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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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Two win Navy C4ISR systems work

Analex Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. have won three-year contracts to perform command and control life cycle support services for a programs office of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego.

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Changes urged for DOD's acquisition

Inefficiencies, outdated policies and a shrinking workforce are leading to problems in the Defense Department's acquisition process.

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Vets go the distance

A program at the Walter Reed Army Medical Center to help prepare injured veterans for careers in information technology and technical support seemed to be a good opportunity to try an online approach.

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LandWarNet 2008: Three days of defining the domain, building the enterprise and securing the data

This year’s iteration of LandWarNet displayed several distinct themes. They include defining the domain, building the enterprise and securing the data.

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Army cyber ops faces forensic backlog

As the number of potential assaults on military information technology networks continues to escalate, so does the challenge of conducting forensic and attribution analysis in order to respond appropriately, said Col. Barry Hensley at the 2008 LandWarNet conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., this week.

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Award winners of LandWarNet 2008 named

As it does every year at LandWarNet, the Army presented its awards for superior service to the cause of signals. The following are the 2008 winners:

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The challenge of integrating cyber operations with cyber electronics

In today’s asymmetrical warfare environment in which enemies of the United States have used Internet capabilities to prosecute their own goals, the challenge for the Army is to master a domain that, in many instances, is not even fully defined.