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CERDEC director shares vision for C4ISR innovations
Gary Blohm, director of the Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, on integration of C4ISR technologies with existing platforms, the upcoming C4ISR On-the-Move exercise and third-generation/fourth-generation networking technologies.
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Commercial satellite acquisition holds great promise
Bruce Bennett, director of satellite communications, teleport and services at the Defense Information Systems Agency, discusses the strategy behind the high-profile Future Comsatcom Services Acquisition.
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Military seeks to disrupt the enemy's decision cycle
Success in battle is increasingly about making decisions more quickly than your adversary can.
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Encryption may end flash drives' exile for good
In late 2008, the Strategic Command's Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations put in place an immediate ban on the use of flash drives -- USB storage devices that have become the modern version of the floppy disk.
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Army, Marine Corps rationalize robotics systems
Army and Marine Corps officials want to increase the number of robots in the battlefield but reduce the types of robots they buy to make robotic systems more interoperable.
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Space plane to make house calls for satellite repairs
The Air Force this week will test the flight capabilities of a new generation of unmanned space planes designed to transport satellite components to space, reports John Reed at Defense News
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The Army unfolds a roadmap for unmanned aircraft systems
The roadmap provides a grand vision for how all of its various unmanned aircraft technology eventually will work together, writes blogger Brian Robinson.
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GSA chief of staff job is no longer open
The General Services Administration has picked its next chief of staff from within its ranks.
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Marine Corps selects communications logistics provider
Lockheed Martin will furnish logistics support services to two Marine Corps Systems Command program offices under a task order potentially worth $30 million.
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Northrop Grumman names new head of Washington office
Lanzillotta takes over the corporation's DC office temporarily
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Satellite system won't see space anytime soon
As current military satellites become obsolete, time is running out to get the new Mobile User Objective Satellite program off the ground. Now, the Navy is looking to Congress and the commercial sector for help.
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Cell-All smarter phone is DHS' version of the Tricorder
DHS is looking to the telecommunications side of mobile phones to help it develop the "Cell-All" smartphone that features a sensor capable of detecting deadly chemicals.
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Maryland governor earns IT award
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers awards Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley with the association's 2010 National Technology Champion Award.
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Can DARPA get a flying car off the ground?
GCN Lab director John Breeden is glad to see that DARPA is putting serious research into developing a flying car, like we were promised by futurists decades ago.
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Navy awards counter-terrorism support contract
A unit of L-3 Communications Corp. will furnish products and technical services to enhance federal information technology counter-terrorism capabilities under a five-year Navy contract.
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DOD schedules software support for tactical radios
Boeing Co. will furnish software support for the military’s next-generation network of tactical radios under a contract potentially worth $54.9 million over five years.
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Weighing the worth of Twitter
Given the recent news from the Library of Congress, blogger Brian Robinson wonders how Twitter rates in the worthiness spectrum of information.
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Good job, acquisition workforce; here's a raise
A new bill would use incentives and career development to build up the acquisition workforce.
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Pick to lead cyber command lays out battle plans
Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander says that militarizing cyberspace is not part of his agenda, and reveals what is at the top of the list.
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