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Emergency notification tool helps soldiers at home and in Iraq
Mass notification software supports Army forces at their home base in the U.S. and in the Middle East.
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Navy in search of new chief information officer
Navy CIO Robert Carey is expected to take on new duties within the Navy Department by the end of summer.
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Air Force to get help processing recon video
Science Applications International Corp. will help the Air Force improve the service's overhead intelligence gathering efforts under a five-year follow-on contract potentially worth more than $49 million.
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Special Ops orders imaging systems for vehicles
The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded a contract to FLIR Systems Inc. to furnish thermal imaging systems for its ground vehicles.
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Space sensor will help uncover insurgent activity
The Air Force is getting ready to deploy a hyperspectral imaging sensor in space that will boost the amount of real-time tactical surveillance data available to battlefield commanders.
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Military likely to shun iPhone
As the military continues its search for the best battlefield smart phone, it’s looking increasingly doubtful that the iPhone will be a contender.
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Feds may require cybersecurity credential for workforce
Reports are emerging about recommendations that the Commission on Cybersecurity for the 44th Presidency will make to the Obama administration that will require government and contractor employees involved in cybersecurity be formally certified.
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Air Force advances airborne control of drones
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Boeing Co. a new contract that involves the development and demonstration of technologies for the airborne launch and recovery of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Army steps up data center consolidation after imposing server moratorium
The Army's effort at data center consolidation is in step with today’s announcement from President Barack Obama that all federal agencies must consolidate and reduce data centers.
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Navy picks 3 to support Marine Corps notifications
BAE Systems Technology Solutions and Service, Science Applications International Corp. and SkillStorm Government Integrated Services will vie for Navy task orders under a five-year contract for Marine Corps Mass Notification System support services.
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DOD ethics officers warn of interest conflicts from insourcing
Officials will have to monitor potential conflicts closely as new feds work near their old jobs, ethics officers say.
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Army pulls back on enterprise e-mail initiative
The Army is putting on hold its plans to pursue an enterprise-wide e-mail system and calling an about-face on the project.
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Help wanted: Twitter looks to hire a 'government liaison'
The microblogging company looks to hire its first DC employee to be "the closest point of contact with a variety of important people and organizations looking to get the most out of Twitter."
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Former DARPA chief joins policy institute's board
Anthony Tether has joined the Potomac Institute for Policy Studies' board of regents.
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NFL technology is in play on the battlefield
The idea of the military tapping replay technology used by the National Football League to manage the fast-growing volume of battlefield video shouldn’t be overturned, GCN Lab director John Breeden writes.
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Air Force, HP to deploy cyber monitoring system
HP Enterprise Services will furnish the Air Force with a new command and control system capable of boosting its cyber defense capabilities under a new contract.
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NARA's chief information officer to retire
As CIO, Martha Morphy oversees deployment of the initial parts of NARA's $550 million Electronic Records Archives system. Her retirement is effective July 2.
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Army lines up Pacific theater network support
STG Inc. will provide information technology services to the Army’s 4th Signal Center Pacific-Theater Network Operations and Security Center under a three-year contract valued at $17.4 million.
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Army orders more surveillance airships
Lockheed Martin Corp. will furnish additional aerostat surveillance systems to the Army for use in detecting threats to ground forces from roadside bombs and other means under a $142 million contract.
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