Defense Systems

Navy command seeks modernized GPS

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific wants input from contractors on the availability of modern technologies associated with Global Positioning System equipment.

Defense Systems

Levin wants to rebuild defense acquisition workforce

The Senate Armed Services Committee will take a hard look at defense acquisition reform this year.

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Biometrics Task Force awards 12 contracts

The Biometrics Task Force will contract with 12 companies for a variety of biometric products and services.

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Air Force awards education services work

Northrop Grumman Corp. will provide information technology and management consulting services to the Spaatz Center Research Centers located at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.

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Pair to provide radios through interim program

Thales Communications and Harris Corp. will compete for delivery orders under an interim program designed to provide the U.S. military with tactical radios.

Defense Systems

New Web site enables DOD open-source collaboration

The Forge.mil site is based on SourceForge.net, a public site that hosts thousands of open-source projects.

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Defense Knowledge Online at fiscal crossroads

Officials at the Defense Information Systems Agency are working to develop a future strategy for the fiscally challenged Defense Knowledge Online portal.

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Greater cooperation needed to defeat cyber enemies

The U.S. Strategic Command Deputy Commander urges the integration of net-enabled operations to thwart cyber enemies at the Networkcentric Warfare 2009 conference.

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Elder: Disputes hinder net-centric efforts

Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Elder wants military officials to end intramural disputes over how cyberwarfare is conducted.

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Navy awards undersea communications work

A Lockheed Martin unit will assist the Navy to design and develop a complex group of communications systems to better serve its submarine fleet under a new contract.

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GD to build IT center for Marine Corps

General Dynamics will lead a team that will create an enterprise information technology center for the Marine Corps.

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Robots will help Army with bomb missions

Troops will use the robots to investigate suspicious objects from a safe distance.

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Air Force works to refine IP routers for satellites

Military satellites using on-board IP routers to direct data traffic remain largely a dream even as the technology to send routers into space is more advanced than ever before.

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Air Force awards TSAT extension

Boeing Co. has won a $75 million contract extension to continue doing work on the Air Force’s Transformational Satellite Communications System.

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Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center tech deal awarded

L-3 Communications Corp. will furnish advanced technologies and other support services to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic under a contract potentially work $87.4 million.

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Air Force solicits industry input on aircraft ground tracking

The Air Force’s Air Armament Center Capabilities Integration Directorate Division wants information from industry about developing technology that can remotely tag and track vehicles on the ground.

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Army retrofits Shadow UAVs with laser targeting

The retrofit kits for the Shadow UAS will add weapons targeting capabilities to its existing electro-optic and infrared surveillance capabilities.

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Air Force names six bases as potential cyber headquarters

The 24th Air Force, slated to take the role originally assigned to the provisional Air Force Cyber Command, will have its official home designated by June.

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Navy Reserve awards five professional support contracts

Under the contracts, the five contractors will provide professional support services to the Navy organization in New Orleans.

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DOD sees small increase in IT budget

The Defense Department’s fiscal 2009 information technology budget request of $33 billion represents a 3 percent increase over DOD’s enacted fiscal 2008 IT budget.