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Air Force picks three for $495M force protection contract
Three contractors will compete to provide the Air Force with force protection security services under a $495 million indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract.
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DISA 'private cloud' serves as personnel system
The Air Force Personnel Center at Randolph Air Force Base, Texas, is preparing to move its personnel support applications to a “software-as-a-service” model hosted by the Defense Information Systems Agency.
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DOD tests fuel-cell technology for ground, UAV uses
The Defense Department is stepping up efforts to provide soldiers in the field with reliable, long-lasting portable power by working with companies to integrate fuel-cell technologies into mobile and off-grid power applications.
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Advanced communications satellite passes key milestone
Lockheed Martin Corp. has completed final thermal vacuum testing of a next-generation communications satellite for the Defense Department and is ready to embark on final integrated system testing.
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What next after TSAT?
A California satellite communications provider is touting its new satellite as a possible solution to some of the Defense Department’s high-speed, broadband communications needs.
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Air defense centers to remain in familiar hands
A General Dynamics unit has won a $67.7 million contract to furnish technology services for air defense systems.
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Air Force office selects TCS for security enhancement
The Air Force has awarded Trusted Computer Solutions Inc. a $2.1 million contract to furnish products and services to support its Cryptologic Systems Group at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
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Air Force picks vendors for $600M air and space intell competition
Three contractors will compete for $600 million in software support and information analysis tasks to support the National Air and Space Intelligence Center over five years, the Air Force announced July 8.
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Data Packets
The Army validated its Network Service Center; the Government Accountability Office highlighted lessons learned from the canceled Future Combat Systems program; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms dominate the Paris Air Show; and a Marine Corps command in Iraq turned to wide-area network optimization during a headquarters relocation.
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DISA keeps pace with net-centric milestones
Air Force Col. Deidre Briggs discusses the progress toward certifying the initial operational capability of DISA’s Net-Centric Enterprise Services program.
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Air Force scours space for needle in haystack
The Air Force is encouraging the development of space situational awareness platforms to track satellites that can be smaller than a book and hard to identify from the standpoint of intent and ownership in increasingly cluttered orbits.
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Industry Recon
Harris provides a digital intercom system for Air Force ground vehicles. Exalt Communications offers a new series of ruggedized microwave radio systems. The National Security Agency certifies that the Sectéra Edge smart phone is compliant with the Secure Communication Interoperability Protocol. And Citrix supplies TCS with an applications accelerator to meet the needs of Army satellite communications.
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UAVs make Paris Air Show debut
A number of key developments concerning intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance were unveiled at the Paris Air Show last week.
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Warfighters get bandwidth boost from wideband satellites
Boeing has transferred control of the second Wideband Global Satcom satellite to the Air Force, company officials said June 15.
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DOD seeks $5.4B for unmanned systems in 2010
The Defense Department is seeking an increase of 18.4 percent, or $870 million, in funding for unmanned systems in fiscal 2010 over the amount spent for such systems in 2009, Defense Update reported.
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Air Force orders radio systems for ground vehicles
Harris Corp. will supply the Air Force with radios and a new digital intercom system for its ground vehicles through a $13.5 million order.
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General Dynamics builds ISR muscle
A General Dynamics unit will acquire Axsys Technologies Inc., a developer of electro-optical and infrared sensors and systems and surveillance and reconnaissance cameras, for $643 million.
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Air Force gets assistance with foreign aerospace intell
Northrop Grumman Corp. will help the Air Force develop intelligence products and technologies for warfighters under a $49.9 million contract.
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Sounding the cyber alarm
An April cyberspace symposium provided a forum for military and private-sector cybersecurity experts to discuss the challenges of cyber deterrence and raise awareness about the severity of threats to military networks.
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