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Army intelligence awards $149 million IT contract to SAIC
The U.S. Army awarded Science Applications International Corp. (SAIC) a contract potentially worth $149 million to provide information technology design, implementation and operational sustainment support services to the G2 Army Military Intelligence (MI) Enterprise.
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DARPA expanding Insight program for real-time analysis of ISR data
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is moving forward with its Insight program to develop an analytical framework for global, integrated intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR) by issuing a Broad Agency Announcement for phase two of the program.
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Air Force to buy full-motion video receivers from L-3 West
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC), the new organization managing the service’s networks under the recent reorganization of Air Force Material Command, will buy full-motion video receivers and interim contractor support from L-3 Communications Systems-West in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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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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General Dynamics Wins $94 Million USMC C4ISR contract
General Dynamics Information Technology won the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command’s Total Integrated Ground Equipment Readiness Contractor Logistics Support contract.
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Military reaps surveillance benefits from advances in sensor technologies
The rapid evolution of electro-optical imagers and infrared cameras is making it possible to employ them for less cost on smaller and lighter systems.
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Next-gen GPS III satellites undergo first readiness test
The contractors that will deliver the Air Force’s next generation GPS III satellites report that they have finished the first launch readiness exercise on the road to achieving launch availability in 2014, Lockheed Martin said in a Sept. 5 news release.
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Afghanistan is the proving ground for UAS capability
Unmanned aircraft address high demand for video feeds to boost situational awareness.
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X-47B to undergo lengthy testing before autonomous carrier landing
The Navy plans to conduct a battery of tests on its X-47B before it attempts the unmanned aircraft's first completely autonomous aircraft carrier landing scheduled for some time in 2013,
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Air Force presses surveillance satellite into full service
The Air Force said Aug. 20 that it would begin operational use of a new Boeing surveillance satellite designed to track debris and other satellites in space.
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Northrop conducts preliminary flight test in UAV refueling program
Northrop Grumman has flown two RQ-4 Global Hawks in formation under its KQ-X program as a preliminary step in its goal toward performing air-to-air refuelling for high-altitude long-endurance unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Aerostats from Afghanistan pull duty on Mexican border
Customs and Border Protection has begun testing Defense Department aerostats that were used in Afghanistan for surveillance along the Texas-Mexico border.
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JTRS HMS program and its Rifleman Radio now part of PEO C3T
The Army's senior acquisition executive, Heidi Shyu, directed this week that the Joint Tactical Radio System’s Handheld, Manpack and Small Form Fit program be transferred to the Army’s Program Executive Office for Command, Control and Communications (Tactical).
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DARPA, Boston Dynamics partner on humanoid robot project
DARPA has awarded a contract to Boston Dynamics to develop robots with humanoid features.
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Troops finding new ways to deploy VSATs for mission success
Terminals bring a range of inputs to mobile users but size limited by power source, specifically batteries.
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NASA once again flying revolutionary unmanned aircraft with new modifications
After 92 test flights as the X-48B Blended Wing Body aircraft, NASA has modified the unmanned aircraft and is now flying a quieter version designated the X-48C.
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Intelsat demos broadband delivery to airborne terminal for comms on the move
Intelsat General has demonstrated the capability to simultaneously send secure video and high-speed broadband signals to and from an aircraft in flight to support communications on the move.
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