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Administration opposes curbs on contractors
Bush administration officials objected to the Senate’s fiscal 2009 National Defense Authorization Act (S. 3001), partly because of provisions that would restrict the relationship between contractors and the Defense Department.
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In Command
Find out the latest promotions and assignments for the military and Defense Department.
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Interview with Lt. Gen. Michael Peterson
Peterson manages a command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) portfolio valued at $17 billion. He spoke with Defense Systems contributing editor Barry Rosenberg about some of the challenges he has faced in his three years as Air Force CIO.
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Management problems at NetCents
Management will likely become even more complex under NetCents-2, which could have 51 to 80 prime contractors.
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DCGS coming to NetCents
The Distributed Common Ground System is a family of programs with common elements designed to meet the military services’ intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance needs.
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AAI wins two Army contracts for Shadow UAS
Aircraft Armaments Inc. has won two new contracts from the Army, totaling $248.1 million, to provide additional Shadow unmanned aircraft systems and related support.
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PEO View: Army fast-tracks ground radios
The Joint Tactical Radio System’s Ground Domain includes two form-factor programs: The Ground Mobile Radio program and the Handheld, Manpack and Small Formfit program.
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Blue Force Tracking system’s next gen comes closer to real time
The Blue Force Tracking (BFT) system — only a few years ago a wonder of battlespace technology — is in the midst of an upgrade. BFT is a building block of operational awareness. It transmits the location of friendly forces via a satellite connection. Unlike the Enhanced Position Location Reporting System, another location-tracking system, BFT doesn’t rely on terrestrial line-of-sight transmissions for connectivity.
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The weakest (hyper)link
The threat to sensitive information on DOD's unclassified networks gets a helping hand from inside.
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Data can drive African sovereignty
Perhaps Africom’s initial thrust should be information gathering, analysis and sharing and the planning and execution capabilities that cascade from them.
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SOA coming to NetCents
SOAs will receive added emphasis under NetCents- 2, said Debra Foster, the Air Force’s NetCents-2 program manager.
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IRobot snaps up Nekton Research
IRobot Corp. will acquire Nekton Research LLC, a provider of unmanned underwater systems and technologies, for $10 million in cash.
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Navy unveils NGEN requirements
Navy holds industry day to issue NMCI NGEN Requirements.
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Revolution is televised
The One System Remote Video Terminal is a small, portable system that has a big effect on battlespace awareness. It’s a key functionality of Task Force ODIN, which is an Army unit dedicated to spotting and killing insurgents who plant improvised explosive devices. ODIN stands for stands for observe, detect, identify and neutralize.
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Air Force NetCents-2 Contract ready for takeoff
The Air Force prepares the next generation of the NetCents contract as the first nears its end.
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NECC forges joint command and control with SOA
The Defense Department aims to establish a new C2 environment that will offer a less expensive way to develop C2 capabilities, a faster way to deliver them to warfighters, and a more flexible way for users to shape them to their needs. In that environment, DOD could rapidly deploy forces to respond to conflicts.
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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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