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DOD rethinks buying versus building software
DISA, Army exploring a new way to acquire applications more quickly and with less cost by building them in-house.
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DOD needs better process improvement management
The Defense Department isn't meeting all of its statutory requirements for improving processes related to the development, acquisition, and engineering of software and systems, investigators find.
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Army picks two for driver’s vision devices
The Army has awarded contracts to DRS Technologies and BAE Systems to fulfill orders for infrared driver’s vision enhancers through an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a $1.9 billion ceiling.
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New tool to aid Air Force analysis efforts
SRA International Inc. will build a decision-making and documentation tool to support Air Force intelligence, reconnaissance and surveillance efforts under a three-year, $19 million contract.
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Marines to get help with counter-IED systems
The Marine Corps will get assistance with technology designed to defeat radio-controlled improvised explosives through a new contract awarded to Science Applications International Corp.
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Army CIO announces Apps for Army competition
The Army is starting a competition aimed at fostering the creative development of new applications for use in the .mil community.
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New infrared technologies aimed at aiding warfighters
CACI International Inc. will assist the Army to further develop specialized infrared night vision technology under a three-year, $50 million contract.
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Airborne intelligence platform joins Army exercise
An aircraft system capable of taking information from multiple sensors and distributing it to military units participated in the Army’s C4ISR On-the-Move exercise held last month.
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Nothing like a challenge
The Army aspires to deploy a global enterprise e-mail system accessible from anywhere in the world with a single-sign-on account.
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Industry Recon
Northrop Grumman has completed the design and structural tests for the X-47B unmanned combat air system intended for aircraft carrier service. Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin and Harris furnished a set of advanced video and geospatial intelligence technologies for the Defense Department's annual Empire Challenge exercise.
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Everything over IP transitions to IP over everything
The Defense Department has a formal migration plan to move all of its telecommunications to the IP format by the second half of the next decade.
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Building a protective black core for the Global Information Grid
Global Information Grid architects are working on a "black core" of encryption that would maintain military standards for information assurance.
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New processors power embedded systems
New processors make it possible to run symmetric multiprocessing applications on boards in control consoles, navigation systems, sensors and weapons systems.
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New UAV sensors could leave enemy no place to hide
The Air Force’s Gorgon Stare full-motion video sensor for drones will enhance battlefield surveillance by offering views from a dozen camera angles.
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Army faces different IED foe in Afghanistan
The Army is fielding a cadre of electronic warfare specialists to address the challenges of fighting improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan.
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Harnessing the full power of sensor fusion
The Army is learning how to best adapt its Distributed Common Ground System to accommodate new sensor capabilities and the large volume of data they produce.
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DISA aims for smooth operations across business lines
Bobbie Stempfley, chief information officer of the Defense Information Systems Agency, discusses efforts to make DISA’s operations environment more efficient, transform its business management environment, and deal with the challenges of cloud computing.
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DISA to rely on existing contracts
The Defense Information Systems Agency isn’t just trying to increase efficiency with its technology base. The agency's procurement team is building a strategy based on avoiding the creation of new contracts.
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DISA's rebalancing act
Shifting demands, funding setbacks and the agency’s BRAC relocation pose new challenges to DISA’s recent gains in service delivery.
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