Defense Systems
Army Corps of Engineers awards support contract
L-1 will provide the Army Corps of Engineers with software design, development, operations support and call center support.
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Army taps six to provide pRFID tech
The $75.5 million contract calls for the companies to provide passive radio frequency identification technology to the Army Product Manager for Joint-Automatic Identification Technology.
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SWATS to protect troops in combat zones
Soldier-Wearable Acoustic Targeting Systems is a member of QinetiQ’s Ears Gunshot Localization System family of products, developed to allow military personnel to respond to sniper fire immediately and accurately. The Army’s Rapid Equipping Force has put in its first large-scale order.
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Army chemical sensors to get upgrade
ICx Technologies is on tap for the upgrade under a contract potentially worth $711 million over seven years.
Defense Systems
Lt. Col. Geesey new head of MC4 product management office
Geesey will work with Defense Health Information Management System which develops electronic medical records and other health software systems.
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Army awards two modeling, simulation tasks
The two five-year task orders call for SAIC to provide modeling and simulation support to the Army Aviation and Missile Research, Development and Engineering Center at Redstone Arsenal, Ala.
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Unified DOD messaging system closer
The entire Defense Department is now close to having a single solution for DMS communications, following a recent award by SPAWAR.
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Army gets new medical CIO
Lt. Col. Hon Pak was director of Advanced Information Technology Group.
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Army to receive SIPRNet support from L-3
The Army will receive personnel, equipment, tools, materials, supervision and other items and non-personal services for SIPRNet.
Defense Systems
MIDS-JTRS enters aircraft testing and integration phase
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center has placed a $9.8 million order for pre-production sets of the next generation of aircraft radio terminals, based on the Joint Tactical Radio System software-defined radio and its waveforms.
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STRATCOM chief of staff gets nod for DISA directorship
Army Major General Carroll F. Pollett has been nominated for the directorship of the Defense Information Systems Agency, and command of Joint Task Force – Global Network Operations.
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Army business services work goes to Booz Allen
The contractor will help the Army National Guard simplify its business processes.
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TBI patients to be part of Army pilot text program
The Army is seeking to develop a text-messaging system to communicate with service members suffering from traumatic brain injury, which would help health care providers monitor patients as well as prompt them to take treatment actions.
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ITAA takes on how to protect controlled unclassified information
The Information Technology Association of America is developing a response to a Defense Department request for information on protecting CUIs.
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Army awards ICF training contract
The company will administer the Learning Education Training Services program for the Army’s Maryland Procurement Office.
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Via: C4ISR Development Army's top priority
Developing systems and capabilities for warfighters continues to be a priority for the Army, but working with industry to sustain existing systems will also receive new focus, Maj. Gen. Dennis Via said at the Army Team C4ISR 2008 Joint Symposium.
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New Land Warrior fighting system coming to a Stryker Brigade near you
The soldiers of the 5th Brigade, 2nd Infantry Division Stryker Brigade Combat Team will strap on a new, lighter version of the Land Warrior fighting system based on technology from General Dynamics C4 Systems.
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Army intelligence technologies advancement contract goes to Stanley
Stanley will assist the Futures Directorate, Headquarters, Army Intelligence and Security Command in the coordination of technology development.
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