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Army retrofits Shadow UAVs with laser targeting
The retrofit kits for the Shadow UAS will add weapons targeting capabilities to its existing electro-optic and infrared surveillance capabilities.
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DOD sees small increase in IT budget
The Defense Department’s fiscal 2009 information technology budget request of $33 billion represents a 3 percent increase over DOD’s enacted fiscal 2008 IT budget.
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Army brings real-time weather to artillery targeting
The Meteorological Measuring Set Profiler will give Army artillerymen a 'nowcast' of weather at target locations by integrating data from multiple sources.
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Army commands software support for C4ISR
Under the contract, Northrop Grumman Corp. will work with the Headquarters of the U.S. Army Europe and Seventh Army to support the command, control, communications, computers and intelligence systems that serve Army, joint, coalition and NATO operations.
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Army installations to get IP network upgrades
Verizon Business will begin upgrading voice and data networks at Aberdeen Proving Ground and four other Army installations under multiple task orders.
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RFID helps Army better track tank parts
The Army will have a clearer idea where all the parts to its broken tanks are, following a deal BAE Systems recently signed with ClearOrbit.
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HMD upgrade to benefit Army's Land Warrior
The monocular HMD displays various video, computer, sight, map, GPS and other data for viewing in field, urban, cave or mountain environments in daylight or night.
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Army uses Web to provide commanders with latest info
New Web sites are making sure that Army aviation commanders receive up-to-date information about the problems faced by deployed troops.
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JNN systems get Wideband Global Satcom network upgrade
At least 800 of the trailer-based field Satellite Transportable Terminals used by the Army will get internal circuitry changes that enable them to connect to the WGS constellation of satellites.
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Army awards $430M RFID contract
The RFID-III contract will allow DOD to switch from a sole-source contract to a multi-vendor IDIQ contract.
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Army funds networked simulation architecture development
The Army has awarded Dynamic Animation Systems a contract to support the Modeling Architecture for Technology, Research and Experimentation program.
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Army builds out data network in Germany
AT&T Government Solutions will build an advanced data network for the Army in Germany under a new contract.
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Defense Act keeps OMB from directing competitions
Military officials said they felt more pressures from their branch's chain of command.
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FLIR wins bid to provide Army tower sensors
The Army has gone to FLIR Systems for another block of sensor units for its Rapid Aerostat Initial Deployment surveillance tower systems.
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Army makes major knowledge management, IT regs revision
The Army has issued a new regulation that governs knowledge management and IT practices and establishes the basis for the future network-centric force.
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Army to upgrade Firefinder radar systems
A joint venture between Raytheon Co. and Thales Group will upgrade Army Firefinder radar systems under a new contract.
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Army Reserves to get SIPRnet cafes
The Army Reserves has hired STG to install sites that it will use to access the Secret IP Router Network.
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Army approves Cisco Unified Wireless Network
The Army has listed the Cisco Unified Wireless Network package on its Information Assurance Approved Products List.
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Contract Watch: Telos leads NETCENTS integrators in 2008 buys
Telos had more than $230 million in new sales from the Air Force’s NETCENTS program in fiscal year 2008, the most of any of the program’s eight prime contractors, the company announced Dec. 17. The Ashburn, Va.-based company also announced it had received more than $100 million in new NETCENTS orders during the fourth quarter.
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