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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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All-seeing security program spreading throughout DOD
McAfee teams with Northrop Grumman to provide host-based security system that monitors Defense Department networks inside and out.
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Vulnerability in DISA security scripts could leave systems at risk
DISA warns government users not to run Unix Readiness Review Scripts until it fixes a vulnerability.
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Air Force acknowledges stealth UAV
Air Force officials confirmed the existence of an unmanned aerial vehicle Dec. 4 that incorporates stealth design characteristics and has been sighted in Afghanistan, report David Fulghum and Bill Sweetman in Aviation Week’s 'Ares' blog.
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Naval Surface Warfare Center to upgrade systems
General Dynamics Information Technology will provide information technology and engineering services to the Navy under a five-year, $18.6 million contract.
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Virtual world technologies aid real world problems
Military customers at the I/ITSE show look beyond tank and flight simulators toward simulations for training soldiers on the ground – not only for fighting and maneuvering but for interacting with civilians and other players in confrontational situations.
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Second Life demonstrates mingling of real and virtual worlds
Virtual worlds made popular by Second Life are showing new signs of life thanks to new prototyping tools. Some of those tools were on display at the Interservice/Industry Training, Simulation and Education Conference in Orlando this week.
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Sensors move up to the front line in Afghanistan
The Army is increasing the use of sensors and introducing other technology advances to its logistics operations in support of troops in Afghanistan, reports Antonie Boessenkool in Defense News.
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