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Obama nominates new leaders for Army Materiel Command

Army Materiel Command's deputy commanding general has been nominated to lead the unit.

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Army to conquer soldier tech challenges with greater innovation

The Army is looking for innovation and collaboration to keep pace with rapidly changing challenges.

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Where does DOD enterprise e-mail really stand?

More than a year into the program, there are more questions than ever when it comes to DOD enterprise e-mail.

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Unmanned systems, networks struggle with reliability tests

Army networks and unmanned systems did not perform well overall in meeting reliability thresholds when tested in fiscal 2011.

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Army taps BAE for head mounted displays

The Army's Program Executive Office Soldier has awarded BAE Systems a contract to furnish head mounted displays.

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Powerful sensor on unmanned helos headed for Afghanistan

By spring, soldiers will remotely pilot a helicopter to see across major portions of Afghanistan through the Autonomous Real-time Ground Ubiquitous Surveillance Imaging System.

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Boeing plans EMARSS aircraft delivery to Army in December

The company plans to deliver four EMARSS intelligence-gathering aircraft in December, an official says.

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Army seeks new technology submissions for fall NIE

The Army has issued a sources sought document to attract new technologies for inclusion into this fall's Network Integration Evaluation.

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Army sets tone for government's mobile enterprise with Android

The Army's trail-blazing mobile device efforts could potentially reach across the entire federal government.

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Army picks 7 to compete for cloud support work

The Army moves foward with a cloud computing contract.

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DISA certifies Android mobile system for some DOD smart phones

DISA approved a mobile management system that allows users of Dell smart phones to securely access critical data and applications.

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Army, Alion partner to determine best combat tech

The Rapid Equipping Force testing process will include engineering, reliability and risk assessments on commercial and government technologies, as well as operational tests in a combat environment.

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Companies seek to build new military radio system

The Army has released a draft solicitation for the system, known as the Multi-Tier Networking Vehicular Radio program.

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Army to test Hummingbird unmanned helos in Afghanistan

The Army plans to send three of Boeing’s A160 Hummingbird unmanned helicopters to Afghanistan this spring to boost the service’s reconnaissance capabilities.

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Ruggedization required for mobile devices on the network

Stringent military certification requirements are keeping rugged versions of civilian smart phones, tablets, notebooks and other handheld computers in the pipeline.

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Army develops doctrine for battlefield smart phones

An Army pilot program is testing the idea of issuing commercial smart phones to soldiers to increase their operational flexibility and connectivity.

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Thin-client system helps Army command best battlefield view

Command Web enables commanders to access and share information on the Army's data-rich, high-bandwidth command and control networks.

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Army Command Web offers window into operational environment

The Army is testing a Web-based system that gives commanders access to previously unavailable data residing on thick-client applications.

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Army seeks hand-launched aerostats for squad intell

The Army's Rapid Equipping Force has issued a request for information for small hand-launched aerostats that would give infantry squads another method to conduct reconnaissance in their immediate areas of operations.

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Army Rangers take smart phone to Afghanistan

The Army's 75th Ranger Regiment will have as part of its gear in Afghanistan an Android GD300 smart phone that will be paired with the Joint Tactical Radio System AN/PRC-154 Rifleman Radio.