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Army private cloud to attack IT sprawl and save millions
Industry experts estimate the Army should save millions in IT costs after its recently awarded Army Private Cloud contract is fully implemented.
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Army app store prototype for future one-stop shop
The new marketplace has a small number of apps for now, but there will be more to come.
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Army PM DCATS transition means many contracting opportunities
The Army's Defense Communications and Army Transmissions System program is ready to issue new contracts to industry.
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Army pins hopes on common operating environment
The Army's common operating environment could transform the way the service runs its IT systems.
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EMARSS is gone, but the integration lab lives on
Army LTC Dean Hoffman, product manager for Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems, discusses what's next for the service after its Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System failed to receive funding in the 2013 defense budget.
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Someday soldiers may bring their own mobile devices to work
The Army is partnering with other Defese Department agencies to get better mobile capabilities into the hands of soldiers.
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IT infrastructure in CONUS barely out of the Stone Age compared to the tactical environment
The Army intends to modernize its stateside operations with the same network-centric and IT capabilities available to its expeditionary forces in war zones as foreign conflicts wind down, says Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence.
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Army PEO EIS leads data-center drive to common operating environment
Doug Wiltsie discusses closer cooperation with the private sector on procurement, cloud computing and biometrics.
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Blimp video caught soldier's surrender after Afghanistan massacre
A surveillance camera mounted on a blimp hovering above a combat outpost in Afghanistan captured video of the surrender of a U.S. Army staff sergeant who allegedly murdered 16 Afghan civilians during a shooting spree in Afghanistan.
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Battlefield intelligence to benefit from Web-based tool
A Web-based system that fuses real-time operations data and accumulated intelligence will be tested at the Network Integration Evaluation.
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Coming to an airspace near you: DOD moves to increase UAVs in US
The department is working with the FAA to develop tracking and collision-avoidance technologies to enable more domestic unmanned flights.
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Satellite 2012 to focus on hosted payloads, security
The Satellite 2012 conference will explore hosted payloads, network security and safeguarding satellite operations.
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Brigade fires up UAS to get the big picture
A task force of an Army aviation brigade for the first time deployed to a training scenario with its own unmanned aircraft system troop organic to it.
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Army acquisition reform is progressing despite naysayers
Army officials say acquisition reform efforts are already yielding dividends, particularly in fielding networked capabilities.
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Spy blimps may get shot down by delays, costs
The Navy has deflated its MZ-3A blimp, the Army’s airship has had development roadblocks and the Air Force may ground one of its large blimps.
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The unsolved case of the Army's missing bomb jammers
Thieves stole two Toyota Land Cruisers from a coalition base in Kabul, Afghanistan, that contained two sets of top-secret Duke radio frequency jammers used to block the signals that detonate remote-controlled improvised explosive devices.
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Army locks on Lockheed for $881M radar contract
The AN/TPQ 36 Firefinder Radar detects in-flight projectiles at greater ranges, in addition to communicating firing point locations with increased accuracy.
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Army IT strategy maneuvers cyberspace, consolidation, cost-cutting
Under a new framework, the Army IT Agency is consolidating more Pentagon IT, and navigating the murky waters of cybersecurity and shrinking budgets, all while pursuing leading-edge technologies for the future.
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Military comms and networks near major breakthroughs
We have entered the new year with many of the same problems -- better situational awareness needed for dismounted soldiers and marines being one of those items at the top of the list -- but there are encouraging signs that many of the vexing issues related to communications and networks will experience breakthroughs in 2012.
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