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Panetta warns DOD small-biz contracting goal is impending
With just a few weeks left in fiscal 2011, Leon Panetta cautioned that DOD is falling short of its departmentwide small-business contracting goal.
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Sony names first chief information security officer
Company brings in former DHS official Philip Reitinger after massive hacking attack.
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Army picks Android for Nett Warrior device
The Army has tapped Android to provide what some observers are calling wearable computers as part of its Nett Warrior program.
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Better image tagging improves warfighter situational awareness
As networking makes all types of data readily available to warfighters, technical planners are continuing to enhance techniques to make sure warfighters can find the files they need.
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Army to issue ITES-3H RFP in 2012
The 10-year, $5 billion Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-3 Hardware contract will support the Army's requirements for commercial hardware and more.
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DOD orders move to enterprisewide contracting system
Developing a Web-based, central system "is critical to the future of contracting writing in DOD," said Richard Ginman, DOD’s director of defense procurement and acquisition policy.
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Army's Prophet Enhanced system offers mobile intell
The Army's intelligence arm is building combat muscle as the service readies to expand the mobile Prophet Enhanced ground signals intelligence system that it says is proving vital through its flexibility and mobility on the battlefield.
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Air Force, Boeing sign new WGS satellite contract
The Air Force has awarded Boeing a $1.1 billion contract to expand the constellation of satellites that belong to the Wideband Global Satcom system.
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Planners of Bin Laden raid relied on long-range comms node
The Defense Department was able to draw on sophisticated capabilities involving long-range communications and intelligence planning in the run up to the assault on Osama Bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.
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DOD wartime acquisition reform already in the works
Defense officials say they have toughened prosecution of fraudulent contractors and boosted the department's overall acquisition workforce, including contract managers.
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Air Force schedules IT upgrade at 4 bases
Harris Corp. has won a quartet of Air Force contracts worth a combined more than $12 million to upgrade the service's IT infrastructure at four bases.
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Monitoring social media helps thwart cyber threats
The monitoring and evaluation of potential threats on social media sites can help safeguard against the hostile cyber actions of extremists and terrorists.
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Army aims for optimum quality control of geospatial products
The Army Geospatial Center is helping DOD improve stewardship of geospatial products, says Joseph Fontanella, the center's director.
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Air Force orders mobile Global Broadcast Service suites
The Air Force has awarded a contract with a potential value of $900 million over five years to General Dynamics C4 Systems to furnish ground terminals that will deliver critical information via voice, data and video to mobile users on the battlefield.
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Discrepancy over cyber responsibilities puts DOD at risk
A lack of clarity regarding who is responsible for cyber warfare operations within the Defense Department might make the military and its networks more vulnerable, a Government Accountability Office audit has determined.
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Military continues to struggle with wartime contracting
Despite knowing it would need heavy contractor support for war operations, the military wasn't ready to manage the contractors -- and still isn't, commission finds.
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Navy takes steps to boost operational IT
Navy CIO Terry Halvorsen discusses how the Navy is looking for efficiencies in business IT to make operational IT more effective.
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Navy awards ground surveillance imaging contract
FLIR Systems has won a contract worth up to $52.1 million from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division to furnish imaging technology for persistent ground surveillance.
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Army taps General Dynamics for tactical IT hardware
Common Hardware Systems-4 contract will standardize Army procurement of tactical IT systems and services.
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