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Global Hawk veers off course, official says
The official responsible for overseeing Air Force acquisition programs has singled out the Global Hawk program as one that has proved particularly troublesome from a number of angles, reports Colin Clark at DOD Buzz.
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Air Force lines up ISR support for weapon system
General Dynamics Information Technology will support the Air Force's Distributed Common Ground System and Project Liberty under a three-year, $49 million contract.
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Is there a place for smart phones on the battlefield? Readers fire back.
Some of our readers see the possibilities of using smart phones in the battlefield, while others aren't so sure. And is the military missing the bigger picture if it eliminates the iPhone?
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Special Ops orders imaging systems for vehicles
The U.S. Special Operations Command has awarded a contract to FLIR Systems Inc. to furnish thermal imaging systems for its ground vehicles.
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Space sensor will help uncover insurgent activity
The Air Force is getting ready to deploy a hyperspectral imaging sensor in space that will boost the amount of real-time tactical surveillance data available to battlefield commanders.
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Army orders more surveillance airships
Lockheed Martin Corp. will furnish additional aerostat surveillance systems to the Army for use in detecting threats to ground forces from roadside bombs and other means under a $142 million contract.
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Marines look to refuelers for more eyes on battlefield
In an effort to aid in the gathering of information on insurgent activities, the Marine Corps plans to outfit KC-130J aerial refueling planes operating in Afghanistan with kits containing high-powered cameras and sensors, reports Dave Majumdar at Defense News.
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Space surveillance satellite ready for July launch
Boeing Co. has shipped a spacecraft designed to significantly improve the way the United States tracks and monitors satellites and debris in space to Vandenberg Air Force Base, Calif., for scheduled launch on July 8, company officials said today
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Special Ops leads the charge for specialized data delivery
A new generation of technology is putting more agile and capable ISR systems in the hands of special operators and those who support them in the field. That holds promise for empowering regular forces as the technology is perfected and costs come down.
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Smart phones prepare for battle
Jason Sypniewski, branch chief of the Product Manager C4ISR On-the-Move's Integrated Event Design and Analysis branch, discusses how handheld devices will be integrated into the upcoming E10 exercise.
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Stratospheric UAVs could be next big thing
The need for a platform that can help combat IEDs and track terrorists and insurgents over large areas for long periods might spark a demand for so-called stratospheric unmanned aerial vehicles, reports Colin Clark at DOD Buzz.
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SatCom policies slammed by Inmarsat executive
Inmarsat Government Services President Rebecca Cowen-Hirsh voices concerns that the policies and structure of GSA and DISA's satellite communications procurement won't meet the needs of the warfighter.
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Four share $1.5 billion DOD award
Booz Allen, CACI, Jacobs and SRA to compete for task orders supporting the Special Operations Command under a $1.5 billion contract.
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Future UAVs must multitask, Air Force says
The next-generation of unmanned aerial vehicles will need to take on additional duties and be able to synchronize with other platforms, Defense Department officials said at an April summit.
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VADER radar to thwart roadside bombers
U.S. forces will soon have another tool to add to their growing arsenal of counter-improvised explosive device technologies with the introduction of recently developed man-hunting radar, reports William Matthews at Defense News.
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Battlefield broadband: Reinventing warfighters' communications
Wireless broadband that supports data, not just voice, is essential to battlefield operations and a key component in meeting the needs of the Defense Department's Quadrennial Defense Review.
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Collaborative tech morphs data into intelligence
Defense and intelligence analysts are looking for new ways to use technology to help share information more easily and meaningfully.
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CERDEC director shares vision for C4ISR innovations
Gary Blohm, director of the Army Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center, on integration of C4ISR technologies with existing platforms, the upcoming C4ISR On-the-Move exercise and third-generation/fourth-generation networking technologies.
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Military seeks to disrupt the enemy's decision cycle
Success in battle is increasingly about making decisions more quickly than your adversary can.
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