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4 picked to assist Chief of Naval Operations division
The Navy has selected four contractors to furnish program and technical support to the Chief of Naval Operations' Energy and Environmental Readiness Division
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Vistronix buys geospatial software business
Vistronix has acquired geospatial and data visualization software provider Technology Associates International in a move to enhance its national security IT capabilities.
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Next Army NIE to focus on common operating environment, operational energy
The Army is seeking mature technologies for testing at its fall 2013 Network Integration Evaluation that it can use to refine and improve key aspects of its current and evolving network systems.
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DISA exceeds fiscal 2012 small business goals
The Defense Information Systems Agency awarded $1.3 billion in contracting dollars to small businesses in fiscal 2012, exceeding its goals for the fiscal year.
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9 to compete for $997M in Army missile defense systems work
The Army Space and Missile Defense Command has selected nine firms to compete for $997 million worth of task orders in support of its mission.
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Cyber sailors to get 40 hours of continuous learning annually
The Department of the Navy (DON) recently established policy for professional development of the Cyberspace/Information Technology Workforce through a continuous learning program.
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Microsoft inks first-ever joint licensing agreement with DoD
Microsoft announced Friday the most comprehensive licensing agreement ever established with the Department of Defense.
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Army open to possible future role for Palantir intel software
The Army appears to still be considering a role for a rival off-the-shelf system that deployed units have asked to use in the field.
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General Dynamics to furnish NATO with ground surveillance software
General Dynamics Canada has been awarded a $32 million contract to furnish key communications network technology for the NATO Alliance Ground Surveillance (AGS) program.
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SAIC nabs $667M Navy technical services deal
Science Applications International Corp. has won a contract potentially worth as much as $667 million over three years from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center-Atlantic to furnish technical support.
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BAE wins $226M Army GPS deal
BAE has won an Army contract to furnish Global Positioning System technology and services.
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Obama signs laws delaying sequestration, establishing defense policy
President Barack Obama on Jan. 3 signed into a bill that would delay the deep sequestration budget cuts and also signed the 2013 military policy bill.
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Canada wants its own UAVs, but has done little to make it happen
Despite an effort begun six years ago to establish an unmanned aircraft capability, Canadian Forces still have neither fielded unmanned aerial vehicles for routine surveillance of the country's coasts nor for overseas missions.
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7 vie for $1.4B worth of DISA network services tasks
The Defense Department has awarded a $1.4 billion contract to seven companies to compete for task orders in support of the Defense Information System Network.
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Cubic to furnish asset tracking to Afghanistan bases
Cubic Global Tracking Solutions has been awarded three Army and General Services Administration Schedule orders totaling approximately $4.8 million to expand its wireless mesh asset tracking technology at two U.S. bases in Afghanistan.
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Defense bill removes barrier to satellite exports
The 2013 defense authorization bill signed into law on Jan. 3 by President Obama will give U.S. satellite companies a more even playing field when competing in the international market by removing long-standing regulations that had hindered growth and innovation.
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Networked resistance on the rise in 2013
We have just begun to acknowledge the true power of networked resistance.
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Defense authorization bill would require contractors to report cyber breaches
The 2013 defense authorization bill would require contractors to inform the Defense Department about breaches of their networks that contain military data.
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Lockheed gets 10-year, $1.9B contract for 2 AEHF satellites
Lockheed Martin received a 10-year, $1.9 billion contract modification from the Air Force for its continuing work on the Advanced Extremely High Vehicle (AEHF) program.
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