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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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Army PEO Soldier orders handheld target locators
The Army has awarded BAE Systems Inc. a five-year, $41.9 million contract to deliver handheld target locators.
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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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