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Aircraft test squadron gets contract support
Aecom Technology Corp. will provide support to an aircraft squadron focused on research and development under a new task order.
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Contract Watch: Telos leads NETCENTS integrators in 2008 buys
Telos had more than $230 million in new sales from the Air Force’s NETCENTS program in fiscal year 2008, the most of any of the program’s eight prime contractors, the company announced Dec. 17. The Ashburn, Va.-based company also announced it had received more than $100 million in new NETCENTS orders during the fourth quarter.
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Interview with Lt. General William Shelton, the Air Force's next chief of warfighting integration
Lt. Gen. William Shelton, commander of the Air Force Space Command's 14th Air Force and commander of the Strategic Command's Joint Functional Component Command for Space, has been reassigned as chief of warfighting integration and chief information officer for the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
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Air Force battlefield casualty system in development
Remotely activated, the system monitors each casualty from the point of wounding to casualty evacuation, and produces a data record for follow-on casualty management.
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Air Force moves on architecture for lightweight satellites
The Air Force Research Laboratory has awarded Harris Corp. an eight-month research contract to develop new modular communications architecture for satellites that weigh less than 400 kilograms.
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DOD defers F-22 funding to Obama administration
The Defense Department has deferred spending $140 million of the authorized funding for the F-22 Raptor fighter program, leaving the decision on the program to the incoming administration. Undersecretary of Defense for Aquisition, Technology and Logistics John J. Young told the House Armed Services Committee on November 19 that he had approved only $50 million on the program, for advance procurement of four F-22s.
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Air Force hires DRC for logistics data work
The award calls for the company to continue supporting the Air Force Global Logistics Support Center, part of the Air Force Materiel Command at Wright Patterson Air Force Base, Ohio.
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The Air Force's cyber path
A Q&A with Maj. Gen. John Maluda, director of cyberspace transformation and strategy at the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
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Special Report: DCGS Integration Backbone forges joint ISR ground
The technology provides a common ground picture for the services' ISR platforms.
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Joint training for joint ISR
After the Army criticized the Air Force for not being responsive enough to its intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance needs, the Army established in 2007 its own aviation unit in Iraq.
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Air Force ISR Agency gets new commander
Brig. Gen. Bradley A. Heithold, currently director of plans, programs, requirements and assessments for the Air Force Special Operations Command, has been selected to take command of the Air Force Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance Agency at Lackland Air Force Base, Texas.
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Air Force gives nod to Lockheed high-orbit payload
The Air Force has accepted for operations from Lockheed Martin Corp. an infrared system that functions in a highly elliptical orbit.
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Air Force awards aircraft protection deal
The Air Force has chosen Science Applications International Corp. to assist in developing technologies that will help protect U.S. military aircraft under a five-year contract with a maximum value of $45.6 million.
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Air Force flight-tests battlespace info exchange system
Air Force successfully tests a modified AC-130 gunship aircraft that enables the exchange of battlespace information between ground and airborne participants.
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Air Force issues pre-solicitation on cyberspace defense
Officials are looking for ways to anticipate and avoid threats through understanding the cyber situation, predicting adversarial actions and assessing potential effects.
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Air Force taps Harris for network, space operations
Under the first-year option, Harris will continue to provide operations and maintenance support to the 50th Space Wing’s Air Force Satellite Control Network at locations worldwide.
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The right stuff for cyber warfare
In a press meeting at the LandWarNet 2008 conference in August, Gen. Kevin Chilton, Air Force commander of the Strategic Command, spoke about the structure of U.S. cyber operations and his priorities for the workforce and technology.
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