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Air Force awards satellite system concept project
The Air Force has awarded Boeing Co. a $10.2 million contract to develop a concept for a satellite system.
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Rules of engagement
As the Defense Department builds a cyber force, forming a doctrine for cyber warfare is its opening challenge.
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In command
Read about the latest appointments and promotions within the world of defense.
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Air Force issues software pre-solicitation
The Air Force is seeking software to be used by the Global Cyberspace Integration Center to help test command and control, and cyber systems.
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Air Force to enhance tactical air control vehicles
The Air Force has awarded BAE Systems a $120 million contract to boost voice and data communications on hundreds of its ground vehicles that coordinate aircraft operations.
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Air Force awards education services work
Northrop Grumman Corp. will provide information technology and management consulting services to the Spaatz Center Research Centers located at Maxwell Air Force Base, Ala.
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Elder: Disputes hinder net-centric efforts
Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Elder wants military officials to end intramural disputes over how cyberwarfare is conducted.
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Air Force works to refine IP routers for satellites
Military satellites using on-board IP routers to direct data traffic remain largely a dream even as the technology to send routers into space is more advanced than ever before.
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Air Force awards TSAT extension
Boeing Co. has won a $75 million contract extension to continue doing work on the Air Force’s Transformational Satellite Communications System.
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Air Force solicits industry input on aircraft ground tracking
The Air Force’s Air Armament Center Capabilities Integration Directorate Division wants information from industry about developing technology that can remotely tag and track vehicles on the ground.
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Air Force names six bases as potential cyber headquarters
The 24th Air Force, slated to take the role originally assigned to the provisional Air Force Cyber Command, will have its official home designated by June.
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DOD sees small increase in IT budget
The Defense Department’s fiscal 2009 information technology budget request of $33 billion represents a 3 percent increase over DOD’s enacted fiscal 2008 IT budget.
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Air Force to develop environmentally friendly propulsion systems
General Dynamics Information Technology has won a new contract to assist the Air Force in developing environmentally friendly propulsion systems.
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Air Force reconfigures communications satellite program
The Air Force has significantly cut back its Transformational Communication Satellite program and delayed the launch of the first satellite.
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DOD grapples with cyberattack coordination
The Defense Department wants to normalize its cyberwarfare operations, but first must come to grips with how to distinguish between cyberwarfare and other overlapping efforts.
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Air Force to create continuity of operations system
The Air Force has tapped Alion Science and Technology to help it create a continuity of operations system.
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Air Force awards Globemaster support work
The company will continue to provide logistics support for the C-17 Globemaster cargo aircraft.
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Air Force restructures TSAT program
Officials are reworking the controversial Transformational Satellite Communications program contract, which will delay the launch of satellites until 2019.
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Air Force awards F-16 training deal
L-3 Link Simulation and Training will furnish as many as 20 Block 40/50 F-16 mission training centers, the Defense Department announced Dec. 29.
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