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IP routing takes one giant leap into space
The potential of Internet Routing in Space to reduce the latency -- and limits on transmission volumes -- inherent in current satellite communications potentially offers a host of new military and commercial opportunities.
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Transportation Command lines up program support
SRA International will provide support to the Transportation Command under a $9.5 million follow-on contract.
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Army to improve buying of combat training products
General Dynamics C4 Systems will help the Army consolidate and improve the method by which it purchases products essential for combat training systems under a contract potentially worth $200 million over five years.
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Joint Strike Fighter to get better targeting abilities
The stealth fighter plane will be fitted with new sensor technology.
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DOD social-media policy still in limbo
Official promises the policy is very close to completion.
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DOD gets help with missile threat analysis
SAIC will provide a wide range of scientific and technical assistance to the Defense Intelligence Agency under a contract potentially worth $19 million over five years.
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Open source comes to Army Go Mobile program
The Army’s Maj. Keith Parker demos the Go Mobile kit to the GCN Lab.
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The military’s new suggestion box
The Army Knowledge Online program looked to a young, informed, tech-savvy group of folks to design its Go Mobile program—soldiers.
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Internet Explorer users face new zero-day threat
Just before Thanksgiving Day, Microsoft released a security advisory on a vulnerability affecting Internet Explorer 6 and 7 browsers, based on "new public reports."
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Military and overseas voters to get online options
The 2010 Defense Authorization Act includes requirements to ease voting for Americans overseas.
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Navy funds autonomous submarine for coastal surveillance
The Navy is funding the development of an autonomous submarine that gathers military intelligence information in coastal waters and harbors by deploying and operating small unmanned underwater vehicles, reports John Keller at Military & Aerospace Electronics.
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Army enlists help streamlining intelligence data
CACI International Inc. will provide program management and technical engineering services to the Army under a new $24 million task order.
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AFCEA branches into federal energy initiatives
Newly focused chapter to facilitate collaboration between industry and government leaders in science, technology and policy.
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Readers offer stuffing for IT turkey
Readers suggest a few projects that could have made our Thanksgiving list of failed, or deeply troubled, government IT projects and debate the causes of such large-scale failures.
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New software targets Air Force bombers' accuracy
Boeing Co. has won a $23 million contract to upgrade software on Air Force bombers, increasing their sniper-like precision and single-moving-target kill capabilities.
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Pair teams on naval sonar technologies
General Dynamics Canada and Marport C-Tech Ltd. have signed a memorandum of understanding that lays the foundation for collaboration on a line of new naval sonar products.
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New battle command software undergoes testing
U.S. troops seeking to verify the position of friendly and hostile forces in ground combat eventually will be able to upgrade that information in seconds rather than minutes, according to the contractor developing the software.
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DOD to scrutinize contractors' support services
DOD will revise how its managers review contractors’ services that support work that is set aside for only government employees to perform.
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Special Operations Command gets image analysis support
L-3 Services Inc. will provide imagery analysis services to the Special Operations Command under a contract potentially worth $155 million over five years.
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