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TRANSCOM marches on with DPS
Defense Personal Property System is the automated, end-to-end management system for movement of household goods for members of the armed services and Defense Department civilians that automates much of the process of pre-move counseling, scheduling, tracking, invoicing and claims-filing for household goods shipments.
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Navy gets assist in deploying integrated ERP system
Science Applications International Corp. will help design and implement the enterprise resource planning tool for the Naval Sea Systems Command under a contract worth as much as $115 million.
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Gerin: Army must streamline contracting
Improving and streamlining contracting are among the initiatives the Army plans to focus on moving forward, Army Secretary Pete Gerin said at a Nov. 18 event.
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DOD starts online directory for wounded service members
The Defense Department has launched a Web-based network of care coordinators for injured service members, veterans and their families.
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Defense Health Systems awards support deal
Under the agreement, Apptis will provide centralized administration support through remote management and monitoring of the EBS sites at military treatment facilities worldwide.
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Navy awards $286M submarine work contract
General Dynamics Electric Boat Corp. will furnish engineering and technical support for the Navy’s nuclear submarine fleet under a contract that could be worth as much as $1.8 billion over five years.
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UK troops will get 'throwable' camera
A camera that can be fired from a grenade launcher or thrown manually and that will provide warfighters with a 360 degree view of potentially risky terrain is being developed for UK forces.
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DOD plans to wave goodbye to waveforms
In an effort to improve network interoperability, Defense Department officials will attempt to reduce the number of communication waveforms used in military equipment.
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DISA, Hughes to test satellite mesh networking for DOD apps
While the future of the Transformational Communications Satellite program remains somewhat uncertain, the Defense Information Systems Agency is investigating commercial alternatives that could bridge the gap and provide high-bandwidth satcom networks now.
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DISA wants to increase use of collaboration technology
The collaboration services must be based on commercial open standards, be Web-accessible, and support both Common Access Card and user ID/password authentication. The services must support users in areas with high or low bandwidth and intermittent network connections.
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Navy CANES program set for full speed ahead
The Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services project appears on track for award by the end of 2009
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DARPA shows leading-edge networking advances
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency came to MILCOM 2008 with a display of networking technologies aimed at dramatically expanding the warfighter’s ability to collect and reliably share all manner of voice, video and text data.
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Air Force hires DRC for logistics data work
The award calls for the company to continue supporting the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, part of the Air Force Materiel Command at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
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Army, Marines task SAIC with network planning
The Joint Network Management System contract from the Army’s Office of the Project Manager - Current Force calls for SAIC to provide network planning and software support services.
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COTM device to give Army units better situational awareness
The device includes a satellite communications hub and two satellite COTM systems that will be installed on Mine Resistant Ambush Protected vehicles.
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Interview: John Grimes
The assistant secretary of Defense for networks and information integration and Defense Department chief information officer talks about the transition to a new administration and what's left to do on his watch.
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The DMAIC methodology
When Six Sigma and Lean practices are combined, the result is a means to quantify and eliminate the cost of complexity.
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AMC blazes trail for Lean Six Sigma in DOD
The Army Materiel Command is breaking trail for the mandated process improvement system, which advocates say has universal applicability. However, critics warn it can inadvertently limit an organization’s ability to respond to changing circumstances.
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