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Unified DOD messaging system closer
The entire Defense Department is now close to having a single solution for DMS communications, following a recent award by SPAWAR.
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MIDS-JTRS enters aircraft testing and integration phase
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center has placed a $9.8 million order for pre-production sets of the next generation of aircraft radio terminals, based on the Joint Tactical Radio System software-defined radio and its waveforms.
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Air Force to get new satellite tracking station
Honeywell Technology Solutions will design and build the Transportable Remote Tracking Station for the Satellite Contact Network.
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Bowman: Technology needs to evolve with needs of troops
The director of the J-6, U.S. Central Command, told the Army Team C4ISR 2008 Joint Symposium attendees that waiting until as long as 2010 for new capabilities is too long.
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Air Force names Harris in IT support contract
The network and space operations and maintenance contract calls for Harris Technical Services to provide the Air Force Space Command’s 50th Space Wing with a range of operations and support services.
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Army troops to receive help in Kosovo
U.S. troops helping to preserve the peace in Kosovo will get help on the ground from ITT Corp. through a contract established by U.S. Army Europe.
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Interview with Lt. Gen. Michael Peterson
Peterson manages a command, control, communications, computer, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) portfolio valued at $17 billion. He spoke with Defense Systems contributing editor Barry Rosenberg about some of the challenges he has faced in his three years as Air Force CIO.
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Air Force NetCents-2 Contract ready for takeoff
The Air Force prepares the next generation of the NetCents contract as the first nears its end.
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Battelle wins pair of Air Force chem-bio deals
Battelle Memorial Institute has won two Air Force contracts totaling $16.5 million to assist in developing procedures to respond to chemical exposure and chemical weapons attacks.
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Air Force to restructure IT career paths
The Air Force's recent decision to postpone plans for a new Cyber Command has complicated the service’s efforts to cut its headcount to mandated levels while expanding the mission of its IT specialists.
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Wyle to boost Air Force technical expertise
Wyle Information Systems LLC will operate, maintain and support the Space Innovation and Development Center (SIDC) at Schriever Air Force Base, Colo., under a contract worth $18.5 million.
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Lt. Gen. William Shelton nominated to replace Lt. Gen. Michael Peterson
Lt. Gen. William Shelton has been renominated for the rank of lieutenant general and nominated to replace Lt. Gen. Michael Peterson as the Air Force’s chief information officer and chief of warfighting integration in the Office of the Secretary of the Air Force.
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Air Force leaders step down
Air Force Chief of Staff Gen. T. Michael Moseley told reporters that failure to maintain consistent technical and process discipline was the primary cause of the slips in nuclear security that ultimately led to his firing.
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Debriefing: Joint Space Operations Center's departing director, Col. Stephen Whiting
Defense Systems contributor Sami Lais spoke recently with Air Force Col. Stephen Whiting, former JSpOC commander and director. In June, Whiting handed over command of JSpOC to Col. Richard Doltz after being selected for the Chief of Staff Air Force Fellows program.
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Waved off
Once again, errors in the procurement process have thrown a major Air Force program’s future into doubt. And critics say that the Government Accountability Office report’s damning tone in this case indicates a wider problem in defense procurement.
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Self-Healing Aircraft
Researchers develop a liquid healing agent for the skins of aircraft and missiles
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USAF spends on flexible microcircuits
The Air Force Office of Scientific Research is funding research on thin,flexible transistors that could be developed into high-performance optoelectronics.
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Shifting frequencies: The Joint Tactical Radio System is a key element in DOD’s shift to network-centric operations
The changes made in the JTRS radio program have changed the game of development and procurement of communications gear — and might have provided a new model for joint systems development
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