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Army plans leadership center of excellence
The U.S. Army will establish a Mission Command Center of Excellence at Fort Leavenworth, Kan., to prepare leaders for battle command and associated functions, reports Kate Brannen at Defense News.
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Army refines program to spur app development
After false start, Army CIO launches Apps for the Army contest to foster more rapid software development.
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Army turns to aerial sensors for battlefield precision
Col. Robert Carpenter, project manager for the Army’s Aerial Common Sensor Program, discusses the program's changing mission and near-term objectives.
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Military still gives thumbs down to thumb drives
Despite relaxing the all out ban on using portable storage devices on Defense Department computer systems, it appears thumb drives will not return to the military services anytime soon.
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Army upgrades infrastructure on many fronts
Gary Winkler, the Army program executive officer for enterprise information systems, discusses the Haiti relief effort, upcoming solicitation for the Area Processing Centers and lessons learned in recent implementations of enterprise resource planning systems.
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Sorenson to announce Apps for Army challenge
Army looks to accelerate Web and mobile application development by rewarding Army personnel for creative ideas.
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Competition heats up over cargo UAVs
The U.S. military is keenly interested in employing unmanned aerial vehicles to support cargo delivery and contractors are scrambling to position themselves to win contracts to produce such systems, reports William Matthews at Defense News.
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Army rolls forward with networked combat systems
The Army has awarded a contract to Boeing Co. to outfit its a brigade combat team with networked gear designed to improve intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities on the battlefield.
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Army puts ground sensor program on fast track
The Army plans to bring networked sensors to the battlefield as part of the first stage of the Early Infantry Brigade Combat Team program.
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Army wants to soup up Shadow UAV
Army officials are contemplating issuing a solicitation to boost the capabilities of the Shadow RQ-7C unmanned aerial vehicle, reports Kate Brannen at Defense News.
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Army goes global with training support
General Dynamics Corp. will provide a variety of technical support and training advisory services to the Army under a five-year contract that could be worth as much as $387 million.
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Army orders helicopter crew simulators
The Army Program Executive Office for Simulation, Training and Instrumentation has ordered simulators on which to train helicopter crews for gunnery and cargo tasks.
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Army buys software for logistics modernization
The Army plans to use software from IFS North America for the Logistics Modernization Program underway at all Army arsenals, depots and ammunition plants.
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Sensory overload: Military is dealing with a data deluge
Sensors provide invaluable information to the warfighter, but they produce an enormous amount of data.
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Cognitive radios would give future warfighters upper hand
Smart radios could do everything but turn themselves on -- if Army researchers can make them a reality.
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Multi-National Force - Iraq gets tech assistance
A unit of DRS Technologies Inc. will provide technical assistance for command and control functions to the Multi-National Force – Iraq under a $77.8 million contract.
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Army let contractor get too involved in program, IG says
DOD's IG found that a company helped develop a contract and then bid on it.
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The fundamentals of Army combat team modernization
The Army's Brigade Combat Team Modernization will employ high-tech communications devices and make use of interoperable, networked communications systems and applications.
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Netted Iridium ‘radios’ prove indispensible in battlefield test
A yearlong test in Afghanistan of Netted Iridium phones that offer instant communications via satellite network has proved a major success.
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