Defense Systems
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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Battlespace awareness helps commanders hit targets
When Taliban insurgents nearly overran a U.S.-run outpost, air support was urgent and necessary. Military commanders in Afghanistan responded with 2,000-pound bombs, a Hellfire missile from an unmanned air system and other munitions. They monitored the battle on live video feeds by using the Persistent Surveillance and Dissemination System of Systems.
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Reporter's notebook -- LandWarNet 2008
This year’s conference featured several themes, such as defining the battle domain, building the military enterprise and securing data.
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PEO View: Army fast-tracks ground radios
The Joint Tactical Radio System’s Ground Domain includes two form-factor programs: The Ground Mobile Radio program and the Handheld, Manpack and Small Formfit program.
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Blue Force Tracking system’s next gen comes closer to real time
The Blue Force Tracking (BFT) system — only a few years ago a wonder of battlespace technology — is in the midst of an upgrade. BFT is a building block of operational awareness. It transmits the location of friendly forces via a satellite connection. Unlike the Enhanced Position Location Reporting System, another location-tracking system, BFT doesn’t rely on terrestrial line-of-sight transmissions for connectivity.
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