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Battlespace awareness helps commanders hit targets
When Taliban insurgents nearly overran a U.S.-run outpost, air support was urgent and necessary. Military commanders in Afghanistan responded with 2,000-pound bombs, a Hellfire missile from an unmanned air system and other munitions. They monitored the battle on live video feeds by using the Persistent Surveillance and Dissemination System of Systems.
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Reporter's notebook -- LandWarNet 2008
This year’s conference featured several themes, such as defining the battle domain, building the military enterprise and securing data.
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Georgia Tech tests unmanned systems
This project brings together concept development and system evaluation, focusing on new ways of testing unmanned aerial vehicles and unmanned systems that operate on land, on the sea and underwater.
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NECC the sum of its parts
The Net-Enabled Command Capability (NECC) will replace the Global Command and Control System (GCSS) family of services, which includes GCCS-Joint, GCCS-Army, GCCS-Maritime and the GCCS-Air Force.
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Exalt will aid DOD with business transition planning
Exalt Consulting Group LLC will assist the Defense Department with transition planning, enterprise architecture and solutions development under a five-year contract valued at $17.5 million.
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Navy details NMCI follow-on plan
The documents, totaling about 700 pages, describe how the Navy would like to see NMCI evolve after the original contract expires in 2010.
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Battelle wins pair of Air Force chem-bio deals
Battelle Memorial Institute has won two Air Force contracts totaling $16.5 million to assist in developing procedures to respond to chemical exposure and chemical weapons attacks.
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Army wants to recruit small businesses for FCS
The Army is seeking information from small businesses on their capabilities as they relate to supporting its future combat systems program.
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DOD activity seeks disaster recovery support
The Defense Department’s Washington Headquarters Service is requesting quotes from contractors interested in providing disaster recovery services, according to a FedBizOpps notice posted today.
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SAIC to support Naval Health Research Center
SAIC will provide biomedical, epidemiological and clinical research support under a $20 million Army contract.
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General Dynamics to support Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan
General Dynamics will furnish IT management services to the Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan.
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DOD asserts more oversight of undefined contracts
Contracting officers must report plans for using contracts with undefinitized contract actions, or UCAs.
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Air Force to restructure IT career paths
The Air Force's recent decision to postpone plans for a new Cyber Command has complicated the service’s efforts to cut its headcount to mandated levels while expanding the mission of its IT specialists.
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Air Force Cyber Command plan falls through hole in nuclear control net
The Defense Department has not canceled plans to launch the Air Force Cyber Command, according to Maj. Gen John Maluda.
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Getac rugged notebook meets DOD salt fog specs
The new certification, which complies with DOD Mil-Std-810F-509.4 specifications, makes the Getac B300 the ideal choice for marine environments such as the Coast Guard, where salt air can affect equipment performance, Getac officials said.
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AAI gets Army Guard training deal
AAI Corp. will provide simulators and other training aids and applications to Army National Guard units to help them operate unmanned aircraft systems under a four-year, $31 million contract.
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DOD struggles with early warning
The Defense Department hasn't been including in its contracts provisions that alert officials early about problems, according to a memo.
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Wyle to boost Air Force technical expertise
Wyle Information Systems LLC will operate, maintain and support the Space Innovation and Development Center (SIDC) at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., under a contract worth $18.5 million.
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CACI will develop simulation software for Army training
CACI International Inc. will develop software simulations for the Army’s use in troop training under a three-year, $36 million contract.
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