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Meeting NATO's satcom needs is no simple task
NATO members are partnering on a satellite constellation to serve troops around the world.
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Commercial satellites plug bandwidth gap for military satcom
The Defense Department is increasingly turning to commercial satellite providers to relay messages and images for networked warfighters.
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Kundra describes vision of three huge federal data centers
In the future, federal data center consolidation could go much further and create three huge "digital Fort Knox" centers, Kundra said.
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Federal government shutdown FAQ
The impending government shutdown is raising a a lot of questions about what's to come and what employees should do. Here are some answers.
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Cyber framework better than strict rules
The 2011 RSA Conference provided a forum for a continuing dialogue about the difficulties inherent in defining and crafting a cyber warfare policy.
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DOD arranges critical IT support for anti-IED offices
CACI International Inc. will provide mission support and IT services to two Defense Department organizations under a four-year, $20 million task order. The award falls under the $494 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity Comprehensive Support Services contract that CACI won in August 2009.
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Law lets men, mules continue forward without funds
If money for supplies runs out, an old law can save the day.
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DOD to slash senior-level civilian positions
The Defense Department is in the process of cutting 209 civilian senior executive positions, with 126 to be eliminated and 83 downgraded.
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Ground troops to get access to Army's smart phone network
Gen. Pater Chairelli views the Army's Common Operating Environment as the potential game changer to get the service's network planned for smart phones to "the lowest levels" possible.
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Robot ranks expand on the battlefield
Robots are playing an ever-expanding role in the Afghanistan war and the ratio of such machines to troops is 1 to 50, reports William Matthews at NextGov.
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Top CBP procurement execs show lighter side at Industry Day
Many of the top IT and procurement officials at Customs and Border Protection were on hand to share information and a few candid remarks at Tuesday's Industry Day.
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DARPA looks to boost tactical networks with cloud
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency looks at battlefield cloud networking and mobile wireless nodes to push data down to individual soldiers.
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DIA awards tasks to improve services delivery
The Defense Intelligence Agency has awarded BAE Systems Inc. a pair of competitive task orders under the Solutions for the Information Technology Enterprise (SITE) contract, totaling approximately $350 million.
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Readying Patriot missiles for launch? There's an iPhone app for that, too
Pressing the keys on the mobile device won't actually launch the missile, but it will start a 3-D application to teach Patriot Missile crews about positioning and readying the Patriot system in order to launch and fire.
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Broadband consultant frustrated with Beltway policy making
Craig Settles, a broadband industry consultant and president of Successful.com, as a D.C. outsider is frustrated with the ways of decision-making inside the Beltway.
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Jenkins to be FAI director
Federal Acquisition Institute's acting director gets full-time position.
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Wanted: A few good DOD acquisition policies
The Defense Department is seeking industry recommendations on the military's acquisition practices as part of the next stage of its Better Buying Power Initiative, launched in 2010 by Ashton Carter, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics.
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