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Joint Forces chief wants to re-brand command
U.S. Joint Force Command chief recommends “coalition” be added to the command’s name to reflect its significant partnership with non-U.S. entities.
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Army schedules testing for key information systems
Capgemini Government Solutions LLC will provide independent verification and validation support to the Army under a five-year, $88 million contract.
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DARPA seeks to accelerate development processes
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency wants research that will improve the design and manufacturing process for complex aerospace and defense systems.
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Army stays course for battle command support
CACI International Inc. will continue furnishing technical, logistics and business support services for Army battle command systems under a new contract.
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Nexus One: All that and a trackball
Google ups the ante in the smart phone frenzy with the Nexus One, a smart phone running the Android OS.
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Marines go GREENS for battlefield power
The Office of Naval Research has come up with a highly portable photovoltaic/battery system that Marine units can take into the field with them.
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NSA certifies Viper phone for classified communications
General Dynamics product can now be used for classified calls over traditional telephone networks.
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Tech delivers video recon to warfighter radios
Government and industry are searching for ways to make it possible for future users of the Joint Tactical Radio System to view video beamed from unmanned aerial vehicles, reports Keith Button at Defense News.
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Air Force gets support for space launch efforts
Booz Allen Hamilton will provide engineering and integration services to the Air Force under a $38.4 million contract.
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ITT reorganizes $6.3B defense unit
ITT merges seven units into three to create a new Defense and Information Solutions sector.
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Air Force awards support work for Predator, Reaper
The Air Force has awarded General Atomics Aeronautical Systems Inc. a $266 million contract to provide an array of program and technical support for the MQ-1 Predator and MQ-9 Reaper unmanned aerial systems.
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Army kicks off consolidated buying season
The Army will open its semiannual consolidated buying program for desktop and notebook computers on Jan. 11, officials said today.
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Marines to buy additional manpack radios
Harris Corp. has received a $311.4 million increase to an existing indefinite-delivery, indefinite quantity contract to provide the Marines with high-frequency manpack radios.
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Kundra talks about a new day for government data
In an interview with ExecutiveBiz, the federal CIO talks about how a “whole new industry” could evolve around Data.gov.
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Next-gen strike aircraft to have intell capabilities
The follow-on aircraft to the now-discarded Next-Generation Bomber is likely to have key intelligence-gathering capabilities and also be able to disrupt enemy networks and sensors, Aviation Week reports.
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Commentary: Browser Exposure
Researchers have identified a critical Zero-Day vulnerability in Internet Explorer (IE) 6 and IE 7 that hints at a larger problem.
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Cybersecurity czar named; let the turf wars begin
Now that Howard Schmidt is officially named the White House cybersecurity coordinator, don’t expect that to be the end of the matter.
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Obama picks cybersecurity coordinator
Howard Schmidt is President Barack Obama’s choice for cybersecurity chief, the administration announced today.
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Lack of Predator video encryption raises questions
Readers of Defense Systems were stunned that the military failed to encrypt Predator video feeds.
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