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New space policy will take U.S. to infinity and beyond
The new National Security Space Strategy outlines how the U.S. government will manage its space industrial base, defend its space assets and share space-based resources with allies.
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Special Ops Command awards pair of support contracts
General Dynamics Corp. and Hewlett Packard Co. will provide network and data center services to the U.S. Special Operations Command under a pair of contracts that have a combined value of more than $151 million.
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Joint tactical radios approved for aircraft integration
Next-generation radio terminals aim to improve situational awareness and communications for deployed forces.
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Army presses forward with e-mail move
The Army will start moving user accounts to its new enterprise e-mail service this month and expects to finish the job for 1.6 million accounts by year's end.
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Army puts new battlefield network strategy in place
Lessons learned from previous Army battlefield networking and technology programs are paving the way for the service's new network integration strategy.
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Raise the bar for new Reaper, colonel says
New Reaper model must be able to face emerging threats such as cyber warfare and surface-to-air missiles better than the current MQ-9 drone, says Col. James Gear, director of the Air Force's Remotely Piloted Aircraft Task Force.
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For DISA, it's a whole new -- virtualized -- world
The Defense Information Systems Agency is undergoing sweeping changes in how it delivers information services to the warfighting community. DISA CIO Henry Sienkiewicz talked with GCN about managing those changes, DISA's progress developing more elastic systems and the role cloud computing will play.
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'Kill switch' debate flares up following Egypt unrest
Senators plan to reintroduce a comprehensive cybersecurity bill, but recent events in Egypt have reignited controversy over the potential for a presidential kill switch for the Internet.
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DOD database to keep watch on network traffic
The vice commander of U.S. Cyber Command says participation in the joint database would be voluntary, but that it would produce a clearer view of cyber threats.
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Navy picks 4 to handle cybersecurity tasks
Science Applications International Corp., General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Booz Allen Hamilton have won awards from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, and will vie for cybersecurity task orders under a five-year contract valued in excess of $200 million.
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OPM's security clearance reformer retires
Kathy Dillaman, the Office of Personnel Management official in charge of reforming the security clearance process, retired Monday after 35 years of government service, Federal Times reports.
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National competition will help with cyber warrior recruitment
The Cyber Foundations Competition is an effort by the U.S. Cyber Challenge and the SANS Institute to identify talented high school students with interests in cybersecurity and help provide a career path for them.
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Air Force embraces new mindset for cyber warfare
Networks should be viewed as weapons systems, says Brig. Gen. Charles Shugg, vice commander of the Air Force Cyber Command.
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The top 10 defense acquisitions of 2010
Starting with CGI's acquisition of Stanley, 2010 was an active year for buyers in the defense space. We rank the top 10 deals of 2010.
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DOD faces massive streamlining challenge
The Defense Department will overhaul its numerous business systems and processes as part of plans to streamline and transform, according to two top DOD officials.
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Contractors take Navy's server freeze in stride
The Navy's decision last week to reduce its IT infrastructure by freezing the purchase of servers and not building new data centers won't have an immediate -- or long term -- negative effect on the federal contracting community.
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Is government the odd man out in cyber defense?
A study commissioned by Homeland Security on what worked and what didn’t work in the Conficker Working Group placed government collaboration in the "didn’t" column.
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U.S. still lacks some basic essentials for cyber defense
The U.S. government and the private sectors must work together to defend critical infrastructure and to foster greater education and awareness of cybersecurity issues, a retired Air Force general says.
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Army enters next phase of tactical network construction
The Army has awarded the low-rate initial production of its next-generation tactical communications network to General Dynamics Corp. under a contract with a ceiling of $2.8 billion.
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