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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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Sequestration delayed for 2 months, DOD still vulnerable
The bipartisan agreement hammered out by lawmakers at the last minute to avert sequestration delays the inevitable for two months.
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Army issues its first RFP supporting the Network Integration Evaluation
The Army is looking for mature solutions to support a vehicle tactical router need, and to participate in the Network Integration Evaluation (NIE) 14.1 event scheduled to take place in October-November 2013 at Fort Bliss, TX, and White Sands Missile Range, NM. This marks the first RFP to support the NIE events, according to the System of Systems Integration Directorate (SoSI), which is issuing the RFP.
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Army builds new sensor system to keep roads safe in war zones
The Army is building a new system to counter threats from enemy explosives buried in or beside roadways in war zones that works in conjunction with radars.
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Lockheed buys maker of software for UAV control stations
Lockheed Martin has acquired CDL Systems, a developer of software for vehicle control stations used with unmanned systems.
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AAI wins Army contract to support remote video terminal
AAI has won a contract to furnish contractor logistics support for the Army's One System Remote Video Terminal.
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7 key provisions of the fiscal 2013 defense authorization bill
An agreement hammered out by lawmakers as part of the $633 billion defense authorization bill for fiscal 2013 would remove commercial satellites from the U.S. Munitions List.
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Army DCGS receives deployment decision but without top secret capability
The Army's Distributed Common Ground Systems (DCGS-A) received a full deployment decision for its first increment from Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall on Dec. 14, but without top secret/sensitive compartmented information (TS/SCI) capability.
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Justice plans indictments to thwart cyber espionage
The U.S. Justice Department has joined the fight against state-sponsored cyber attackers and is planning not only to hand down indictments of such criminals, but also when appropriate to name the governments behind the attackers
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DARPA, Marines refine capabilities of robotic 'mule'
Defense Department and Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory researchers are refining advanced capabilities related to autonomy, maneuverability and recovery for a four-legged robot designed to haul gear for Marines on the battlefield,
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Harris to continue working on Air Force satellite network
The Air Force has awarded a fifth option year valued at $66 million on its Network and Space Operations and Maintenance contract to Harris.
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An opportunity for proactive cyber defense
Many people may not realize it, but the health care sector is the fourth most targeted industry segment when it comes to cyberattacks.
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