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Situational awareness in Afghanistan just got a little easier
U.S. soldiers in the Regional Command South sector of Afghanistan are using a touch-screen, handheld device developed by the Defense Department's research arm that provides them with a wealth of information designed to boost their situational awareness.
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Pentagon could take $500M hit for FCS cancelation
A dozen years after Future Combat Systems was born and three years after it was terminated, the program still bears a hefty price tag.
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Army, contractors step up efforts to field small armed UAVs
The Army and its industry partners are stepping up efforts to field tactical unmanned aircraft systems that can strike enemy targets.
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'Fake' Internet would prepare soldiers for real-world social media
The U.S. Army North Exercise Media Web Portal would mimic the look and functionality of the Web, including Twitter, Facebook, YouTube and other sites for scenario-based training.
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'Battle kites' latest in fixed aerial surveillance concepts
The U.S. military is testing high-tech "battle kites" as a way to provide aerial communications and surveillance support for forward operating bases in war zones too small to support large aerostats.
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Military radio competition heats up as lawmakers intervene
The introduction of a bipartisan amendment to the House Armed Services Committee's defense authorization markup caused a short-lived dustup recently when it sought to bar the Army and Navy from procuring tactical radio systems that depend on proprietary waveforms.
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Nett Warrior lives on at third NIE
If you can't make calls on it, what good is a smart phone? Well, it's marvelous for a host of other tasks.
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Army estimates NIE drives $6B savings
The Army calculates that its semi-annual Network Integration Evaluation has produced $6 billion in savings through the cancellation of poorly performing systems that fall short of objectives.
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Unconquered territory: DOD searches for ways to deploy mobile devices at the tactical edge
The Defense Department has launched a number of mobile device programs, but the devil is in the details when it comes to deploying handhelds past the wire.
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DOD achieves record throughput in WGS bandwidth test
Defense Department researchers were able to transmit a 1.3 gigabits/sec carrier signal through the Wideband Global Satcom constellation Hawaii facility in a test designed to determine the full capability that the next-gen satellites can provide to warfighters around the globe.
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New Army lab does the heavy lifting before the NIE
Aberdeen Proving Ground facility tests and evaluates software and electronics bound for field evaluation.
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Army puts new comms systems to the test at third NIE
Several thousand soldiers participating in the Army's third Network Integration Evaluation under way at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico will test at least three key communications systems and evaluate another 36 systems.
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Army looks to GSA for fast purchase of vehicle radios
The Army might turn to the General Services Administration to fill an urgent need to outfit a brigade combat team scheduled for deployment to Afghanistan in 2013 with commercially developed, vehicle-mounted radios.
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Special Operations Forces take surveillance arsenal to war
New tools and equipment help safeguard elite and redeploying troops in Afghanistan.
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DOD picks BlackBerry 7 devices for widespread use
Defense Department personnel can now use the BlackBerry 7 line of products across the department's enterprise network.
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What news I learned at the DISA show: A reporter's notebook
Defense Systems Editor-in-Chief Barry Rosenberg spent three days at the Defense Information Systems Agency customer forum in Tampa the week of May 7 and has more than a few juicy tidbits of information to share.
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Army data-center consolidation efforts all about the applications
COL Chris Miller, director of the Army Data Center Consolidation Program at the CIO/G6, on the progress being made toward reducing the Army's large number of data centers.
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Infantry gets waveform network manager for Rifleman Radio
The Defense Department has deemed the Soldier Radio Waveform Network Manager suitable ready for use with the Joint Tactical Radio System program's Rifleman Radio.
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Army braces for aerial intel surge in Afghanistan
The Army must figure out new and efficient ways to process data gathered from unmanned aerial vehicle sensors and cameras as it begins operations in Afghanistan with its first medium-altitude, long endurance MQ-1C Gray Eagle and also its first full-spectrum combat aviation brigade with manned and unmanned aircraft.
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