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GNEC, NCS power Army's global network
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, Army chief information officer, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Flight Plan transforms Air Force ISR
Col. Tim Skinner, chief of the Air Force's ISR Plans and Integration Division, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Business process management strengthens AKO/DKO portal
Col. Earl Noble, Army Knowledge Online project manager, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Netcom, GNEC directives transform Army LandWarNet
Maj. Gen. Susan Lawrence, commanding general of the Army's Network Enterprise Technology Command/9th Signal Command, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Integrated sensor-derived data drives battlefield success
Brig. Gen. Thomas Cole, program executive officer of the Army's Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Military leaders accelerate C4ISR integration
Efforts to improve command, control, communications, and computer systems and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities is taking on new urgency.
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Army enlists help for testing C4I systems
ManTech International Corp. will help the Army boost its command and intelligence capabilities under a new contract potentially worth $286 million over five years.
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Navy extends ship engineering support contract
Raytheon Co. will furnish engineering and related support services for the Navy’s next-generation amphibious warfare ships under a contract worth $197 million over five years.
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14 tech firms form cybersecurity alliance for government
A new testing center, part of an effort led by Lockheed Martin and 13 IT companies, will allow for collaboration on developing better cyber defenses.
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DOD modernizes cryptographic device
The Defense Department is modernizing its cryptographic key fill technology, replacing its currently used yet obsolete KYK-13 devices with Really Simple Key Loader from Sypris Electronics.
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NSPS is dead; long live NSPS
The National Security Personnel System, or pay for performance, may have been killed by Congress and President Obama but that doesn't mean it's dead. There's a provision in the bill that makes it possible for someone to free it from the grave.
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DOD goes on defensive in cyber warfare
Raytheon Co. and its team of contractors will work with the Defense Information Systems Agency to thwart cyber attacks on Defense Department networks.
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Military pushes to take advantage of new satellite capacity
The Defense Department is moving rapidly to distribute satellite terminals that can handle X- and Ka-band signals required for the new Wideband Global Satellite system.
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Space Command defends far reaches of cyberspace
Air Force Space Command commander Gen. Robert Kehler discusses the challenges of defending cyberspace, Global Positioning System capabilities and space assets.
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Soldier Radio Waveform ushers in new era in tactical communications
The evolution of the Soldier Radio Waveform is at the heart of the effort to achieve the goals and objectives of its Joint Tactical Radio System program.
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Industry Recon
Lockheed Martin will furnish the Army with additional aerostat platforms for surveillance. L-3 Communications will deliver its Viking 400 unmanned aerial system to the Special Operations Command, and Harris will provide the Army with manpack and vehicular multiband radios.
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Know your vendor
Introduction of unauthorized or compromised computer hardware, networking equipment or electronic components could wreak havoc on any system.
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Secure logistics a key in shift to Afghanistan
An Army task force will ensure a smooth transition for logistics operations as focus shifts from Iraq to Afghanistan.
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Data Packets
The latest developments in the areas of open-source software, knowledge management, social-media policy, communications equipment and battlefield sensors.
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