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GNEC, NCS power Army's global network
Lt. Gen. Jeffrey Sorenson, Army chief information officer, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Flight Plan transforms Air Force ISR
Col. Tim Skinner, chief of the Air Force's ISR Plans and Integration Division, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Business process management strengthens AKO/DKO portal
Col. Earl Noble, Army Knowledge Online project manager, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Netcom, GNEC directives transform Army LandWarNet
Maj. Gen. Susan Lawrence, commanding general of the Army's Network Enterprise Technology Command/9th Signal Command, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Integrated sensor-derived data drives battlefield success
Brig. Gen. Thomas Cole, program executive officer of the Army's Program Executive Officer for Intelligence, Electronic Warfare and Sensors, answers the question: What was the most important C4ISR development of the past year and why.
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Military leaders accelerate C4ISR integration
Efforts to improve command, control, communications, and computer systems and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities is taking on new urgency.
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Army enlists help for testing C4I systems
ManTech International Corp. will help the Army boost its command and intelligence capabilities under a new contract potentially worth $286 million over five years.
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Industry Recon
Lockheed Martin will furnish the Army with additional aerostat platforms for surveillance. L-3 Communications will deliver its Viking 400 unmanned aerial system to the Special Operations Command, and Harris will provide the Army with manpack and vehicular multiband radios.
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Data Packets
The latest developments in the areas of open-source software, knowledge management, social-media policy, communications equipment and battlefield sensors.
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Robots slimming down for Afghanistan duty
Mountainous terrain and the lack of paved roads in Afghanistan are driving development of new robotic vehicles.
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New tactical weather system on Navy's horizon
General Dynamics General Dynamics will help develop the Naval Integrated Tactical Environmental System Next Generation program under a $22 million contract from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.
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Navy to enhance ship electronic warfare systems
Lockheed Martin Corp. will help the Navy develop surface electronic warfare technology under a new $9.9 million contract.
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Army fuses airborne sensor lab with ground networks
Lockheed Martin Corp. demonstrated its new Airborne Multi-Intelligence Laboratory at the Army's C4ISR On-the-Move Event 2009 held in September.
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Army demos electronic jammer for helicopters
The Army demonstrated during the C4ISR On-the-Move 2009 event held in September a new electronic jammer that can be installed on rotary-wing aircraft and used to disrupt signals from enemy forces.
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DOD budget forecast threatens new technology deployments
Personnel and equipment costs might cut deeply into key defense acquisition programs over the next several years, reports Michael Bruno at Aviation Week.
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Contractors go toe-to-toe over mobile radio business
Harris Corp. and Boeing Co. touted their tactical radio offerings at the recent Association of the U.S. Army’s annual meeting.
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Army continues to refine helicopter sensor systems
Raytheon Co. will furnish additional prototypes of sensors for a high-tech helmet system designed to give Army helicopter pilots 360-degree situational awareness under a $13 million contract.
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Army orders more sniper detection gear
QinetiQ North America will deliver additional sniper detection systems to U.S. troops deployed in Afghanistan and Iraq through an existing contract.
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GSA, DISA want advice on buying commercial satellite services
GSA and DISA are seeking input from industry for a joint acquisition program that they plan to establish to meet civilian and defense agencies' needs for satellite services.
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