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Smaller force of the future can prevail, says former DefSec
With the nation at a crucial point and the Defense Department facing serious budget cuts, a smaller military force and smart decision-making will be critical, said former Defense Secretary William Cohen.
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Integration heightens insight into geospatial imagery
Processes such as tagging and standards make it simpler to merge geospatial images, maps and related data.
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iPhone app to fly drones in the works
A new iPhone app prototype may one day enable warfighters to control drones from the battlefield.
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Air Force wants industry to streamline space programs
The Air Force's acquisition chief has called on the space industry to reduce the complexity of space programs, cut launch costs, and shorten development times, as the military service struggles to deal with a flattening budget from 2012 to 2016.
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Army names new PEO-EIS
Douglas Wiltsie will succeed Gary Winkler as Army Program Executive Officer-Enterprise Information Systems.
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Army taps Wiltsie to lead PEO-EIS
Douglas Wiltsie is set to succeed Gary Winkler as Army Program Executive Officer-Enterprise Information Systems.
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The growing demand for cyber spies
In the cyber intelligence race, cyber spies are at the top of the list of badly needed resources and capabilities.
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Army to test robotic squad support system in Afghanistan
The Army's Rapid Equipping Force will send four Squad Mission Support Systems to the 10th Mountain Division in southern Afghanistan in November.
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Coast Guard CIO needs more clout to be effective: IG
The Coast Guard's new IT management strategic plan and acquisition guidance earned kudos, but the CIO still does not have sufficient oversight authority, an audit concluded.
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Army clears hurdles in data center consolidation
The Army is tackling challenges in downsizing and quantifying savings, and its successes so far could help other agencies.
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Network strategy helps Army cross budget minefield
The Army's Network Integration Evaluation is modernizing the way the Army develops, acquires and fields technology, and is also helping it maneuver austere budget conditions.
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Navy orders improved JTRS tactical data links
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command has awarded engineering development orders totaling more than $15 million to ViaSat to furnish MIDS JTRS terminals that will facilitate the transmission of voice and data and increase warfighter situational awareness.
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Air Force mulls scale back of ISR programs
The Air Force has some tough decisions to make concerning which intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance programs to cut as it scales down to a smaller intelligence force structure capable of meeting various types of threats in future decades.
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Army PEO Integration shifts, creates new command
The Army is creating a new command, the Director, System of Systems Integration, to manage new technologies and the Army's Network Integration Evaluation exercises.
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DOD program secures defense contractor networks – for now
Since its launch in May a Defense Department trial program has been successfully defending some 20 defense contractors' networks and, thus, some of the nation's critical data. However, it is unclear what will happen to the program after mid-November.
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Phantom Eye UAV slated for fuel and flight tests
Boeing plans to fly its Phantom Eye long-endurance unmanned aircraft, a project which the company is funding from its own pocket in hopes of attracting defense customers, in late October or early November at Edwards Air Force Base, Calif.
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Navy looks to ultra-endurance UAV for critical comms link
The Navy has expressed an interest in the a solar-powered, ultra-endurance unmanned aircraft under development by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as a way to furnish communications to carrier strike groups if satellites are knocked out of service.
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Iran putting up a fight in drone wars
Despite the existence of international sanctions, Iran is holding a domestic contest in an effort to create its own arsenal of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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