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Planners of Bin Laden raid relied on long-range comms node
The Defense Department was able to draw on sophisticated capabilities involving long-range communications and intelligence planning in the run up to the assault on Osama Bin Laden's compound in Pakistan.
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Air Force, Boeing sign new WGS satellite contract
The Air Force has awarded Boeing a $1.1 billion contract to expand the constellation of satellites that belong to the Wideband Global Satcom system.
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Air Force schedules IT upgrade at 4 bases
Harris Corp. has won a quartet of Air Force contracts worth a combined more than $12 million to upgrade the service's IT infrastructure at four bases.
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Air Force orders mobile Global Broadcast Service suites
The Air Force has awarded a contract with a potential value of $900 million over five years to General Dynamics C4 Systems to furnish ground terminals that will deliver critical information via voice, data and video to mobile users on the battlefield.
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New bomber program might include escort UAVs
The Air Force's next-generation, long-range bomber likely will be paired with unmanned reconnaissance support aircraft to help it successfully penetrate enemy airspace and make precision strikes.
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Military CIOs take on network cleanup
Military service CIOs consider the challenges of moving their networks to a single DOD enterprise model.
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Military refines techniques to counter hostile drones
The possibility of meeting enemy unmanned aircraft on future battlefields has initiated a series of test to model ways to counter the threat.
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Air Force hammers out cyber warfare structure
The military has yet to develop the analytical structure to anticipate the effects of offensive cyber weapons and the command structure to approve their use although it is working toward such ends.
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Air Force to implement civilian hiring freeze
The 90-day hiring freeze is intended to cut the branch's civilian workforce "to budgetary limits."
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Air Force CIO pushes for operational mindset
Lt. Gen. William Lord, Air Force chief of warfighting integration and CIO, talks about data center consolidation and cloud computing and how the service's network administrators operate with their fronts to the flight line instead of their backs.
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Say what? Faulty eavesdropping gear delays new spy plane
The Air Force's decision in July to continue with its $12 billion Global Hawk unmanned aircraft systems might possibly push the U-2 spy plane into full retirement by 2015, reports the New York Times.
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Officials balk at proposed $800B in military budget cuts
President Barack Obama and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid have proposed more than $800 billion in defense cuts, but DOD leaders warned of serious consequences.
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Air Force to monitor potentially deadly space junk
The Space Fence program will allow ground controllers to find and track even small pieces of debris and litter.
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U.S., China move closer to space security talks
U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Defense for Space Policy Gregory Schulte said July 19 that the United States and China will meet soon to discuss the best way to make sure that both nations act in a "responsible" manner in the national security space environment.
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Senate questions need for two airship programs
The Army and the Air Force both have programs in the works for high-altitude, persistent surveillance airships, and the Senate Armed Services Committee wants to know the rationale for having seemingly duplicate programs under way.
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Air Force launches ORS-1 prototype satellite
The Air Force launched the ORS-1 prototype June 30 after a mere 30 months of development and testing.
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Air Force sensors might get new analysis job
At least one Air Force official wants to consider using sensors to do some of the initial data analysis before sending intelligence to analysts.
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Air Force intell center to get technical support
The Air Force has tasked General Dynamics Corp. to provide it with battlespace awareness and other support in an award worth $4.7 million.
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Defense cuts won’t cause pain in short term
Despite the buzz about the painful military spending cuts that will occur over the next decade, Defense Department and industry officials expect only marginal spending reductions over the next two to three years.
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