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Navy views network infrastructure as vital combat component
Navy Vice Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Jonathan Greenert talks about the service's priorities for cyber operations, acquisition of IT systems.
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Navy rolls out regional cybersecurity centers
New naval regional cybersecurity components will support broader Navy Fleet Cyber Command efforts as the Navy takes on a myriad of network-related challenges.
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Marines to make major computer equipment buy
The Marine Corps is planning to spend $880 million to buy desktop and laptop computers and also rugged tablet computers through a five-year hardware contract.
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How to help DOD with couples therapy
Defense communities need couples therapy, but will it be enough?
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Federal IT leaders receive AFFIRM awards
Federal CIO Vivek Kundra and other government executives were honored at AFFIRM's leadership awards luncheon.
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Cyberattack wave raises big questions
In light of the wave of recent attacks on U.S. targets, the U.S. government must determine its top priorities in cybersecurity.
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SPAWAR Atlantic gets tech tools to battlefields
SSC Atlantic's director discusses how the command has helped deploy and integrate new technologies.
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Alliance builds multiple cloud computing models
The Open Data Center Alliance published eight usage models that define IT requirements for cloud adoption and provide a vision for cloud computing
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New Army lab will speed up radio testing
New testing laboratory will put radios through realistic evaluations to judge their technical maturity.
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Navy leaders to share program strategies at IT Day
The AFCEA-NOVA Chapter will host its 10th Annual Naval IT Day on June 9, and Defense Systems staff members will be on hand to provide comprehensive coverage of the event.
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Defense agencies to receive intell support
Data Computer Corporation of America will help the Defense Department with several IT-related intell services.
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British Defense Ministry under steady barrage of cyberattacks
The British Defense Ministry is engaged in a “continuous battle” with foreign intelligence agencies and criminal organizations bent on exploiting its users, corrupting its systems and stealing sensitive information, said British Defense Secretary Liam Fox.
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Top 20 defense contractors
Washington Technology ranks the top 20 defense contractors based on their prime contracts in IT, systems integration, engineering services and professional services.
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DOD: Northrop's new Global Hawk not mission ready
The RQ-4B Global Hawk Block 30, Northrop Grumman's latest drone design, has failed the Pentagon's testing requirements. Is it back to the drawing board?
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RSA verifies its tokens played role in Lockheed cyberattack
The complicated attack might have used log-in data obtained via a phishing attack along with algorithm seed numbers taken from RSA to generate new passcodes.
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How Boeing's Phantom Ray rose from its ghostly grave
What seemed like a risky decision for Boeing in 2007 when it chose to perfect the Phantom Ray unmanned jet fighter on its own eventually might pay off in spades for the aerospace contractor and the U.S. military.
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Army to field-test cognitive radios at NIE
The Army is testing a technology that may eliminate the need to manually set frequencies for military operations.
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New technologies will project U.S. power in Asia: Gates
The United States will use many of the latest weapons and technologies in its arsenal to maintain a strong military presence throughout Asia to protect its allies and help guard shipping lanes, said Defense Secretary Robert Gates June 4 in Singapore.
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Army chooses winners in battle of the virtual worlds
One of the winners named in the Federal Virtual Worlds Challenge is NonKin Village, in which trainers can create a virtual foreign village to help U.S. troops explore interactions with people of other cultures.
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