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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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Bandwidth availability poses growing challenge for military
The competition for bandwidth among commercial and military users around the globe poses a challenge for the U.S. military as it expands the concept of network-centric warfare and fields more unmanned vehicles, reports Aviation Week.
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Air Force issues combat identification RFI
The service is looking for technology concepts that will improve its ability to identify threats in the battlespace.
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Gates still against splitting tanker deal
A key lawmaker’s proposal to divide the program to replace the U.S. military’s aging fleet of in-air refueling tankers was met by opposition at the Pentagon, reports Agence France-Press.
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Air Force contracts for cyber support
The Air Force has awarded Science Applications International Corp. a contract to provide network operations support.
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GPS III satellite undergoes preliminary review
The Lockheed Martin Corp. team building the next-generation global positioning system spacecraft has achieved a number of milestones in the preliminary design review phase with the Air Force.
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Air Force moves to boost applications performance
The Air Force has awarded a contract to BAE Systems to find ways to boost the performance of its computing system applications.
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Air Force gets help with sensor architecture
The Air Force has awarded Ball Aerospace and Technologies a contract to help develop an architecture that will improve the analysis of sensor data.
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Air Force orders new combat training simulator
The Air Force will get a new training system from Fidelity Technologies Corp. under a $5.3 million contract.
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IT key to facing new military challenges, Cartwright says
To fight constantly evolving enemies, U.S. forces must be faster at deploying IT systems to warfighters, said the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Air Force works on wireless spacecraft technology
Northrop Grumman will develop a wireless spacecraft bus for the Air Force Research Laboratory under a 21-month, $4.1 million contract.
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Air Force to test, evaluate sensor technologies
Jacobs Engineering Group will help the Air Force test and evaluate its sensor technologies under an eight-year contract that has a potential value of $19.7 million.
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TSAT hits new turbulence
The Transformational Satellite Communications System program hits key technology targets, but costs and alternative capabilities could keep the $20 billion program from getting into orbit.
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Interview: Lt. Gen. William Shelton
The Air Force’s CIO and warfighting integration chief discusses the essential role of space in combat operations.
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New products emerge to improve military capabilities
BAE Systems, Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman and Raytheon are fielding products to improve communications and network-centric warfare capabilities for the military.
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DOD announces new nominations
The Defense Department announced the nominations of Michael Brown and Janice Hamby to rear admiral. DOD also announced that Rear Adm. Ann Gilbride has been appointed to be the first director of the National Maritime Intelligence Center.
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Building bandwidth in space
The military’s transformational satellite program complements a number of existing military satellite communications systems.
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