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Army wants to recruit small businesses for FCS
The Army is seeking information from small businesses on their capabilities as they relate to supporting its future combat systems program.
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SAIC to support Naval Health Research Center
SAIC will provide biomedical, epidemiological and clinical research support under a $20 million Army contract.
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General Dynamics to support Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan
General Dynamics will furnish IT management services to the Army Corps of Engineers in Afghanistan.
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AAI gets Army Guard training deal
AAI Corp. will provide simulators and other training aids and applications to Army National Guard units to help them operate unmanned aircraft systems under a four-year, $31 million contract.
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CACI will develop simulation software for Army training
CACI International Inc. will develop software simulations for the Army’s use in troop training under a three-year, $36 million contract.
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Army cyber ops faces forensic backlog
As the number of potential assaults on military information technology networks continues to escalate, so does the challenge of conducting forensic and attribution analysis in order to respond appropriately, said Col. Barry Hensley at the 2008 LandWarNet conference in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., this week.
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LandWarNet 2008: Three days of defining the domain, building the enterprise and securing the data
This year’s iteration of LandWarNet displayed several distinct themes. They include defining the domain, building the enterprise and securing the data.
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CECOM’s move to Aberdeen a ‘once in a generation opportunity,’ says Via
“We’re looking at BRAC as a catalyst for change … a once-in-a-generation opportunity to rebuild,” said Maj. Gen. Dennis Via, commanding general of CECOM “But you can’t just pick up a command and move it. This is a significant and emotional event for our employees.”
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Award winners of LandWarNet 2008 named
As it does every year at LandWarNet, the Army presented its awards for superior service to the cause of signals. The following are the 2008 winners:
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The challenge of integrating cyber operations with cyber electronics
In today’s asymmetrical warfare environment in which enemies of the United States have used Internet capabilities to prosecute their own goals, the challenge for the Army is to master a domain that, in many instances, is not even fully defined.
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AKO to add blogging, wikis and Facebook-like features as it approaches its billionth user served
In a session on the "State of the Union" of Army Knowledge Online and Defense Knowledge Online, AKO/DKO project manager Col. Earl Nobel said that additional Web 2.0 capabilities, including blogging, wikis and a social networking function similar to Facebook, will be added.
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Defense in depth’ strategy key to fight cyber threats, says Army NOSC deputy
One of the concepts that network security administrators have at their disposal is similar to the traditional Army’s “defend in depth” strategy, which is a defense designed to withstand repeated enemy incursions, versus forward defense, which is a single line of defenders that can be more easily pierced by an overwhelming force.
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Chief Casey to LandWarNet 2008: “I want to see a squad leader with a hand-held device from which he can draw the knowledge of the Army”
A 21st Century Army will have to evolve to meet six trends head on: globalization, resource competition, proliferation of weapons of mass destruction, climate change, failed and failing states, and demographic trends.
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"BlackBerry-like" services for the soldier — Lt. Gen. Sorenson says it’s possible
The Holy Grail of interactivity is the ability to use a BlackBerry like device with a single phone number and single email address that stays with soldiers and lets them access the data they need to prosecute their missions.
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Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson gives opening address at the LandWarNet 2008 Conference
Organizing a Network Service Center construct is critical to the future of LandWarNet, particularly if the Army is to deploy modular, expeditionary forces with connectivity from fort to foxhole.
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Army CIO Sorenson acknowledges concern over cyberwarfare,
Not that Army information technology officers needed a wake-up call about the need to secure their networks, but the recent cyberattacks against Georgian networks that originated in Russia certainly served as reinforcement of that need.
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LandWarNet to Feature Interoperability Program
The growing importance of IT to military operations, particularly those conducted by the U.S. Army in Iraq and Afghanistan, is evident by the record number of exhibitors and registrants signed up for this year’s LandWarNet Conference.
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Army Lt. Gen Ann Dunwoody confirmed
Army Lt. Gen Ann Dunwoody became the first female four-star general in the U.S. military after the Senate confirmed her by unanimous consent July 23. She will head Army Materiel Command (AMC), based at Fort Belvoir, Va.
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Battlefield satcom
When the 3rd Infantry Division outran its ability to erect line-of-sight communication antennas during the charge to Baghdad, losing its terrestrial radio capacity, the planners knew something needed to change.
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