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Air Force lines up ISR support for weapon system
General Dynamics Information Technology will support the Air Force's Distributed Common Ground System and Project Liberty under a three-year, $49 million contract.
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Air Force to get help processing recon video
Science Applications International Corp. will help the Air Force improve the service's overhead intelligence gathering efforts under a five-year follow-on contract potentially worth more than $49 million.
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Space sensor will help uncover insurgent activity
The Air Force is getting ready to deploy a hyperspectral imaging sensor in space that will boost the amount of real-time tactical surveillance data available to battlefield commanders.
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Air Force advances airborne control of drones
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Boeing Co. a new contract that involves the development and demonstration of technologies for the airborne launch and recovery of unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Air Force, HP to deploy cyber monitoring system
HP Enterprise Services will furnish the Air Force with a new command and control system capable of boosting its cyber defense capabilities under a new contract.
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Air Force to upgrade weather reporting toolkit
Raytheon Co. will help the Air Force improve its next-generation weather systems under a $21.8 million contract.
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Hair-thin video technology could meet range of military needs
The military, which has been using organic light-emitting diode screen technology in a growing number of apps, could now have a new technology for its toolbox. A new Sony prototype is thinner than a human hair and is flexible enough to be rolled tightly around a pencil, even as it continues playing a video.
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Space surveillance satellite ready for July launch
Boeing Co. has shipped a spacecraft designed to significantly improve the way the United States tracks and monitors satellites and debris in space to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., for scheduled launch on July 8, company officials said today
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Trustworthy battlefield software depends on better testing
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research is taking a new approach to software testing in an effort to significantly reduce the number of errors found in software used in-theater.
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Cyberspace officers get their wings
The Air Force has transferred about 3,000 communications officers to new positions as cyberspace officers, reports Bruce Rolfsen at Air Force Times.
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Air Force gets assistance with logistics upgrade
Serco Inc. will upgrade Air Force logistics information and data system operations under a Consolidated Acquisition of Professional Services contract valued at approximately $14 million over two years.
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Air Force awards network security contract
Avaya Government Solutions has won a recompete contract from the Air Force valued at approximately $64 million to provide information assurance, network assessment and network engineering support.
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Readers offer UAV design pointers
Several readers thought that our article, “Future UAVs must multitask,” raised compelling questions about the U.S. military’s strategy for developing drones, and wanted to offer their own opinions on the matter.
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Air Force writes a book on social media protocol
Air Force strategist offers a few do's and don'ts on putting together an effective social media guidebook.
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Word on the street about data encryption
Our story about vendors' efforts to develop storage devices that meet new guidelines issued this year by the Joint Task Force-Global Network Operations (NTF-GNO) generated some insightful comments--and useful suggestions--from readers.
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Future UAVs must multitask, Air Force says
The next-generation of unmanned aerial vehicles will need to take on additional duties and be able to synchronize with other platforms, Defense Department officials said at an April summit.
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Air Force adjusts big-ticket acquisition programs
The Air Force is looking to improve its acquisition activities, starting immediately with the impending contract awards for the KC-X tanker, F-35 joint strike fighter and the NETCENTS-2 programs, according Air Force Assistant Secrtary for Acquisition David Van Buren.
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Air Force recruits assistance for network defense
L-3 Communications Corp. will assist the Air Forces Central Command in protecting the security of its network operations under a five-year contract.
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Military seeks to disrupt the enemy's decision cycle
Success in battle is increasingly about making decisions more quickly than your adversary can.
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