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Air Force awards space operations support deal

QinetiQ North America will provide space operations technical support to the Air Force Space and Missile System Center under a new contract

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Marine Corps calls up logistics support

The Marine Corps Systems Command has awarded Ocean Systems Engineering Corp. a task order to provide autonomic logistics support services.

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Air Force gets help with sensor architecture

The Air Force has awarded Ball Aerospace and Technologies a contract to help develop an architecture that will improve the analysis of sensor data.

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Report: Defense Travel System difficult to navigate

Fewer than half of the travelers using the new Defense Travel System for automated reservations and vouchers had a successful experience with it, according to a new study.

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Air Force orders new combat training simulator

The Air Force will get a new training system from Fidelity Technologies Corp. under a $5.3 million contract.

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Navy expeditionary center awards logistics contracts

The Navy has awarded contracts to three companies to provide integrated logistics support to the Naval Facilities Expeditionary Logistics Center.

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Army Geospatial Center gets marching orders

The Army Geospatial Center will support the Army Battle Command System and integrate technologies and processes to give warfighters a geospatial common operational picture.

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Robotic exoskeleton lightens soldiers' load

Soldiers will be able to lift as much as 200 pounds using a new robotic exoskeleton that transfers the weight to the ground through battery-powered titanium legs.

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IT key to facing new military challenges, Cartwright says

To fight constantly evolving enemies, U.S. forces must be faster at deploying IT systems to warfighters, said the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.

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Air Force works on wireless spacecraft technology

Northrop Grumman will develop a wireless spacecraft bus for the Air Force Research Laboratory under a 21-month, $4.1 million contract.

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WIN-T: Army passes milestone for mobile networking

The contracting team building the Army’s new high-speed communications network has successfully completed extensive tests of the project's second phase.

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DOD awards USTRANSCOM logistics contact

SRA International Inc. will provide policy development, program management and other strategic planning services to the U.S. Transportation Command.

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Air Force to test, evaluate sensor technologies

Jacobs Engineering Group will help the Air Force test and evaluate its sensor technologies under an eight-year contract that has a potential value of $19.7 million.

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Navy officials weighing Web 2.0 adoption

The Navy will likely deploy its own versions of social media technologies such as Facebook and Wikipedia for use on internal networks, Navy Department CIO Robert Carey said.

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Special Operations Command awards logistics work

The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded Lockheed Martin Corp. a 10-year contract to provide various support services to maintain military equipment and information technology infrastructure.

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TSAT hits new turbulence

The Transformational Satellite Communications System program hits key technology targets, but costs and alternative capabilities could keep the $20 billion program from getting into orbit.

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Army evaluates robots for big EOD dig

The Army Environmental Command looks to robots to clear unexploded ordnance.

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Space radar plans stay in flux

Interest in next-generation space radar remains high even if the method for obtaining new capabilities remains uncertain.

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The push for information assurance

Experts familiar with the DIACAP certification and accreditation process see a need for greater automation of the way information is gathered and organized for system reviews.

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The promise beneath Forge.mil

DISA's efforts to accelerate network-centric technology advances have gained notable traction in recent weeks.