Defense Systems
Air Force issues combat identification RFI
The service is looking for technology concepts that will improve its ability to identify threats in the battlespace.
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Army establishes network compliance checklists
Service officials plan to use the acquisition process to build an enterprise-wide interoperable and integrated network.
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FCS unmanned vehicles move through review
A government and industry team has given the go-ahead for the unmanned vehicles slated for the Army’s Future Combat Systems to proceed beyond the preliminary design review stage.
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Special operations forces need ISR boost
The Defense Department wants to expand the capabilities of its Special Operations Forces in several key areas, one of which is intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.
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GPS III satellite undergoes preliminary review
The Lockheed Martin Corp. team building the next-generation global positioning system spacecraft has achieved a number of milestones in the preliminary design review phase with the Air Force.
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DISA seeks command and control software
The Defense Information Systems Agency is requesting information from contractors capable of providing and maintaining command and control software.
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Air Force gets help with sensor architecture
The Air Force has awarded Ball Aerospace and Technologies a contract to help develop an architecture that will improve the analysis of sensor data.
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IT key to facing new military challenges, Cartwright says
To fight constantly evolving enemies, U.S. forces must be faster at deploying IT systems to warfighters, said the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Navy officials weighing Web 2.0 adoption
The Navy will likely deploy its own versions of social media technologies such as Facebook and Wikipedia for use on internal networks, Navy Department CIO Robert Carey said.
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Interview: Lt. Gen. William Shelton
The Air Force’s CIO and warfighting integration chief discusses the essential role of space in combat operations.
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High-tech soldier tracking system not quite on track
An Army National Guard exercise at Camp Blanding, Fla., served as a live test for a new training system developed by SRI International — with mixed reviews.
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Defense budget could go up as much as $20.5B under Obama
The increased budget would include IT spending by the Defense and Veterans Affairs departments, according to the budget request released today.
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Radio design needs to mirror PC industry approach
A senior Navy program manager challenged the software-defined radio industry to think more like the PC industry.
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Jost: Software radios must be affordable
Technology suppliers are out of sync with the Defense Department’s priorities for software-defined radios from the standpoint of development and maintenance, a high-level DOD official told vendors.
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JITC to review all products for IPv6 compliance
Now all voice, video and data IPv6 products undergo a standard evaluation that can lead to being certified for DOD use.
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Report: DOD command systems need improvement
The Defense Department is working to correct developmental issues with both the Marine Corps’ Common Aviation Command and Control System and the Air Force’s Battle Control System-Fixed.
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Navy awards R&D work for maritime awareness
The Navy has awarded a contract to Praxis Inc. to provide research and development assistance for naval satellite, communications and maritime awareness efforts.
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Initial communications payload delivered for MUOS
Boeing Co. has delivered the first communications payload and digital channelizer to Lockheed Martin Corp. for the Navy’s Mobile User Objective System satellite communications system.
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Navy gets software and planning assistance
L-3 Communications Corp. will provide an array of information technology support services to the Navy under a new contract.
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