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Encryption of Predator video feeds will take time
It could take as long as five years before video feeds from Predator and Reaper drones are fully encrypted and U.S. forces are able to keep enemy forces from intercepting the information, reports Ellen Nakashima in the Washington Post.
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Laptop with personal data about thousands stolen from Army employee
A government laptop containing names and personally identifiable information of more than 42,000 patrons of childcare and recreational facilities at Fort Belvoir in Virginia since 2005 was stolen on Nov. 28.
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Army garrisons get tech support boost
NCI Inc. has won a seven-year, $309 million task order to provide the Army with a wide array of information technology services at several military installations around the country.
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DOD C4ISR programs to get boost
CACI International Inc. will provide a range of technological support services to the Defense Department under a two-year, $24 million task order.
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Hands on with Army Go Mobile gear
The real potential of the Go Mobile program is in providing military personnel access to their AKO/DKO accounts wirelessly. The days of luggable laptops might be over soon, replaced in this case with smart phones that pack almost as much computing power.
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House passes defense bill that would reduce use of contractors
Defense spending bill includes measures to reduce spending on contractor outsourcing and new programs to reduce fraud and abuse.
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Military Predator video intercepted by Iraqis
Iraqi insurgents have used inexpensive off-the-shelf software to intercept video feeds from Predator unmanned aerial vehicles during the past year, the Wall Street Journal reports.
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Army to take a closer look at network science
A Raytheon unit will help develop a consortium for the Army to examine communication, information, and social and cognitive networks under a new contract.
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Gorgon Stare to accompany Afghanistan surge
The Air Force plans to deploy the new Gorgon Stare sensor to Afghanistan in spring 2010 to enhance surveillance of insurgent activities and give U.S. forces a boost during anticipated spring offensives, reports Colin Clark at DOD Buzz.
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Public or private, the cloud makes its business case
The Defense Department and Arlington County, Va., chose different paths to cloud computing.
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Army's Go Mobile puts big computing power into soldiers' pockets
The Army is readying a mobile kit based on smart phones that will give soldiers access to the online resources of the Army Knowledge Online portal from anywhere in the world.
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Unmanned long-strike capabilities might get budget boost
Manned and unmanned global strike programs are among the Defense Department weapons programs that might benefit from a $100 billion infusion of new funds over a five-year period, reports Vago Muradian at Defense News.
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Pulling an about-Facebook on privacy
By requiring that each of its 350 million users to set their own privacy settings -- and making the process easy to understand -- Facebook is trying to part of the solution.
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Marine Corps Logistics Command schedules IT support
AT&T Government Solutions Inc. will furnish information technology support services to the Marine Corps Logistics Command under a one-year, $6.4 million task order.
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Droid does it better
The new Verizon Wireless Droid by Motorola is a phone that could really change the industry, and the way the federal government does its job.
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Army inspects new signals intelligence system
Army battlefield commanders and their staffs will soon have a better system to detect, identify and deter a wide range of electronic signals on the battlefield.
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Airborne, maritime joint network passes key milestone
The component of the Joint Tactical Radio System intended for airborne and maritime platforms and installations has successfully completed a critical design review that capped more than six months of system and subsystem assessments.
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DOD falls in line with Open Government Directive
Coming on the heels of the Dec. 8 rollout of the Open Government Directive, the Defense Department today said it is implementing a number of initiatives of its own to meet the newly established requirements for government transparency.
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Navy helicopter gets data transmission upgrade
Lockheed Martin Corp. will enhance the data transmission capabilities of Navy MH-60R helicopters under a $14.7 million contract.
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