Defense Systems

Army establishes network compliance checklists

Service officials plan to use the acquisition process to build an enterprise-wide interoperable and integrated network.

Defense Systems

Gates still against splitting tanker deal

A key lawmaker’s proposal to divide the program to replace the U.S. military’s aging fleet of in-air refueling tankers was met by opposition at the Pentagon, reports Agence France-Press.

Defense Systems

FCS unmanned vehicles move through review

A government and industry team has given the go-ahead for the unmanned vehicles slated for the Army’s Future Combat Systems to proceed beyond the preliminary design review stage.

Defense Systems

Army investigates suspected database breach

Soldiers registered for the Operation Tribute to Freedom program may have had personal information exposed, the service says.

Defense Systems

Special operations forces need ISR boost

The Defense Department wants to expand the capabilities of its Special Operations Forces in several key areas, one of which is intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

Defense Systems

Army to get logistics management support

The Army has awarded a new contract to BearingPoint Inc. for assistance with logistics, maintenance and supply.

Defense Systems

Navy awards contract for anti-submarine training

The Navy has awarded Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc. an $11 million contract to assist with training forces for anti-submarine warfare.

Defense Systems

GAO: Big ticket programs face cost overruns

The General Accountability Office has singled out the Pentagon’s Future Combat Systems and Joint Strike Fighter as programs in which costs might be running well beyond initial estimates.

Defense Systems

Navy awards Q-70 workstations deal

Lockheed Martin Corp. will provide logistics and other technical support to the Navy under a six-year contract that could be worth as much as $72 million.

Defense Systems

Kundra unveils technology focus at FOSE

Tells FOSE audience he will focus on transparency, engagement, lowering the cost of government and innovation in his role as federal CIO.

Defense Systems

Marines look to UAVs for re-supply

Marines fighting in remote parts of Afghanistan might be re-supplied in the near future by giant unmanned aerial vehicles.

Defense Systems

Air Force contracts for cyber support

The Air Force has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a contract to provide network operations support.

Defense Systems

Marines to get more counter-IED devices

The Naval Sea Systems Command has placed a $317 million order with ITT Corp. for more vehicle-mounted jammers to block the detonation of improvised explosive devices.

Defense Systems

GPS III satellite undergoes preliminary review

The Lockheed Martin Corp. team building the next-generation global positioning system spacecraft has achieved a number of milestones in the preliminary design review phase with the Air Force.

Defense Systems

DISA awards $2.5B network deal

The Defense Information Systems agency has tapped Verizon Business Network Services Inc. for network support.

Defense Systems

Switchblade UAV completes demo

AeroVironment Inc. has completed a thorough demonstration of its small Switchblade unmanned aerial vehicle.

Defense Systems

Air Force moves to boost applications performance

The Air Force has awarded a contract to BAE Systems to find ways to boost the performance of its computing system applications.

Defense Systems

DISA seeks command and control software

The Defense Information Systems Agency is requesting information from contractors capable of providing and maintaining command and control software.

Defense Systems

DOD might create cyber combatant commander

The Defense Department is on the verge of adding a new combatant commander (COCOM) for cyber warfare.