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Data can drive African sovereignty
Perhaps Africom’s initial thrust should be information gathering, analysis and sharing and the planning and execution capabilities that cascade from them.
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The weakest (hyper)link
The threat to sensitive information on DOD's unclassified networks gets a helping hand from inside.
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AAI wins two Army contracts for Shadow UAS
Aircraft Armaments Inc. has won two new contracts from the Army, totaling $248.1 million, to provide additional Shadow unmanned aircraft systems and related support.
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DCGS coming to NetCents
The Distributed Common Ground System is a family of programs with common elements designed to meet the military services’ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance needs.
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Management problems at NetCents
Management will likely become even more complex under NetCents-2, which could have 51 to 80 prime contractors.
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Interview with Lt. Gen. Michael Peterson
Peterson manages a command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) portfolio valued at $17 billion. He spoke with Defense Systems contributing editor Barry Rosenberg about some of the challenges he has faced in his three years as Air Force CIO.
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Georgia Tech tests unmanned systems
This project brings together concept development and system evaluation, focusing on new ways of testing unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned systems that operate on land, on the sea and underwater.
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Reporter's notebook -- LandWarNet 2008
This year’s conference featured several themes, such as defining the battle domain, building the military enterprise and securing data.
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Battlespace awareness helps commanders hit targets
When Taliban insurgents nearly overran a U.S.-run outpost, air support was urgent and necessary. Military commanders in Afghanistan responded with 2,000-pound bombs, a Hellfire missile from an unmanned air system and other munitions. They monitored the battle on live video feeds by using the Persistent Surveillance and Dissemination System of Systems.
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NECC forges joint command and control with SOA
The Defense Department aims to establish a new C2 environment that will offer a less expensive way to develop C2 capabilities, a faster way to deliver them to warfighters, and a more flexible way for users to shape them to their needs. In that environment, DOD could rapidly deploy forces to respond to conflicts.
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Army wants to recruit small businesses for FCS
The Army is seeking information from small businesses on their capabilities as they relate to supporting its future combat systems program.
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Battelle wins pair of Air Force chem-bio deals
Battelle Memorial Institute has won two Air Force contracts totaling $16.5 million to assist in developing procedures to respond to chemical exposure and chemical weapons attacks.
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Navy details NMCI follow-on plan
The documents, totaling about 700 pages, describe how the Navy would like to see NMCI evolve after the original contract expires in 2010.
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Exalt will aid DOD with business transition planning
Exalt Consulting Group LLC will assist the Defense Department with transition planning, enterprise architecture and solutions development under a five-year contract valued at $17.5 million.
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DOD activity seeks disaster recovery support
The Defense Department’s Washington Headquarters Service is requesting quotes from contractors interested in providing disaster recovery services, according to a FedBizOpps notice posted today.
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SAIC to support Naval Health Research Center
SAIC will provide biomedical, epidemiological and clinical research support under a $20 million Army contract.
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General Dynamics to support Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan
General Dynamics will furnish IT management services to the Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan.
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DOD asserts more oversight of undefined contracts
Contracting officers must report plans for using contracts with undefinitized contract actions, or UCAs.
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