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JTRS airborne radio passes interoperability tests
A pre-development version of the JTRS Airborne and Maritime/Fixed Station radio has successfully met several operational requirements for data sharing, interoperability and range extension.
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Open source serves as linchpin to modernization: Justice
Open-source software and technologies are helping the military keep up with rapidly evolving technology, says Army Maj. Gen. Nick Justice.
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Army forces in Afghanistan to receive aerostats
The Army has awarded a $383 million contract to Lockheed Martin to furnish and maintain aerostats that will provide real-time aerial reconnaissance and surveillance of large swaths of terrain in Afghanistan.
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RFI seeks info on smart phones for soldiers
The military has been considering its mobile technology options, and the Army's Fifth Signal Command is ready for action.
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Comms-on-the-move revolutionizes military tactics
A revolution is taking place in the form of communications-on-the-move in which dismounted soldiers and those at the lower echelons can take advantage of advanced communications capabilities to keep in touch with each other and their commanders.
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Army tests 3G network to boost squad-level awareness
The Army has tested a 3G wireless network that would link smart phones, tablets and radio systems to a large number of sensors and unmanned ground and air vehicles to push information down to the squad and fire team leaders.
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Army PEO C3T Price promoted to major general
The Senate confirmed Nov. 10 the promotion of Brig. Gen. Lee Price, the Army's program executive officer for command, control and communications (tactical), to the rank of major general.
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DOD looks at new ways to field tactical networks
The military services are thinking out of the box to develop and deliver new tactical networking technologies.
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Army changes how it acquires, develops IT systems
The Army's CIO discusses how the service is changing the way it acquires and evaluates IT systems.
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Military braces for roll out of massive ERP projects
The Army's General Fund Enterprise Business System project will centralize one of the largest business systems conglomerations in the world.
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MILCOM to focus on attaining the full value of networks
The MILCOM 2011 conference, "Networks: Attaining the Value," will be held Nov. 8-10 in Baltimore, Md., and Defense Systems staff will be on site to provide detailed coverage of presentations made by featured speakers.
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Small, tactical systems fill aerial coverage gap
The Defense Department is sending more small unmanned aircraft to the war zone to plug gaps in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance coverage.
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Army to outfit combat teams with networking radios
The Army is expanding its efforts to field networking waveform radios for its brigade combat modernization teams through the award of a $66 million contract to outfit eight teams with AN/PRC-117G radios.
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Army to deploy micro-grid system to meet green goals
L-3 Westwood has won an Army contract to furnish an energy-saving, micro-grid system that the service will use in theater to meet its environmental goals.
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Next stop for Army mobile devices: Tablet central
The Army is building on the popularity of smart phones in the field with further testing and expansion of the use of tablets for a range of applications.
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Army makes mission command-on-the-move key goal of NIE
Army Brig. Gen. Randal Dragon, commanding general, Army Brigade Modernization Command, discusses Network Integration Evaluation 12.1 and mission command-on-the-move.
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Army to test wall-scaling robot in Afghanistan
U.S. forces in Afghanistan in the near future might be able to use a robot that can leap over high walls to explore inside compounds and provide views through its built-in camera of possible threats that might lie inside.
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Signal regiment moves to COTS to improve efficiency
The Army Signal Corps will move to commercial off-the-shelf systems under new strategy to reduce manpower and improve training.
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Two-legged robot almost ready for military duty
Boston Dynamics, the company that developed the quadrupedal BigDog robot designed to carry troops' gear, is putting the finishing touches on a two-legged, headless robot that goes by the name Petman.
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