget audit deadline
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has told the House Armed Services Committee that he wants DOD to complete a full audit of its budget by 2014, three years earlier than previously planned.
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