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Military contractors receive new work for sensors, communications systems and satellites
New technologies for military systems include energy harvesters that power aircraft sensors, communications systems for combat vehicles and a radar receiver to help protect satellites from enemy attacks.
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Panel predicts DOD contracting workforce to expand
Defense Department officials are expanding the contracting workforce to better handle the money DOD is spending.
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649th Aeronautical Systems Squadron to move to Aberdeen
Battelle Memorial Institute has won a three-year, $32 million contract to assist an Air Force squadron that is relocating to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., as part of the continuing consolidation of U.S. military bases.
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Air Force continues work on PRAS
Alion Science and Technology will continue to design a Web-based reporting system for the Air Force under a five-year, $8.5 million contract.
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Air Force extends contract work for ground control system
Raytheon Co. has received a $23.5 million contract extension to perform additional risk-reduction activities for the Air Force’s new ground control system.
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Gates casts glance at future ISR
The Defense Department hopes to establish as many as six new platforms for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, but details are scant as many programs remain classified, Aviation Week reports.
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High-definition video recorders chosen for ISR aircraft
Ampex Data Systems Corp. will provide the high-definition video data recorder systems that will be used in Project Liberty reconnaissance aircraft.
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Air Force receives B-2 training support
L-3 Communications Corp. has won an Air Force contract to assist with aircrew training for the B-2 stealth aircraft.
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Chilton: Network users must take cybersecurity role seriously
Some of the military's vulnerability to cyberattacks is because users don't think the rules apply to them, according to Air Force Gen. Kevin Chilton, commander of the Strategic Command.
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Air Force lab to study electronic warfare
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded a contract to Raytheon Co. to design a battle management system to oversee electronic warfare efforts.
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Gates wants to restructure Army FCS program
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says his department should eliminate the Army’s Future Combat Systems armored vehicles program in favor of a competition to supply new vehicles, Defense News reports.
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Tomorrow's network
The Air Force's vision for NetCents-2 is to establish a standards-based network infrastructure.
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Unmanned vehicles break ranks
The new era of unmanned vehicles is redefining the nature of warfighting.
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Unmanned aircraft get smarter
The refinement of unmanned aircraft used for surveillance and attack missions is resulting in systems that are faster, stealthier and smarter than their predecessors.
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GAO: Weapons programs still beset by cost overruns
A recent Government Accountability Office report reveals continuing high development costs and delays in many of the DOD’s major programs.
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Air Force gets improved F-15E mission trainers
Boeing Co. has upgraded F-15E flight trainers at three Air Force mission training centers with features that incorporate new cockpit capabilities and weapons.
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Air Logistics Center to get program support
Dynamics Research Corp. will provide continuing logistics support to the Air Force under a new task order.
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Air Force launches new GPS satellite
The seventh of eight enhanced second-generation global positioning satellites lifted into space early on March 24 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, Fla.
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Hour draws near for Air Force program cancellations
The budgetary fate of key Air Force programs will be determined shortly with word filtering out in a matter of days on which programs are put on hold or terminated, reports Aviation Week.
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