Defense Systems

Harris wins $397M contract for handheld military radios

Harris has won a two-year, $397 million contract from the Defense Department to furnish its Falcon III handheld tactical radio system.

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Navy, Alion team on training systems upgrade

Alion Science and Technology has won a $63 million contract award from the Navy Warfare Development Command to enhance the service's training systems.

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Raytheon to deliver thermal weapon sights to Army

The Army has selected Raytheon to furnish as many as 24,000 thermal weapon sights through a contract modification.

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Army to open Rifleman Radio procurement to full and open competition

The Army has issued a request for information for the purchase of upwards of more than 80,000 additional Rifleman Radios under full and open competition that will serve as the principal networked radio for soldiers at the platoon level and below throughout the entire force.

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CIA requests more drones to cover broader geographic area

CIA Director David Petraeus has submitted a proposal to the White House requesting that it add about 10 additional drones to the agency's inventory.

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Army turns to ITT Exelis for SINCGARS equipment

The Army has placed an order with ITT Exelis for power amplifiers and vehicular adapters that can be used with existing radios operated by the U.S. Army and the National Guard.

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Intel officers get graduate program on emerging threats

A new graduate program has been established to help intelligence officers develop expertise on the growing range of emerging threats to national security, the Defense Department said.

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Next Tier Concepts to improve web portal for JIEDDO

Next Tier Concepts has won an contract from JIEDDO to furnish enterprise web portal and related services.

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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.