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DISA keeps pace with net-centric milestones
Air Force Col. Deidre Briggs discusses the progress toward certifying the initial operational capability of DISA’s Net-Centric Enterprise Services program.
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Radars perform double duty as high-speed data links
Contractors Raytheon and L-3 Communications have combined efforts in a joint development program that might turn synthetic aperture radar systems into nodes on a high-speed, mobile ad hoc network.
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Air Force scours space for needle in haystack
The Air Force is encouraging the development of space situational awareness platforms to track satellites that can be smaller than a book and hard to identify from the standpoint of intent and ownership in increasingly cluttered orbits.
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The push for a seamless command and control network
The Global Command and Control System-Joint will bridge the gap in joint and multinational forces command and control until the completion of the Net-Enabled Command Capability.
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Industry Recon
Harris provides a digital intercom system for Air Force ground vehicles. Exalt Communications offers a new series of ruggedized microwave radio systems. The National Security Agency certifies that the Sectéra Edge smart phone is compliant with the Secure Communication Interoperability Protocol. And Citrix supplies TCS with an applications accelerator to meet the needs of Army satellite communications.
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As requirements go, so goes Army WIN-T
With the cancellation of the vehicle portion of the Army’s Future Combat Systems program, the WIN-T program will continue without the radio intended for FCS vehicles.
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Cloud proves to be the answer for Army lab testing
What do you do if your application is so large that it would require all the nodes on your network just to test? If you're the Army Research Laboratory, you turn to cloud computing.
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New legislation would enforce defense acquisition reform
The fiscal 2010 National Defense Authorization Act seeks greater oversight of services and speedier ways to buy information technology.
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DARPA ponders taking supercomputing to the extreme
The Defense Department wants to take supercomputing to the next level by funding the development of a new breed of supercomputers that will be smarter and faster and yet smaller and require much less power than today's massive machines.
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Marine Corps to get support for logistics programs
QinetiQ North America will provide a range of support services to the Marine Corps under a three-year contract that has a maximum value of $17.4 million.
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Army awards contract for vehicle intercom system
Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms LLC will supply the Army with an enhanced vehicular intercom system that is designed to take advantage of digital communications technology under a contract potentially worth $2.4 billion over 10 years.
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Common defense absent from cybersecurity
The man expected to head the new military Cyber Command says military cybersecurity efforts require broader-based training and improved support mechanisms for the military services, while also preserving civil liberties.
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Mobility is 2009 Coalition Warrior demo's theme
This year's Coalition Warrior Interoperability Demonstration focused on mobility, field-testing a new set of prototype command and control technologies by running them in a simulated operational environment.
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How would new cybersecurity training proposal work?
Here's how a Senate proposal to require certification or even licensing for cybersecurity professionals would work.
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DOD Directive 8570 requires all personnel be qualified
DOD published a manual describing various job categories, including technical and management positions, and the different certifications that meet the training requirement. Here are a few examples.
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New proposal would require cybersecurity workers be certified
A debate rages over a Senate proposal to require certification or licensing for all cybersecurity professionals who work on government information systems.
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Coast Guard plans to create new command structure
To fully carry out its modernization plans — including a new command structure for IT — the Coast Guard must obtain additional authorization from Congress, GAO says.
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Army awards contract for Fort Bragg logistics center
The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract with a potential value of $203 million over five years to provide an array of services to the Field Logistics Readiness Center at Fort Bragg, N.C.
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NAVSEA awards operational support task order
Alion Science and Technology Corp. will support the Naval Sea Systems Command Information Officer under an $84.7 million task order.
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