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ITES-3H part of Army's strategy to consolidate $5B in contracts
Service seeks commercial, off-the-shelf products compatible with net-centric infrastructure.
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No eyeballs on target at AUSA
Too few of our service members were on hand at the recent Association of the U.S. Army show to see and demonstrate the new technologies exhibited for themselves.
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Lockheed refines autonomous technology for military vehicles
Lockheed Martin has won an $11 million contract from the Defense Department to develop and test and autonomous system to assist drivers in military supply convoys and even enable autonomous operation of vehicles in convoys.
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ITT Exelis snares $217M Army contract for night vision equipment
ITT Exelis has won a new contract from the Army to provide Generation 3 aviation night vision systems, spare parts and accessories.
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ManTech to assist Army CECOM with C4ISR support
The Army has awarded ManTech International a contract to continue furnishing IT support for systems crucial to battle command and management.
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General Dynamics apologizes for remarks on Army radio testing, says general
General Dynamics has apologized in written correspondence to the Army for remarks that seemed to criticize how the service handled testing of the company's troubled Manpack radio.
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Raytheon to deliver thermal weapon sights to Army
The Army has selected Raytheon to furnish as many as 24,000 thermal weapon sights through a contract modification.
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Army to open Rifleman Radio procurement to full and open competition
The Army has issued a request for information for the purchase of upwards of more than 80,000 additional Rifleman Radios under full and open competition that will serve as the principal networked radio for soldiers at the platoon level and below throughout the entire force.
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Army turns to ITT Exelis for SINCGARS equipment
The Army has placed an order with ITT Exelis for power amplifiers and vehicular adapters that can be used with existing radios operated by the U.S. Army and the National Guard.
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Army combat teams begin training with new network equipment
Two Army brigade combat teams of the 10th Mountain Division have begun training with the first fielding of Capability Set 13 vehicles and equipment before redeploying to Afghanistan in 2013.
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SAIC wins $152 million Army aviation IT contract under ITES-2
Science Applications International Corp. has won a task order to furnish a wide range of IT support for the U.S. Army Aviation and Missile Life Cycle Management Command.
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iRobot 310 gives soldiers safe access to danger zones
iRobot has won a new contract from the Army’s Robotic Systems Joint Program Office to furnish its 310 small unmanned ground vehicle designed to assist soldiers, combat engineers and explosive ordnance disposal crews on dismounted operations.
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Army, Northrop partner to upgrade joint tactical ground station
Northrop Grumman has won a $31.2 million contract from the Army to modernize the Joint Tactical Ground Station to improve the missile defense capabilities.
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Army extends ManTech's work on DCGS-A
ManTech International has won a $45 million task order to continue furnishing key services for the Army's primary system for processing and sharing intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance data gathered from manned and unmanned sensor platforms.
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Army works to develop tactical smart grid
The Army has conducted a proof of concept for a smart grid that might support future tactical operations in a much more efficient manner than is currently done, according to an Army news story.
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Network validation effort sets stage for Army’s upcoming NIE 13.1
It’s no easy task getting the communications equipment on hundreds of vehicles ready for the Army’s semiannual Network Integration Evaluation.
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Raytheon gets $164M Army contract for AEHF tactical terminals
The Army has awarded a three-year, $164 million contract to Raytheon to deliver ground terminals for Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite communications.
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Army awards $7B contract to 12 for software/systems engineering work
The Army has awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinited-quantity contracts to 12 large systems integrators to compete for upwards of $7 billion in software and systems engineering services work.
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First Army Gray Eagle UAV flight from home base scheduled
Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kan., are preparing to launch the Army's largest unmanned aircraft system in an inaugural flight from their home base on Oct. 10.
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