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Army combat teams begin training with new network equipment
Two Army brigade combat teams of the 10th Mountain Division have begun training with the first fielding of Capability Set 13 vehicles and equipment before redeploying to Afghanistan in 2013.
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SAIC wins $152 million Army aviation IT contract under ITES-2
Science Applications International Corp. has won a task order to furnish a wide range of IT support for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command.
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A major milestone in US cyberspace operations
Many believe that the risk of a devastating cyberattack on the United States has never been higher.
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iRobot 310 gives soldiers safe access to danger zones
iRobot has won a new contract from the Army’s Robotic Systems Joint Program Office to furnish its 310 small unmanned ground vehicle designed to assist soldiers, combat engineers and explosive ordnance disposal crews on dismounted operations.
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Northrop receives $88M Global Hawk Block 30 support deal
Northrop Grumman has received a cost-plus, fixed-fee contract to furnish logistics support for the RQ-4 Global Hawk Block 30.
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Navy taps Accenture for systems engineering support
The Navy has awarded Accenture Federal Services a contract to furnish C4I systems engineering support.
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Lockheed gives mobile ISR testbed broader capabilities
Lockheed Martin has finished upgrading the mobile testbed that the Defense Department uses to evaluate new intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance technologies into an operational environment.
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What's the DOD doing to defend against the growing number of cyberattacks?
As high- and low-level cyberattack incidents continue to pile up, the Defense Department is redoubling efforts to develop defensive and offensive cyber capabilities and establish clear rules of engagement.
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Army, Northrop partner to upgrade joint tactical ground station
Northrop Grumman has won a $31.2 million contract from the Army to modernize the Joint Tactical Ground Station to improve the missile defense capabilities.
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New 'miniFlame' cyber weapon can control spyware infected machines
A new malware known as miniFlame that apppears to be used to commandeer and boost the spying capability over select computers originally infected by the Flame and Gauss spyware has been discovered by researchers at Kaspersky Lab.
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Army extends ManTech's work on DCGS-A
ManTech International has won a $45 million task order to continue furnishing key services for the Army's primary system for processing and sharing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data gathered from manned and unmanned sensor platforms.
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QinetiQ wins Navy contract for Talon robots
QinetiQ North America has won a contract from the Navy to furnish Talon Generation IV robot vehicles.
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Senate to consider cybersecurity legislation again in November
Sen. Dan Coats (R-Ind.) said Oct. 15 that he supports Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid's (D-Nev.) plans to try to get cybersecurity legislation passed by the Senate in November.
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Iran may have been behind recent wave of cyberattacks
U.S. intelligence analysts believe that Iran was likely behind a serious wave of network attacks that struck computers in the Saudi oil sector and also hit U.S. financial institutions.
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Cyber threat to US infrastructure becoming more serious, says Panetta
The United States is likely to experience a steady barrage of cyberattacks against critical infrastructure in the months ahead, says Defense Secretary Leon Panetta.
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AF IT Day: Gen. Shelton says service needs to refine its cyberspace mission
The Air Force still cannot define its role and responsibilities in cyberspace, despite stating for years that the domain was a zone of operations, says a top service official.
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AF IT Day: Lt. Gen. Hawkins says DISA will launch JIE, but not operate it
The Defense Information Systems Agency will play a key role in launching the Defense Department's next-generation virtual information sharing zone known as the Joint Information Environment, but it will not actually run it.
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Air Force, Northrop upgrade B-2 with EHF satcom subsystem
The Air Force has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract to outfit the service's fleet of B-2 bombers with new high-speed processing subsystems.
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Leaving ourselves vulnerable to cyberattack
Cybersecurity protections that address our food and water supplies, health-care systems and power grids need to happen immediately.
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