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Gates: Procurement system must address urgent needs
Defense Secretary Robert Gates believes the military needs to find a way to institutionalize a process to field relatively low-tech equipment that is sorely needed by warfighters to protect U.S. troops and fight ongoing wars.
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Military has mini supercomputer in works
Military personnel could soon have the power of a supercomputer in a wearable, 1-pound box. The mini-supercomputer is based on a 5.6-inch wide, 3.3-inch high, 1-inch deep unit.
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Pentagon planners considering space-based solar power
The Pentagon's National Security Space office suggested a year ago that orbiting solar power stations might be feasible for providing electricity for remote bases. Now the idea is being dragged back out into the daylight.
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Army enlists logistics support for Fort Polk
The Army has awarded a five-year, $90 million task order to Northrop Grumman Corp. for logistics support at Fort Polk, La.
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Quantum3D creates worldwide geospatial database for aircraft simulators
Visual computing vendor Quantum3D has developed a commercial off-the-shelf, worldwide geo-specific database for both fixed-wing and rotary aircraft flight simulations.
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UAVs spread their mission wings
The U.S. Army plans to use unmanned aerial vehicles to assist with counterinsurgency and counterterrorism efforts next year in Africa and South America.
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Virtual Army recruiting center to launch in 2009
A virutal Army recruiting center will be launched on Second Life in January 2009, according to the Army Training and Doctrine Command.
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Israel developing UAV early warning sensor
Faced with a burgeoning nuclear threat from Iran, Israel is looking to develop long range, high resolution unmanned vehicles to help in identifying incoming nuclear warheads.
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Cyber attacks threaten agency missions, experts say
A variety of existing measures could significantly improve the security of government information technology systems in the next two years, experts said at a cyber security conference in Washington this week.
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DOD program to evaluate joint forces’ tactics
DOD will receive assistance from Science Applications International Corp. in administering the program under a 32-month, $10 million task order.
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DISA reforges app development for a net-centric world
DISA's Federated Development and Certification Environment program would usher in a major change in applications development in the continuing quest for net-centricity.
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Army intelligence systems support work extended
The Genesis III prime contract calls for CACI to continue providing comprehensive engineering and logistics support for ground- and air-based intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (ISR) systems at locations worldwide.
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DOD awards telecom center support task
The U.S. Army Information Technology Agency awarded the task order under the Network-Centric Solutions contract. It calls for Telos to provide Defense Message System support at the Pentagon Telecommunications Center, the Army’s nerve center for operating and managing the critical IT infrastructure related to messaging.
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Interview with Lt. General William Shelton, the Air Force's next chief of warfighting integration
Lt. Gen. William Shelton, commander of the Air Force Space Command's 14th Air Force and commander of the Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space, has been reassigned as chief of warfighting integration and chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
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Air Force battlefield casualty system in development
Remotely activated, the system monitors each casualty from the point of wounding to casualty evacuation, and produces a data record for follow-on casualty management.
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Army awards information assurance contract
STG Inc. will provide information assurance services to the Army office responsible for such services under a new task order.
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Advanced sensors give soldiers best battlefield picture
High-tech sensors on the battlefield are cutting through the situational awareness limitations that confront vehicle-mounted soldiers. In a time when much of the military operates in chaotic urban settings – with their potential for roadside bombs, blocked fields of view and snipers – gaining an electronic edge in situational awareness has become more important than ever before.
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MDA scores another successful ballistic missile defense test
In an exercise scenario simulating an attack with a single ballistic missile, the MDA successfully destroyed a target in space.
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National Guard enlists communications support
Under a contract that could be worth as much as $173 million, NCI will manage all IT and telecommunications equipment and systems used by the Army National Guard and Air National Guard in the National Capital Region.
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