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Satcom at a crossroads
The Defense Department wants to lock in commercial satellite support to sustain key military applications.
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The rise of social media
A new report suggests that the Defense Department needs to adopt a comprehensive strategy for using social media to improve national security.
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DOD moves network security to the forefront
In response to persistent attempts to breach Defense Department networks, DOD officials are working in several areas to improve their ability to detect and respond to cyberattacks.
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Industry Recon
Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle gets liquid-cooled enclosures to protect electronics; Nortel’s Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 is approved for mission-critical networks; and the military orders more friend-or-foe digital transponders and towed decoys for aircraft.
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Contractor denies Deepwater lawsuit claims
Lockheed is denying the allegations brought by a former employee in a False Claims Act lawsuit, which says there have been a series of deficiencies by the Deepwater contractor leading to major safety and national security problems.
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Data Packets
Top defense officials are moving to cancel the FCS program and transfer spinouts to a another program. GAO has warned of problems with GPS satellites. Intell community CIOs report progress on technology integration. The Air Force Personnel Center plans to move its personnel support applications to a software-as-a-service model. And a Marine Corps general urges tailoring C4ISR to small units.
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Social networking poses risk to operational security
Two Defense Intelligence Agency experts explain how adversaries can use social-networking tools to gather information on targets.
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DITCO awards information assurance work
SAIC will help the Defense Department meet cybersecurity requirements under a training contract awarded by the Defense Information Systems Agency.
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Joint Forces commander blasts tech planning
Marine Corps Gen. James Mattis criticizes the “wrongheaded thinking” of military planners in recent years who placed too much emphasis on the role of technology in winning wars.
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Navy combat aviation gets program support
CACI International Corp. will furnish management, technical, data analysis and information technology services to the Chief of Naval Air Training under a $30 million contract.
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Four to assist Joint Forces with experimentation work
The Joint Forces Command has awarded two multiple-award contracts with a combined ceiling of more than $1 billion to four prime contractors.
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Military Sealift Command gets engineering assistance
General Dynamics Information Technology has received a $47 million contract from the Navy's Military Sealift Command.
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Contractors answer call to arms for cyberwarfare
Top companies scramble to acquire new capabilities and hire top talent.
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Obama unveils new cybersecurity strategy
President Obama today said his administration would take “a new comprehensive approach” to cybersecurity and establish a new office in the White House to coordinate government efforts.
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Navy receives modeling, simulation software
EDSA Micro Corp. will supply the Naval Warfare Surface Center with modeling and simulation software under a new contract.
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DISA issues on-demand communications RFI
The Defense Information Systems Agency wants to build an on-demand communications system.
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UAVs may have greener power source in solar cells
By integrating solar cells into the materials used to build unmanned aerial vehicles, the size and weight of the aircraft can be reduced and flight times increased.
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Bid made on phase two of Army missile defense project
Northrop Grumman submitted a bid this month for the second round of a competition to serve as the prime contractor for an integrated Army air and missile defense system.
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Army to begin virtual support group for amputees
The Army wants to develop virtual technology for support groups for amputees and their families.
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