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Army Research Lab to deploy emergency alert system
The U.S. Army Engineer Research and Development Center is installing the IP-based AtHoc IWSAlerts emergency system to communicate with its roughly 2,500 personnel throughout the United States.
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Army monitors its carbon bootprint
Army deploys Enviance software as a service in 11 installations to track greenhouse gases.
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DISA asks industry for help with new priorities
DISA wants to deliver on-demand, enterprisewide technology services across the Defense Department.
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Army CIO to receive C4ISR support
Science Applications International Corp. will furnish technical and management support services to the Army’s Chief Information Officer under a newly awarded contract.
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Project seeks to ensure Army has adequate radio spectrum
Alion Science and Technology Corp. will provide radio-frequency spectrum modeling, simulation and analysis to the Army.
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Army to provide soldiers with new portable power sources
The new technology will use M-25 fuel cells, a lighter alternative to a traditional batteries that last 72 hours or longer.
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Industry Recon
QinetiQ North America will supply the Naval Surface Warfare Center with its Talon Generation IV robot under a $56.4 million contract, company officials said.
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iRobot pushes robots into new territory
Joseph Dyer, president of the Government and Industrial Robots Division at iRobot, discusses how the mission of ground robots is evolving beyond bomb disposal to include direct support for combat missions.
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Art of creating a Manet takes masterful engineering touch
Engineers are working to overcome difficult architectural and design challenges associated with mobile ad hoc network technology that would serve warfighters at the far edges of battlefields.
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Communications relay grows with expansion of UAV missions
Unmanned aerial vehicles outfitted as communications relays are being pressed into service in Afghanistan, where mountainous terrain interrupts ground signals and overburdens satellite communications services.
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Fail-safe field communications nearly ready
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is completing a technology program designed to ensure that battlefield network communications never fail regardless of the operating environment.
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Army adjusts network strategy for battlefield command posts
One challenge that Army officials face is creating a single enterprise for battle command applications that can follow a brigade when it deploys outside the continental United States.
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Interview: Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, Army CIO
Army CIO Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson discusses how the Army is coping without flash drives; how he intends to improve data quality and governance; and what he has on the agenda for fiscal 2010 priorities.
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Sorenson on right track
The command post of the future is still a work in progress. But there’s no question, it’s the right vision.
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Joint venture to expand fuel-cell technology for military apps
UltraCell and Protonex Technology Corp. are working together to expand fuel-cell technology for military applications.
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DOD tests fuel-cell technology for ground, UAV uses
The Defense Department is stepping up efforts to provide soldiers in the field with reliable, long-lasting portable power by working with companies to integrate fuel-cell technologies into mobile and off-grid power applications.
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Retired Army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg joins Cubic
Cubic Corp. has hired former Army Lt. Gen. Joseph “Keith” Kellogg to be senior vice president for ground combat programs.
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Army takes new holistic approach in managing its operations
Alion Science and Technology Corp. will support the Army’s efforts to manage its infrastructure and organizational processes under a three-year, $6.4 million contract.
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Army extends Apache logistics contract
Lockheed Martin Corp. will provide logistics management services for sensor and targeting components of the Army’s AH-64 Apache helicopter under a one-year, follow-on contract worth as much as $89 million.
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