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Navy enlists Web 2.0

The Navy's chief information officer has endorsed the use of Web 2.0 tools to improve communication and collaboration.

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Army Central Command to receive assistance

The award calls for SAIC to assist the Central Command’s Directorate of Command and Control, Communications and Computers, primarily at command headquarters in Tampa, Fla.

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Air Force taps Northrop for software award

Under the contract valued at $177 million, Northrop Grumman IT will deliver Joint Enterprise Department of Defense Intelligence Information System Infrastructure software and DODIIS Trusted Workstation software.

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Air Force flight-tests battlespace info exchange system

Air Force successfully tests a modified AC-130 gunship aircraft that enables the exchange of battlespace information between ground and airborne participants.

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Medical Research and Materiel Command awards grant

The $100,000 grant from the Army enables Teksouth Corp. to study ways that data in electronic health records could be structured to improve the analysis of disease and population health trends in the military.

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DOD launches new wiki

Defense Department officials have launched a wiki as a way to improve collaboration among agency scientists, engineers, acquisition workers and military service members.

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Failing to protect data may risk battlefield strategies

Controlled but unclassified data is leaking to the public from DOD Web sites, defense contractors and other sources, and causing increasing concern.

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Navy endorses Web 2.0

A memo was issued Oct. 20 by the Navy's chief information officer backing the use of Web 2.0 tools to improve communication and collaboration.

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DOD's Business Transformation Agency to receive support

The Business Enterprise Integration Services task order calls for CACI to provide technical and management support to the agency, which oversees business operations throughout DOD and ensures the deliver of enterprise-level capabilities that meet warfighter needs.

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Sypherlink, Spawar to confront data network challenges

Partnership targets on-the-fly systems integration across organizations.

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Navy hires SAIC for overseas network support

Science Applications International Corp. will help maintain a Navy information network that supports operations in Europe and the Middle East under a new contract.

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Army to get automated biometrics toolset

The Army’s Program Executive Office for Enterprise Information Systems awarded the one-year contract under the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions-2 Services program.

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Air Force issues pre-solicitation on cyberspace defense

Officials are looking for ways to anticipate and avoid threats through understanding the cyber situation, predicting adversarial actions and assessing potential effects.

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New DOD procurement to focus on collaboration

A new contract for the Defense Department’s high-performance computing program seeks to improve collaboration among government agencies, industry and academia.

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BearingPoint to advise Marine Corps Headquarters

The Marine Corps Headquarters has hired BearingPoint Inc. to manage its information resources and improve the efficiency of business processes under a five-year, $22.3 million contract.

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Air Force taps Harris for network, space operations

Under the first-year option, Harris will continue to provide operations and maintenance support to the 50th Space Wing’s Air Force Satellite Control Network at locations worldwide.

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Navy shipboard technology evaluation deal awarded

SAIC will evaluate emerging technologies for navigation, sensors and systems used for shipboard command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.

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New NGEN acquisition approach under consideration

One critical change envisioned is that the Navy will have more operational and network control.

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Land Warrior/Mounted Warrior/Air Warrior

Network-centric warfare, from boots on the ground to guns in the air.

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DARPA network monitoring

Network-centric operations offer a wealth of new capabilities for the military, but they also present major problems for network monitoring and security.