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Army enlists help for BRAC move to Fort Bragg

NCI Inc. will lead a team assisting the Army’s Base Realignment and Closure program under a 28-month task order valued at $48.9 million.

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DOD to receive Project 25 compliant two-way radios

EF Johnson Technologies Inc. will provide two-way radios and accessories to the Defense Department under two contracts worth nearly $10 million.

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Army Product Manager Aerial Common Sensor goes airborne

CACI International Inc. will furnish support to an Army intelligence program that distributes aerial surveillance data to ground stations under a $24.5 million task order.

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DOD rethinks buying versus building software

DISA, Army exploring a new way to acquire applications more quickly and with less cost by building them in-house.

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Army picks two for driver’s vision devices

The Army has awarded contracts to DRS Technologies and BAE Systems to fulfill orders for infrared driver’s vision enhancers through an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a $1.9 billion ceiling.

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Army CIO announces Apps for Army competition

The Army is starting a competition aimed at fostering the creative development of new applications for use in the .mil community.

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New infrared technologies aimed at aiding warfighters

CACI International Inc. will assist the Army to further develop specialized infrared night vision technology under a three-year, $50 million contract.

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Airborne intelligence platform joins Army exercise

An aircraft system capable of taking information from multiple sensors and distributing it to military units participated in the Army’s C4ISR On-the-Move exercise held last month.

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Nothing like a challenge

The Army aspires to deploy a global enterprise e-mail system accessible from anywhere in the world with a single-sign-on account.

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Army faces different IED foe in Afghanistan

The Army is fielding a cadre of electronic warfare specialists to address the challenges of fighting improvised explosive devices in Afghanistan.

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Harnessing the full power of sensor fusion

The Army is learning how to best adapt its Distributed Common Ground System to accommodate new sensor capabilities and the large volume of data they produce.

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Army Brig. Gen. Thomas Cole talks about electronic warfare progress

Brig. Gen. Thomas Cole, Army program executive officer, talks about some of the challenges facing the seven program manager offices within the Program Executive Office for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare, and Sensors.

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Data Packets

Defense Department brass provided briefings on initiatives related to cybersecurity, information networks, military communications and more at the recent LandWarNet 2009 Conference.

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Army orders ground robots for engineer, infantry support

The Army has placed an order for 486 of iRobot’s PackBot 510s, the largest order the company has ever received.

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Army expects new network to reduce costs 65 percent

The Army has ordered a new optical network linking White Sands and Fort Bliss that it expects to cut costs by more than half.

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Lockheed establishes missile defense unit in Huntsville, AL

Lockheed Martin Corp. has established a new missile defense systems operating unit in Huntsville, Ala., to support a number of key programs based in the area and also pursue additional business opportunities.

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Army to receive more than 3,000 new VSATs

L-3 Communications Corp. will deliver satellite communication terminals to the Army and other tactical and logistics units under a contract with Eyak Technology.

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Visualization tools support Army's criminal investigations

SRA analysts use visualization software to support the Army Criminal Investigation Command's cases against bribery, money laundering and conspiracy.

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Northrop wins $430M Army information operations contract

Northrop Grumman Corp. will continue to provide the Army with information technology and network operations services under a five-year award that could be worth as much at $430 million if all options are exercised.

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DOD likely to adopt limited social networking

Navy CIO Robert Carey says powerful opportunities exist for social networking inside networks controlled by the military.