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Air Force gets improved F-15E mission trainers
Boeing Co. has upgraded F-15E flight trainers at three Air Force mission training centers with features that incorporate new cockpit capabilities and weapons.
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Report: DOD needs to collect details on acquisition employees
Defense Department can't adequately assess what it has and needs without knowing more about its acquisition workforce, according to a new report.
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House bill calls for net-centric acquisition studies
A House measure would require studies on how technology for network-centric operations is acquired.
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Navy issues presolicitation for maritime R&D
Officials are seeking research and development proposals for C4ISR systems that could improve maritime awareness.
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Air Logistics Center to get program support
Dynamics Research Corp. will provide continuing logistics support to the Air Force under a new task order.
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Carter pledges to reform DOD weapons buying
The administration’s nominee to oversee Pentagon weapons acquisition told U.S. senators on March 26 that he plans to bring “iron discipline” to the military acquisition system and institute a number of key reforms, reports Defense News.
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Navy awards contract for E-6B wideband enhancement
The Navy has awarded a contract to Rockwell Collins Inc. to provide engineering and technical services to upgrade wideband capabilities of the E-6B command, control and communications aircraft.
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Marines to get tablet PC refresh
Hewlett-Packard Co. will provide a large quantity of tablet PCs to the Marine Corps under a new order.
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Panel recommends robust satellite constellation
Officials are expected to push for billions in funding to refresh the nation’s constellation of electro-optical satellites to deliver strategic intelligence information, but not all of them are in agreement on what is needed.
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Army awards contract for satellite equipment upgrade
DataPath Inc. will help upgrade Army satellite communications systems under a $12 million delivery order.
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DARPA authorizes more work on translation device
BBN Technologies has received additional funding from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to continue refining a translation system for military personnel to use in tactical situations.
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Air Force launches new GPS satellite
The seventh of eight enhanced second-generation global positioning satellites lifted into space early on March 24 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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NIEM, NATO models considered as data-sharing standard
An Object Management Group working group has begun investigating the possibility of either developing or adopting a set of standardized security tags that different service commands could use to share information among themselves and intelligence agencies and foreign military services.
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DOD awards knowledge management contract
Alion Science and Technology Inc. will provide management and information support to the Defense Department under a new task order.
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Army gets aid with counter-IED efforts
SAIC will assist the Army with technical support designed to counter improvised explosive devices under a five-year contract could be worth as much as $41 million.
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FCS vehicle cuts would produce limited near-term savings
Defense Department officials are considering eliminating all but one of the eight Future Combat Systems manned ground vehicles, reports DOD Buzz.
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Hour draws near for Air Force program cancellations
The budgetary fate of key Air Force programs will be determined shortly with word filtering out in a matter of days on which programs are put on hold or terminated, reports Aviation Week.
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Navy awards Far East network support deal
The Navy has awarded a contract to Computer Sciences Corp. to support a portion of its information technology network located outside the continental United States.
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Bandwidth availability poses growing challenge for military
The competition for bandwidth among commercial and military users around the globe poses a challenge for the U.S. military as it expands the concept of network-centric warfare and fields more unmanned vehicles, reports Aviation Week.
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