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DARPA shows leading-edge networking advances
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency came to MILCOM 2008 with a display of networking technologies aimed at dramatically expanding the warfighter’s ability to collect and reliably share all manner of voice, video and text data.
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Air Force hires DRC for logistics data work
The award calls for the company to continue supporting the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, part of the Air Force Materiel Command at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
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Army, Marines task SAIC with network planning
The Joint Network Management System contract from the Army’s Office of the Project Manager - Current Force calls for SAIC to provide network planning and software support services.
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COTM device to give Army units better situational awareness
The device includes a satellite communications hub and two satellite COTM systems that will be installed on Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles.
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Mashed intelligence
Defense Intelligence Agency touts mashups for more flexible data access Metadata.
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AMC blazes trail for Lean Six Sigma in DOD
The Army Materiel Command is breaking trail for the mandated process improvement system, which advocates say has universal applicability. However, critics warn it can inadvertently limit an organization’s ability to respond to changing circumstances.
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Editor's Note | Overtaken by events
With only two months remaining before a major transition and almost everything on the table with the upcoming quadrennial defense review, defense community leaders are facing a shifting target.
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Northrop disputes Joint Light Tactical Vehicle program award
Among its criticisms, Northrop Grumman said its design cost significantly less than that of its competitors, a factor it said was not given sufficient consideration.
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JTRS program makes strides toward delivery
All aspects of the cornerstone program are poised for development, but program costs remain a challenge.
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The DMAIC methodology
When Six Sigma and Lean practices are combined, the result is a means to quantify and eliminate the cost of complexity.
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Interview: John Grimes
The assistant secretary of Defense for networks and information integration and Defense Department chief information officer talks about the transition to a new administration and what's left to do on his watch.
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Joint training for joint ISR
After the Army criticized the Air Force for not being responsive enough to its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance needs, the Army established in 2007 its own aviation unit in Iraq.
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DISA's NCES aims for enterprise transparency
Search, messaging and SOA reach to connect across service boundaries.
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Special Report: DCGS Integration Backbone forges joint ISR ground
The technology provides a common ground picture for the services' ISR platforms.
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Navy Module Test and Repair program deal goes to ESN
The company will provide technical services and conduct independent verification and validation of software in the Navy’s Module Test and Repair program.
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Army puts FCS network through paces in demo
C4ISR On the Move testbed shows Future Combat Systems prototypes in action.
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The Air Force's cyber path
A Q&A with Maj. Gen. John Maluda, director of cyberspace transformation and strategy at the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
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Air Force ISR Agency gets new commander
Brig. Gen. Bradley A. Heithold, currently director of plans, programs, requirements and assessments for the Air Force Special Operations Command, has been selected to take command of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
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