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DOD moves network security to the forefront
In response to persistent attempts to breach Defense Department networks, DOD officials are working in several areas to improve their ability to detect and respond to cyberattacks.
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Industry Recon
Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle gets liquid-cooled enclosures to protect electronics; Nortel’s Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 is approved for mission-critical networks; and the military orders more friend-or-foe digital transponders and towed decoys for aircraft.
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Data Packets
Top defense officials are moving to cancel the FCS program and transfer spinouts to a another program. GAO has warned of problems with GPS satellites. Intell community CIOs report progress on technology integration. The Air Force Personnel Center plans to move its personnel support applications to a software-as-a-service model. And a Marine Corps general urges tailoring C4ISR to small units.
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UAVs may have greener power source in solar cells
By integrating solar cells into the materials used to build unmanned aerial vehicles, the size and weight of the aircraft can be reduced and flight times increased.
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Humans and robots bond on the battlefield
The U.S. military has deployed thousands of robots on modern battlefields where they are now fighting side by side with humans who have grown to depend heavily on them for their assistance, reports LiveScience.com.
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Air Force to get additional communications systems
Boeing Co. has received a follow-on contract to provide the Air Force with 46 additional Combat Track II airborne satellite communications systems.
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Air Force to get nonlethal microwave defense system
Boeing Co. will develop a microwave defense system for the Air Force under a $38 million contract.
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Cyber deterrence dialog raises many questions
A conference hosted in April by the Armed Forces Communications Electronics Association International in Omaha, Neb., provided a forum for military and private-sector cybersecurity experts to discuss the challenges of cyber deterrence.
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Air Force picks site for cyber command
A new, numbered Air Force headquarters dedicated to cyber issues will likely be located at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas, officials said.
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Two up for top information warfare posts
The Obama administration has nominated Maj. Gen. Dennis L. Via to head up Army C4 Systems and Gen. William T. Lord to serve as chief of warfighting integration for the Air Force.
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Air Force award to promote modeling, simulation goals
Alion Science and Technology will provide modeling research and development to the Defense Department under a contract worth an estimated $14.4 million.
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Air Force lines up B-2 training support
An L-3 Communications division will continue supporting the Air Force’s B-2 training program under a one-year, $22.8 million contract.
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Wright-Patterson to centralize tech support
The company will plan and centralize information technology service desk support under the Air Force 88th Communications Group.
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Air Force gets assistance with space ops
Northrop Grumman Information Technology will support Air Force space control capabilities under a new contract.
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DOD puts ISR in the vanguard
Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to put intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance at the top of warfighter needs.
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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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