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Robots will help Army with bomb missions
Troops will use the robots to investigate suspicious objects from a safe distance.
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Air Force works to refine IP routers for satellites
Military satellites using on-board IP routers to direct data traffic remain largely a dream even as the technology to send routers into space is more advanced than ever before.
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Air Force awards TSAT extension
Boeing Co. has won a $75 million contract extension to continue doing work on the Air Force’s Transformational Satellite Communications System.
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Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center tech deal awarded
L-3 Communications Corp. will furnish advanced technologies and other support services to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic under a contract potentially work $87.4 million.
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Air Force solicits industry input on aircraft ground tracking
The Air Force’s Air Armament Center Capabilities Integration Directorate Division wants information from industry about developing technology that can remotely tag and track vehicles on the ground.
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Army retrofits Shadow UAVs with laser targeting
The retrofit kits for the Shadow UAS will add weapons targeting capabilities to its existing electro-optic and infrared surveillance capabilities.
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Air Force names six bases as potential cyber headquarters
The 24th Air Force, slated to take the role originally assigned to the provisional Air Force Cyber Command, will have its official home designated by June.
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Navy Reserve awards five professional support contracts
Under the contracts, the five contractors will provide professional support services to the Navy organization in New Orleans.
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DOD sees small increase in IT budget
The Defense Department’s fiscal 2009 information technology budget request of $33 billion represents a 3 percent increase over DOD’s enacted fiscal 2008 IT budget.
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Army brings real-time weather to artillery targeting
The Meteorological Measuring Set Profiler will give Army artillerymen a 'nowcast' of weather at target locations by integrating data from multiple sources.
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Air Force to develop environmentally friendly propulsion systems
General Dynamics Information Technology has won a new contract to assist the Air Force in developing environmentally friendly propulsion systems.
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Army commands software support for C4ISR
Under the contract, Northrop Grumman Corp. will work with the Headquarters of the U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army to support the command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems that serve Army, joint, coalition and NATO operations.
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Air Force reconfigures communications satellite program
The Air Force has significantly cut back its Transformational Communication Satellite program and delayed the launch of the first satellite.
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TRANSCOM begins transition to SOA
Transportation Command has begun the rollout of a five-year program that will transform it from an organization dependent on old and slow stovepiped systems and applications to one that uses single-click, Web-based enterprise services to get things done.
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Army installations to get IP network upgrades
Verizon Business will begin upgrading voice and data networks at Aberdeen Proving Ground and four other Army installations under multiple task orders.
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Navy awards threat-simulation contract
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. will continue to support the Navy’s threat-simulation activities under a new contract.
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Sierra Army Depot inventory system goes live
The Sierra Army Depot in northern California has launched a new inventory tracking system from Savi Technology designed to cut operational costs and improve efficiency.
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Air National Guard boosts training capabilities
Alion Science and Technology Corp. will help provide realistic, interactive theater training environments for the Air National Guard.
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RFID helps Army better track tank parts
The Army will have a clearer idea where all the parts to its broken tanks are, following a deal BAE Systems recently signed with ClearOrbit.
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