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Army orders more radar kits for Sky Warrior drones
Northrop Grumman Corp. will supply the Army with 40 additional STARlite wide-area surveillance radars for the MQ-1C Sky Warrior extended-range, multipurpose unmanned aerial vehicle through a contract option.
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Barbero nominated to head IED defeat office
An Army officer with an appreciation for the continuing problems U.S. ground forces face combating insurgents in Southwest Asia has been nominated to lead the Joint Improvised Explosive Device Defeat Organization, reports Irene Smith at Army News Service.
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DOD automates Uncle Sam’s ‘I Want You’ enlistment process
CACI International Inc. has been awarded a three-and-a-half year, $75 million Defense Department contract from the DOD’s Business Transformation Agency to assist in processing applicants who want to join the armed forces.
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Army's portable power looks to charge battlefield
Army researchers are developing a variety of portable power systems to keep troops' high-tech gear juiced up.
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New concerns over cyber terrorism threat
Politicians and national leaders voice concerns over cyber terrorism and and propose ways to address the threat.
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Army Materiel Command gets IT infrastructure boost
Harris Corp. will provide IT infrastructure support to the Army Materiel Command headquarters at Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Ala., under a three-year, $77 million contract from the National Capital Region Contracting Center.
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Is North Korea poised to revolutionize cyber warfare?
A recent cyberattack on South Korean government websites that compromised classified documents shows the skill of the adversaries we face in the cyber realm, says Kevin Coleman of Technolytics.
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Navy schedules satellite system upgrade
TeleCommunication Systems Inc. will provide satellite communications assistance to the Military Sealift Command under a $315 million indefinite, delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a guaranteed first-year minimum of $5 million.
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11 defense contracts worth watching
Washington Technology ranks the largest and most important contracts that will hit the market in the next 12 months.
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Identifying the source of cyber attacks
One of the biggest challenges confronting the Cyber command and others involved in cybersecurity is the ability to attribute acts of cyber aggression back to the real originating source.
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Air Force creates new acquisition office
Small business is set to remain a top priority as the Air Force works to improve its contracting, purchasing and requirements processes.
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DOD awards contractor pair of NetCents tasks
NCI Information Systems Inc. has gotten two task orders from the Defense Department’s Network Centric Solutions contract that have a cumulative value of about $18.5 million.
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What's ahead for DOD's cyber forces
The Defense Department is putting in place the infrastructure and tools needed to achieve its cyber protection goals and objectives.
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Navy readies NGEN for prime time
The Navy's acquisition plan for its Next Generation Enterprise Network details its development approach.
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Navy sets course to better link shipboard networks
Achieving interoperability across multiple domains and networks poses a formidable challenge as the Navy embarks on its Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program.
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DARPA wants tech to connect soldiers in barren lands
The Defense Department's research agency kicks off another program in its many-pronged effort to create smart, cognitive battlefield networks.
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Air Force stays course on business software assistance
Harris Corp. will continue to provide technical assistance to the Air Force under a two-year, $15 million follow-on award under the Network-Centric Solutions contract.
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Cloud platform boosts collaboration at DOD
Rob Vietmeyer, director of the Defense Information Systems Agency's Forge.mil, says open development has produced big benefits in collaboration and enterprise visibility, in addition to lower costs and streamlined operations.
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