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White House wants students' brainy broadband ideas
It's fine to solicit ideas from the crowd, but when you want something that’s really focused on solutions, you need to go directly to the brainy bunch.
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Air Force awards space launch support contract
ManTech International Corp. will provide system engineering and integration services to the Air Force under a prime 10-year contract that has an initial value of $15.6 million and a total value of $160 million.
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DOD enterprise service structure in the works, official says
the guidelines will define and coordinate governance and creation of capabilities, official says.
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Cyber war, drug war -- what's the difference?
The war on drugs isn't going well, so why should we expect a war on cyber crime to be any more effective, Brian Robinson wonders.
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Cyber Command hits speed bump
The Senate Armed Services Committee this month put the brakes on the creation of the U.S. Cyber Command, requesting more information on its relationship with the National Security Agency, reports Bill Gertz at Washington Times.
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Future hostilities to begin with cyber attacks, NATO official says
Some members of the strategic community believe that cyber attacks will now serve the same role in starting hostilities as air campaigns played in past conflicts, reports Julian Hale at Defense Systems.
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Joint health records project yielding important lessons
The joint health data exchange pilot project between the Defense and the Veterans Affairs departments is still in its early phases, but already has taught valuable lessons about interoperability, government officials working on the project say.
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Army awards contract for sniper detection gear
Under a two-year, $19.5 million contract, QinetiQ North America will deliver equipment that Army soldiers can use to help identify the location of hostile enemy fire.
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Transportation Command fine-tunes business processes
Science Applications International Corp. will help the U.S. Transportation Command boost its business process management development capabilities under a newly awarded contract.
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NIST to map road to digital record preservation
NIST is hosting the first of an important series of meetings next week as a first step toward developing a national road map to digital record preservation.
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Agencies walk a tightrope between cost savings and innovation
Civilian agencies and military services take different paths to making technology investment decisions.
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U-2 spy plane played key role in Afghanistan operation
U.S., NATO and Afghan forces recently involved in the largest joint military operation of the eight-year war in Afghanistan received a helping hand locating improvised explosive devices from the U-2 spy plane, reports Christopher Drew at the New York Times.
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Valiant Angel ships out for Afghanistan
In less than two weeks troops in Afghanistan will receive a video system capable of moving massive amounts of still and video imagery gathered from unmanned aerial vehicles and other aircraft patrolling the mountainous country, reports Greg Grant at DOD Buzz.
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Britain plans to take Gov 2.0 to the next level
Under a new proposal, every British citizen would get a personal Web site through which they learn what local services are available to them and do business with government.
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DOD space program dogged by delays, cost overruns
Poised at the beginning of a new era in satellite acquisition, the Defense Department continues to see its space programs dogged by significant and persistent cost overruns and sometimes declining capabilities, according to a new Government Accountability Office report.
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Ongoing wars won't slow Army transformation, Casey says
Despite being mired in conflict, the Army remains committed to transforming from a Cold War-era force, general says.
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A NATO for cyberspace?
British lawmakers are trying to make a case that the current state of cybersecurity requires an international consensus on global regulations to govern it.
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In the digital age, satellites are closing in on the crown
SatCom 2010 explores the most impressive discussions and new trends related to the military field.
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