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Air National Guard selects managed services provider
Harris Corp. will provide information technology support to the Air National Guard network and regional operations and security centers under a new contract.
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DISA rolls out training for cloud site users
The Defense Information Systems Agency is setting up training for how to best use ProjectForge.
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DARPA satellite program seeks ‘billions and billions’ of inputs
The agency envisions enabling people around the world to take part in an experimental satellite program.
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U.S. first responder communications still a mess
If a major earthquake were to strike in the U.S., we would be in a real fix, says the chief of the FCC's Public Safety and Homeland Security Bureau.
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Navy plans internal blog on IT
A new Navy blog that discusses information technology will be available only to members of the Navy and Marine Corps.
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milBook (securely) harnesses social media behind DOD firewalls
Army's MilTech Solutions office is integrating security solutions across Army networks and platforms for collaboration.
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Netted Iridium ‘radios’ prove indispensible in battlefield test
A yearlong test in Afghanistan of Netted Iridium phones that offer instant communications via satellite network has proved a major success.
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HP Enterprise Services stands up defense practice
HP Enterprise Services has established a new practice to assist current and future defense clients and appointed a former top DOD official to run the business.
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Microsoft to Congress: Time to seed cloud computing
Privacy, security, and international sovereignty issues need congressional attention, says Brad Smith, senior Microsoft executive.
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A leap forward in intelligence gathering
The defense and intelligence communities have developed a huge appetite for unclassified, high-resolution, map-accurate satellite imagery.
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Getting on with the Cyber Command
However distracted Congress might be, a quick approval of Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander -— and Howard Schmidt -— represents a crucial step forward in addressing the nation’s mounting national cybersecurity concerns.
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Encryption: Fixed or still broken?
Senior Defense Department officials played down the security concerns about drones' unencrypted video feeds after the Wall Street Journal broke the story. What remains unclear is whether this problem has been addressed or is still an issue.
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Navy hoists anchor on fleet infrastructure buildout
The Navy is expected to award initial technology development contracts to two contenders for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program, a key part of the service's strategy to streamline its C4ISR systems and acquisition programs.
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DISA plugs hole in security scripts
DISA has fixed Security Readiness Review scripts for UNIX operating systems that ran untrusted applications with root privileges, leaving computers vulnerable to malicious code.
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Green tech: NASA brings space tech down to earth
NASA is getting into the green tech business, it seems, by using software designed for such things as the International Space Station and Mars Rover missions to control indoor energy systems.
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Tactical communications satellite ready for testing
The military’s Mobile User Objective System satellite moved one step closer to orbital delivery in January when its communications system module was attached to its propulsion core.
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Army Knowledge Online gets performance boost
Col. Earl Noble, project manager of Army Knowledge Online and Defense Knowledge Online, discusses new AKO capabilities, technical challenges associated with creating a federated system, and objectives of the newly implemented business process management capability.
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Testing the Navy's integrated future
Rear Adm. Michael Bachmann lays out Team SPAWAR’s road map for the coming year — a map with several significant milestones.
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ManTech buy will increase Army recon work
ManTech International Corp. announced today that it completed the acquisition of Sensor Technologies Inc. on Friday, Jan. 15. The purchase price was $242 million in cash.
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