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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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The FBI, a Spanish lawmaker and bin Laden
Blogger Brian Robinson can't help but wonder why the FBI incorporated a picture of a Spanish minister of parliament into a wanted poster of the world's most infamous international terrorist. The Spanish PM is wondering too.
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Space-based router promises more reliable communications
The Internet Routing in Space (IRIS) program is working on building radiation-tolerant IP for satellite and related spacecraft, supporting voice, video and data communications.
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How DOD wants to speed shop
One-product, one-test approach would involve the exchange of an approved products list, testing standards and vetting processes.
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Defense Logistics Agency to implement CPI infrastructure
Dynamics Research Corp. will provide Lean Six Sigma management assistance to the Defense Logistics Agency under a five-year contract with an estimated value of $4.2 million.
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DOE assembles team to tackle cybersecurity threats to power grid
The Energy Department assembles the National Energy Sector Cyber Organizationam to work on reducing cybersecurity risks faced by the U.S. power grid.
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Army mulls realignment to fortify cyber command
Army officials are weighing realigning networking and communications units to build a fully operational cyber component by October 2010.
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Social networking for democracy (and earthquake relief)
Sen. Richard Lugar says the Obama administration and U.S. diplomats should be "nimble, flexible and innovative" in the ways they use social media.
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