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Army awards contract for classified database support
CACI International Inc. has been awarded a new $34 million prime contract to continue supporting a classified U.S. Army intelligence database.
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Upgraded ground robot ships out to Afghanistan
U.S. ground troops in Afghanistan will have a faster, smarter and stronger robot to assist them with their missions, according to officials at iRobot Corp.
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Army aims to protect personnel with alert system expansion
The Army has expanded its emergency notification system for the 1st Infantry Division and Fort Riley, doubling the number of protected personnel at the fort to 10,000.
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Ferguson named joint automatic ID product manager
The Army has appointed Lt. Col. Cary Ferguson as the Product Manager for Joint – Automatic Identification Technology.
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Industry Recon
Harris provides a digital intercom system for Air Force ground vehicles. Exalt Communications offers a new series of ruggedized microwave radio systems. The National Security Agency certifies that the Sectéra Edge smart phone is compliant with the Secure Communication Interoperability Protocol. And Citrix supplies TCS with an applications accelerator to meet the needs of Army satellite communications.
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As requirements go, so goes Army WIN-T
With the cancellation of the vehicle portion of the Army’s Future Combat Systems program, the WIN-T program will continue without the radio intended for FCS vehicles.
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Army enterprise chief outlines network modernization efforts
Gary Winkler, program executive officer for enterprise information systems at Fort Belvoir, Va., discussed a number of current initiatives, including the Logistics Modernization Program, the Army Enterprise System Integration Program and the recently concluded Network Service Center Operational Validation exercise.
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Cloud proves to be the answer for Army lab testing
What do you do if your application is so large that it would require all the nodes on your network just to test? If you're the Army Research Laboratory, you turn to cloud computing.
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Army awards contract for vehicle intercom system
Northrop Grumman Cobham Intercoms LLC will supply the Army with an enhanced vehicular intercom system that is designed to take advantage of digital communications technology under a contract potentially worth $2.4 billion over 10 years.
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Army awards contract for Fort Bragg logistics center
The Army has awarded Lockheed Martin a contract with a potential value of $203 million over five years to provide an array of services to the Field Logistics Readiness Center at Fort Bragg, N.C.
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DOD memo sets tone for Army’s future after FCS
A memorandum issued June 23 confirms the recommendations made earlier this year by Defense Secretary Robert Gates to replace the single, giant program with a number of smaller modernization efforts.
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GAO finds silver lining in FCS failure
A GAO official told a Senate subcommittee that though the Army's Future Combat Systems failed to live up to expectations, successive programs will benefit from its trial and error.
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DOD seeks $5.4B for unmanned systems in 2010
The Defense Department is seeking an increase of 18.4 percent, or $870 million, in funding for unmanned systems in fiscal 2010 over the amount spent for such systems in 2009, Defense Update reported.
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Army gives soldiers access to Twitter, Facebook
A recent Army order directs network managers to give soldiers access to social media sites such as Facebook and Twitter.
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Army awards $363M Sincgcars contract
ITT Corp. will furnish continuing support for the Army’s Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System.
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Army gets more WIN-T terminals
General Dynamics Corp. will furnish a large number of additional satellite terminals to the Army to support its next-generation tactical communications network.
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Army tests battle command backup
A validation test for the Army’s first Network Service Center in Germany proves that a brigade can replicate its battle command applications when deploying overseas, yet also reveals the need for faster recovery for digital failover.
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Panel: Warfighters want more flexible intelligence systems
Members of the defense intelligence community participating in a panel at the 2009 DODIIS Conference said that flexible systems would make it easier for them to carry out specific intelligence missions.
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DOD develops radio technologies to overcome spectrum limitations
The pressing need of ground troops for wireless communications is sparking new research into dynamic spectrum allocation.
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