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GIS services to improve Navy planning, training, defense
3001 International Inc., a subsidiary of Northrop Grumman Corp., will assist the Navy with geospatial solutions under a five-year contract with a potential total value of $15 million.
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Army CIO to receive C4ISR support
Science Applications International Corp. will furnish technical and management support services to the Army’s Chief Information Officer under a newly awarded contract.
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DOD to review use of social-media technology
Deputy Defense Secretary William Lynn orders a review to detail the threats and benefits from using social-networking tools such as Facebook and Twitter.
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Project seeks to ensure Army has adequate radio spectrum
Alion Science and Technology Corp. will provide radio-frequency spectrum modeling, simulation and analysis to the Army.
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Does a DOD ban on social media makes sense?
FCW readers are evenly split — and passionately so — about the prospects of a Defense Department ban on social media.
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White House cyber adviser Melissa Hathaway resigns
Melissa Hathaway, who led the administration's 60-day review of cyber policy and was considered a candidate for the new White House cyber coordinator position, will resign later this month, according to an article on The Wall Street Journal's Web site.
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Biometrics essential in combat operations, experts say
Biometrics said to give combat troops critical capabilities to carry out their missions.
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Marines bid farewell to Facebook
The Marine Corps has banned using social networking Web sites on the service’s networks because of security concerns.
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Military aims to collapse networks, maintain security
The Defense Department is exploring ways to fuse various information networks while retaining separate classification levels.
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Navy tests online simulation environment for sub design
Immersive modeling software aids in rapid prototyping.
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Army to provide soldiers with new portable power sources
The new technology will use M-25 fuel cells, a lighter alternative to a traditional batteries that last 72 hours or longer.
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Wireless cyber warfare: Why mobile networks pose great risk
Mobile wireless networks are the most critical component of tactical communication infrastructure and most challenging to defend against cyberattacks.
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Industry Recon
QinetiQ North America will supply the Naval Surface Warfare Center with its Talon Generation IV robot under a $56.4 million contract, company officials said.
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iRobot pushes robots into new territory
Joseph Dyer, president of the Government and Industrial Robots Division at iRobot, discusses how the mission of ground robots is evolving beyond bomb disposal to include direct support for combat missions.
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Art of creating a Manet takes masterful engineering touch
Engineers are working to overcome difficult architectural and design challenges associated with mobile ad hoc network technology that would serve warfighters at the far edges of battlefields.
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Communications relay grows with expansion of UAV missions
Unmanned aerial vehicles outfitted as communications relays are being pressed into service in Afghanistan, where mountainous terrain interrupts ground signals and overburdens satellite communications services.
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Fail-safe field communications nearly ready
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is completing a technology program designed to ensure that battlefield network communications never fail regardless of the operating environment.
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Tech refresh brings HD video to Aegis
Advances in commercial technology for high-definition digital video are being incorporated into the Navy’s Aegis combat system.
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Director view: Gregory Garcia, Director, 754th Electronic Systems Group, USAF
Gregory Garcia, director of the 754th Electronic Systems Group, which oversees the Air Force’s Network Centric Solutions contract, talks about the strategy behind NetCents-2 and his expectations for the new contract.
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