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Retired Army Lt. Gen. Keith Kellogg joins Cubic
Cubic Corp. has hired former Army Lt. Gen. Joseph “Keith” Kellogg to be senior vice president for ground combat programs.
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Advanced communications satellite passes key milestone
Lockheed Martin Corp. has completed final thermal vacuum testing of a next-generation communications satellite for the Defense Department and is ready to embark on final integrated system testing.
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What next after TSAT?
A California satellite communications provider is touting its new satellite as a possible solution to some of the Defense Department’s high-speed, broadband communications needs.
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Air defense centers to remain in familiar hands
A General Dynamics unit has won a $67.7 million contract to furnish technology services for air defense systems.
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Army transmissions office to get C4ISR upgrade
Apptis will provide overall management, engineering, integration and acquisition support for the Army's Command Center Upgrades Special Projects Office.
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Data Packets
The Army validated its Network Service Center; the Government Accountability Office highlighted lessons learned from the canceled Future Combat Systems program; intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance platforms dominate the Paris Air Show; and a Marine Corps command in Iraq turned to wide-area network optimization during a headquarters relocation.
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Radars perform double duty as high-speed data links
Contractors Raytheon and L-3 Communications have combined efforts in a joint development program that might turn synthetic aperture radar systems into nodes on a high-speed, mobile ad hoc network.
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Air Force scours space for needle in haystack
The Air Force is encouraging the development of space situational awareness platforms to track satellites that can be smaller than a book and hard to identify from the standpoint of intent and ownership in increasingly cluttered orbits.
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The push for a seamless command and control network
The Global Command and Control System-Joint will bridge the gap in joint and multinational forces command and control until the completion of the Net-Enabled Command Capability.
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Industry Recon
Harris provides a digital intercom system for Air Force ground vehicles. Exalt Communications offers a new series of ruggedized microwave radio systems. The National Security Agency certifies that the Sectéra Edge smart phone is compliant with the Secure Communication Interoperability Protocol. And Citrix supplies TCS with an applications accelerator to meet the needs of Army satellite communications.
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Army enterprise chief outlines network modernization efforts
Gary Winkler, program executive officer for enterprise information systems at Fort Belvoir, Va., discussed a number of current initiatives, including the Logistics Modernization Program, the Army Enterprise System Integration Program and the recently concluded Network Service Center Operational Validation exercise.
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Marine Corps to get support for logistics programs
QinetiQ North America will provide a range of support services to the Marine Corps under a three-year contract that has a maximum value of $17.4 million.
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UAVs make Paris Air Show debut
A number of key developments concerning intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance were unveiled at the Paris Air Show last week.
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SPAWAR to get on-site communications tech support
General Dynamics will provide network communications services to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center under a new $51 million contract.
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GAO finds silver lining in FCS failure
A GAO official told a Senate subcommittee that though the Army's Future Combat Systems failed to live up to expectations, successive programs will benefit from its trial and error.
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Warfighters get bandwidth boost from wideband satellites
Boeing has transferred control of the second Wideband Global Satcom satellite to the Air Force, company officials said June 15.
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Software-based system to improve Marine communications
A General Dynamics unit will enhance capabilities of Marine Corps combat operations centers by installing a new software-based system to improve information sharing and speed of network communications under a contract modification.
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DOD taps industry for commercial satellite guidance
The Defense Department wants information from providers of commercial satellite services regarding their ability to support future military communications requirements.
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Army awards $363M Sincgcars contract
ITT Corp. will furnish continuing support for the Army’s Single-Channel Ground and Airborne Radio System.
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