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Military Sealift Command gets engineering assistance

General Dynamics Information Technology has received a $47 million contract from the Navy's Military Sealift Command.

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Bid made on phase two of Army missile defense project

Northrop Grumman submitted a bid this month for the second round of a competition to serve as the prime contractor for an integrated Army air and missile defense system.

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DISA scouts for technology professionals

DISA is looking for new employees, including some with IT expertise.

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Air Force to get nonlethal microwave defense system

Boeing Co. will develop a microwave defense system for the Air Force under a $38 million contract.

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Companies launch UAV joint venture

General Dynamics Armament and Technical Products and Elbit Systems of America have formed a new company named UAS Dynamics LLC, to provide unmanned aerial systems to the Defense Department.

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Two up for top information warfare posts

The Obama administration has nominated Maj. Gen. Dennis L. Via to head up Army C4 Systems and Gen. William T. Lord to serve as chief of warfighting integration for the Air Force.

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Possible budget cuts would restructure FCS

The budget request would cut funding by more than $600 million for the Future Combat Systems program.

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Contractor team to pursue CANES

Lockheed Martin Corp. is partnering with four information technology companies to pursue the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services contracting opportunity.

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Air Force gets assistance with space ops

Northrop Grumman Information Technology will support Air Force space control capabilities under a new contract.

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Testimony: DOD space programs beset by troubles

DOD’s space-based communications and intelligence gathering infrastructure is troubled with outdated procedures, bloated goals and inadequate oversight, resulting in canceled programs and billions of dollars in cost overruns, House panel is told.

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Data Packets

The Navy held an industry day for the Next Generation Enterprise Network and also issued a request for proposals for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program.

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DARPA continues with Phase 3 of ISIS

Lockheed Martin won the prime contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to design, build and flight test a model of a high-altitude, autonomous airship featuring advanced radar for theaterwide surveillance and tracking.

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Gates casts glance at future ISR

The Defense Department hopes to establish as many as six new platforms for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance, but details are scant as many programs remain classified, Aviation Week reports.

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Army picks three to develop GSE prototypes

General Dynamics C4 Systems, Raytheon Co. and Rockwell Collins will each provide 10 prototypes for the program.

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Gates’ budget proposal boosts C4ISR, keeps FCS network

Defense Secretary Robert Gates recommended in his 2010 budget proposal an additional $2 billion for C4ISR, and also a significant restructuring of the Army’s Future Combat Systems program to enhance ground surveillance capabilities.

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Army to get high-speed radios

Raytheon Co. will supply high-speed radios that deliver video and data to the Army under a new contract.

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High-definition video recorders chosen for ISR aircraft

Ampex Data Systems Corp. will provide the high-definition video data recorder systems that will be used in Project Liberty reconnaissance aircraft.

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Navy issues RFP for shipboard network

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command released a request for proposals on April 3 for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program’s Increment 1.

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Army completes WIN-T user test

The Army recently completed a limited user test of Increment 2 of its next-generation broadband communications network.

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Army gets support for intell system

CACI International Inc. will supply the Army with program management support for an intelligence system used to direct ground combat under a new contract.