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Marine Corps selects communications logistics provider
Lockheed Martin will furnish logistics support services to two Marine Corps Systems Command program offices under a task order potentially worth $30 million.
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Northrop Grumman names new head of Washington office
Lanzillotta takes over the corporation's DC office temporarily
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Satellite system won't see space anytime soon
As current military satellites become obsolete, time is running out to get the new Mobile User Objective Satellite program off the ground. Now, the Navy is looking to Congress and the commercial sector for help.
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Cell-All smarter phone is DHS' version of the Tricorder
DHS is looking to the telecommunications side of mobile phones to help it develop the "Cell-All" smartphone that features a sensor capable of detecting deadly chemicals.
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Maryland governor earns IT award
The National Association of State Chief Information Officers awards Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley with the association's 2010 National Technology Champion Award.
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Can DARPA get a flying car off the ground?
GCN Lab director John Breeden is glad to see that DARPA is putting serious research into developing a flying car, like we were promised by futurists decades ago.
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Navy awards counter-terrorism support contract
A unit of L-3 Communications Corp. will furnish products and technical services to enhance federal information technology counter-terrorism capabilities under a five-year Navy contract.
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DOD schedules software support for tactical radios
Boeing Co. will furnish software support for the military’s next-generation network of tactical radios under a contract potentially worth $54.9 million over five years.
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Weighing the worth of Twitter
Given the recent news from the Library of Congress, blogger Brian Robinson wonders how Twitter rates in the worthiness spectrum of information.
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Good job, acquisition workforce; here's a raise
A new bill would use incentives and career development to build up the acquisition workforce.
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Pick to lead cyber command lays out battle plans
Army Lt. Gen. Keith Alexander says that militarizing cyberspace is not part of his agenda, and reveals what is at the top of the list.
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Celebrities come out for USO awards dinner
Washington Technology editor Nick Wakeman rubbed elbows with a variety of celebrities that turned out for the annual awards dinner of the Metropolitan USO chapter.
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Military's technological might is slipping, Navy under secretary says
The military no longer enjoys the technological dominance and monopoly it once enjoyed and needs a new approach to marshaling its network enterprise systems, according to Undersecretary of the Navy Robert Work. At an AFCEA event, he outlined his vision.
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Haiti response proves interagency collaboration can work
Every once in awhile, a cataclysmic event will bring together the factions and defy federal compartmentalization.
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DOD presses forward with missile defense improvements
Lockheed Martin Corp. has won a large contract modification from the Defense Department to continue building a key component of the nation’s ballistic missile defense system.
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Cyber-[fill in the blank] tops list of federal priorities
Experts cannot seem to decide whether cyber war, cyber crime or cyber diplomacy should take precedent in the nation’s strategy, writes blogger Brian Robinson.
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Air Force gets helping hand with cyber defense
Booz Allen and Hamilton Inc. has won a pair of contracts that total approximately $34.2 million to help the Air Force strengthen its cyber defense capabilities, the Defense Department has announced.
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Afghan IEDs show chilling improvements, data analysis says
An impressive collection of data on IED attacks in southern Afghanistan and western Pakistan shows not only an increase in attacks but also a rapid acceleration of bomb making skill and use.
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For agencies, cloud's future lies between hype and reality
The technology is there and security is rapidly improving, but agencies now must decide if they're ready for the dramatic changes cloud computing can bring.
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