Defense Systems

3 ways to secure networks against current, future threats

Securing IT networks should be ongoing, with consideration for potential long-term effects and threats.

Defense Systems

Dozen companies share $4.1 billion Army contract

A mix of 10 large and two small businesses are sharing a $4.1 billion contract award to supply the Army with communications and transmission services to help the service improve its battlefield communications.

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Inmarsat-5 Global Xpress satellite on track for launch

First of three satellites completes key system life test.

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Air Force awards $14M modification for space situational awareness prototype

Lockheed Martin will support the Joint Space Operational Center under NETCENTS.

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Navy awards HP another bridge contract on the way to NGEN

The contract adds an extension in case the government has not fully transitioned services.

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First international partner connects over the Air Force’s protected comms satellite system

Testing will continue for several months as it moves toward initial operational capability.

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Satellite phones obsolete; DISA looking for a new, secure capability

With some Iridium satellite phones in use by the military now more than 15 years old and going out of production, the Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a Request for Information to procure a Follow-On Secure Handset.

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Defense Department to connect itself via $750 million contract for a high-speed fiber-optic network

CenturyLink wins Defense Research & Engineering Network III contract.

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DISA moves to develop an ISR cloud with large object data storage contract

The Defense Systems information Agency's Enterprise Services division has awarded Alliance Technology Group, Hanover, MD, a $45 million contract to provide the agency with large data object storage (LDOS) technology to develop an intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) cloud that requires the storage of huge amounts of data in a secure environment with access across networks.

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Army lays out the way ahead for network modernization

The acquisition strategy that the Army has used for its mobile, tactical network known as Capability Set 13 will now be applied to the acquisition of the entire network.

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DOD enterprise e-mail reaches one million user milestone

The Defense Department's Enterprise E-mail system reached the one million user threshold when a soldier at Fort Riley, Kan., registered for a new e-mail account on March 12.

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DISA, Jackpine Technolgies partner on military cloud effort

DISA plans to award a sole-source contract to Jackpine Technologies to continue the development of the milCloud environment and various functionalities needed to support integration with the agency's next-generation Infrastructure as a Service.

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Navy CANES receives Milestone C approval for limited production and deployment

The Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Network and Enterprise Services (CANES) program received its Milestone C acquisition decision memorandum from Under Secretary of Defense for Acquisition, Technology and Logistics Frank Kendall on Dec. 14.

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Air Force embarks on major protected MILSATCOM study with more than 15 contracts awarded

With an eye to developing protected military satellite communications (MILSATCOM), the Air Force has embarked on a major contracting initiative by issuing more than 15 contracts under the “Protected MILSATCOM Design for Affordability Risk Reduction Demonstration Study.”

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Lockheed Martin and Raytheon square off for major, mobile tactical radar program

Under the D-RAPCON program, the Air Force will procure 19 modular ATC surveillance radar systems.

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Network Operations Center opens to handle satellite bandwidth

Artel recently opened a network operations center (NOC) to handle the massive amount of voice, full motion video and ISR data the company is responsible for transporting across the Global Information Grid for DoD and federal government customers.