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Army gets support for intell system
CACI International Inc. will supply the Army with program management support for an intelligence system used to direct ground combat under a new contract.
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Army orders more portable satellite radios
The Army will receive additional wideband tactical satellite radio systems from Harris Corp. under a new order valued at $150 million.
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DOD to boost funding for battlefield ISR
Vowing to find a permanent home in the Defense Department’s budget for programs that directly support soldiers on the battlefront in Iraq and Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the department is adding $2 billion to the department’s fiscal 2010 budget to boost intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance efforts.
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Army gets help with FCS collaboration
The Army has awarded a $4.35 million task order to Alion Science and Technology Corp. to assist it with developing future combat systems.
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Gates wants to restructure Army FCS program
Defense Secretary Robert Gates says his department should eliminate the Army’s Future Combat Systems armored vehicles program in favor of a competition to supply new vehicles, Defense News reports.
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March to consolidation
A decade of Army IT backroom network consolidation comes to fruition in the Global Network Enterprise Construct.
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Army hires contractor for global ISR support
The Army has awarded a $22 million contract to CACI International Inc. to furnish support services for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.
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Industry Recon
Raytheon unveils a troposcatter system, Lockheed Martin demonstrates a soldier exoskeleton, and General Dynamics introduces an all-weather laptop.
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Rifleman Radio offers combat lifeline
The first Rifleman Radios are scheduled to roll off the assembly line this July in a low rate of initial production, General Dynamics officials said.
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Soldier notebook serves as intelligence tool
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is continuing to push the development of the Tactical Ground Reporting system.
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Unmanned vehicles break ranks
The new era of unmanned vehicles is redefining the nature of warfighting.
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Data packets
In a report, the Government Accountability Office outlines four key technology areas of the Army’s Future Combat Systems program that are still too immature to assure that they would be successful in the program’s current schedule.
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Unmanned aircraft get smarter
The refinement of unmanned aircraft used for surveillance and attack missions is resulting in systems that are faster, stealthier and smarter than their predecessors.
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GAO: Weapons programs still beset by cost overruns
A recent Government Accountability Office report reveals continuing high development costs and delays in many of the DOD’s major programs.
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Marines to get tablet PC refresh
Hewlett-Packard Co. will provide a large quantity of tablet PCs to the Marine Corps under a new order.
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Army awards contract for satellite equipment upgrade
DataPath Inc. will help upgrade Army satellite communications systems under a $12 million delivery order.
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Army gets aid with counter-IED efforts
SAIC will assist the Army with technical support designed to counter improvised explosive devices under a five-year contract could be worth as much as $41 million.
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FCS vehicle cuts would produce limited near-term savings
Defense Department officials are considering eliminating all but one of the eight Future Combat Systems manned ground vehicles, reports DOD Buzz.
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Army receives first mobile radios for FCS
The first two ground mobile radio models that are part of the military’s next-generation tactical radio network have been delivered to the Army’s Future Combat Systems program by prime contractor Boeing Co.
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