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Bridging the SOA divide for deployed assets
How the feds must rethink software design principles to better serve users abroad.
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DSB makes cybersecurity recommendations
Although cyber threats have grown, there has been limited progress on cybersecurity for national defense and the incoming Obama administration should place the “highest priority” on accelerating and strengthening cybersecurity efforts, according to a report, titled "Defense Imperatives for the New Administration."
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UAV communications relay sets flight endurance record
A solar-powered plane, funded jointly by the Department of Defense and U.K. Ministry of Defence, recently set an unofficial world endurance record, and provided a relay that allowed units more than 300 miles apart to communicate using terrestrial radio.
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Court says DOD's minority contractor rule is unconstitutional
The U.S. Court of Appeals decided against the rule because there was no real proof that DOD has discriminated against the firms in awarding contract.
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Military to unveil early version of personal health record
The prototype personal health record will be “available to, and entirely controlled by, the patient, and at no additional cost to the beneficiary,” according to a blog post by Stephen Jones, principal deputy assistant secretary of Defense for health affairs.
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DOD budget may be cut under Obama, Boeing says
Pressure on the Pentagon budget is expected to increase, particularly as the new president grapples with demands for federal assistance from the banking and finance sectors.
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DOD to draw up new COI proposals
The Defense Acquisition Regulatory Council has put on hold previously proposed rules on contractor conflicts of interest while regulators draw up new proposals, according to documents updated Oct. 31.
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The case for network-centric warfare
An army's communication capabilities have become crucial to a successful military agenda, which leads governments to deploy network-centric warfare as an integral part of their military might.
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Air Force gives nod to Lockheed high-orbit payload
The Air Force has accepted for operations from Lockheed Martin Corp. an infrared system that functions in a highly elliptical orbit.
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Defense Medical Logistics Standards System re-ups CACI
The company will continue providing technical support for a global military medical logistics system through three task orders worth a total of $30 million.
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Navy appoints new chief of research
Navy Rear Adm. Nevin Carr has been named the new chief of naval research and director of test and evaluation and technology at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.
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Army disputes GAO take on protests
The Army is concerned that GAO’s position — that contractors now can protest an agency’s decision under the fiscal 2008 National Defense Authorization Act — will “effectively graft the Federal Acquisition Regulation Part 15 requirements” onto the task order process, according to the decision document.
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Marines to acquire next-gen IT
The three-year contract, valued at $41 million, calls for Jacobs Engineering Group to support acquisition management of the Marines’ next-generation IT environment.
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Air Force awards aircraft protection deal
The Air Force has chosen Science Applications International Corp. to assist in developing technologies that will help protect U.S. military aircraft under a five-year contract with a maximum value of $45.6 million.
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DISA Picks Data and Wireless services off Networx
The Defense Information Services Agency has announced that it has selected two vendors to provide wireless and data services to the Department of Defense under the GSA's Networx Universal federal telecommunications program.
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Tricare awards program management task order
DRC will provide program management support to Tricare's traumatic brain injury and psychological health program.
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General Dynamics completes delivery of WIN-T's Increment 1
General Dynamics C4 Systems of Taunton, Mass. announced it has completed delivery of the equipment for Increment 1 of the US Army's Warfighter Information Network-Tactical (WIN-T). WIN-T Increment 1 builds on the former Joint Network Node-Network (JNN) and provides soldiers with a high-capacity, reliable, secure communications network when they are stopped, or "at the halt".
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Marines move to consolidate IT infrastructure
The Marine Corps picked Stanley to assist in efforts to deliver more timely information to commanders and authorized users of the Marine Corps Enterprise Network Secret IP Routed Network.
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Obama team mulls DOD picks
Sens. Hagel and Reed, along with current Defense Secretary Robert Gates, are thought to be on Obama's list to head DOD.
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