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Battelle to supply battery for Navy anti-IED robot

Battelle has won a Navy contract to build battery boxes to assist explosive ordnance disposal technicians in carrying out their missions.

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Booz Allen upbeat about backlog and growth despite earnings dip

Despite a dip in revenue profits in its latest quarter, Booz Allen Hamilton reported a strong backlog of business in a tough market climate for government contractors and stated its intent to grow in key areas.

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TCS reports record revenue, builds defense pipeline

TeleCommunication Systems reported that its third quarter 2012 revenue marked the highest quarterly revenue and gross profit in the company's history.

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Nine to vie for $750M in intelligence training task orders

Nine companies will compete with each other for $750 million in Defense Department intelligence training task orders over a five-year period.

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General Dynamics demos tactical UAV strike capability

A General Dynamics unit and the Army have successfully demonstrated the ability of a small unmanned aerial vehicle to launch a Global Positioning System-guided small munition.

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Proof of global cyber danger hard to ignore

Many government intelligence agencies in countries around the world recognize the threats that cyberattacks pose to a country’s national security.

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UAV video encryption remains unfinished job

The U.S. military is still broadcasting nearly half of its drone video streams without encryption four years after it learned that its adversaries can see the same information.

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Russian hacker exposed in Georgian cyber counterattack

As U.S. military cyber units mull how to carry out successful counterattacks in cyberspace, an interesting case has developed a half world away where the country of Georgia has turned the tables on a Russia-based hacker.

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Lockheed to build next-gen air control system for Jordanian Air Force

The U.S. Air Force has awarded Lockheed Martin a $26 million foreign military sales contract to upgrade the Royal Jordanian Air Force’s national air command, control and communications infrastructure.

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Air Force to buy full-motion video receivers from L-3 West

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC), the new organization managing the service’s networks under the recent reorganization of Air Force Material Command, will buy full-motion video receivers and interim contractor support from L-3 Communications Systems-West in Salt Lake City, Utah.

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Harris receives new order for Army satellite terminals

Harris has received a new $50.5 million order from the Army for next-generation satellite communications terminals under the service's Modernization of Enterprise Terminals program.

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DOD top line budget figure for the Military Intelligence Program decreases for second year in a row

The Defense Department released today the Military Intelligence Program (MIP) appropriated top line budget for fiscal 2012, and the figure has declined for the second year in a row. 

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Air Force awards $851M engineering support contract to small businesses

The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded an engineering and technical advistory and assistance services contract worth up to $851 million to five small businesses.

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Cyber warriors training hard to defeat adversaries, Army cyber leaders said at AUSA

The Army is ramping up its cyber operations capabilities with training exercises, hardened cybersecurity, cyber weapons development and new policies.

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NATO to spend upwards of $2.7B on C4ISR, comms projects

The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency tentatively plans to spend $2.7 billion on C4ISR and communication capabilities over the next 18 months to support its missions and operations.

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DOD begins mobile device management procurement

The Defense Information System Agency has issued a request for proposls seeking mobile device management capabilities and a dedicated mobile application store.

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ViaSat to supply broadband services to military aircraft

ViaSat has won a multimillion dollar contract from the U.S. government to supply broadband satellite services to support military aircraft in flight.

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Lockheed adds persistent surveillance, penetrating radar offerings

Lockheed Martin has added a persistent surveillance option to its Dragon series of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.

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U.S. to spend $1.4B strengthening overseas Predator drone base

The United States is investing upwards of $1.4 billion in new funds to expand and strengthen its premier military base in the war on terrorism located in the Horn of Africa.

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L-3 wins contract to supply VideoScout to Navy, Marines

L-3 Communications has won a contract potentially worth $85 million over four years to furnish the Marine Corps and the Navy with technology and support for its VideoScout intelligence data processing system.