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Joint tactical radios approved for aircraft integration
Next-generation radio terminals aim to improve situational awareness and communications for deployed forces.
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Navy picks 4 to handle cybersecurity tasks
Science Applications International Corp., General Dynamics, Northrop Grumman and Booz Allen Hamilton have won awards from the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific, and will vie for cybersecurity task orders under a five-year contract valued in excess of $200 million.
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Dominance in cyberspace might not be possible
U.S. military cyber operations are complicated by undefined landscape, undeveloped understanding and Washington politics, according to top Navy officials.
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Navy's souped-up acquisition strategy would save $35B
The Navy's effiency plans will hinge on streamlining personnel, buying smarter and closely examining major programs, says Robert Work, the military service's under secretary.
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Navy takes holistic approach to interoperability
Top naval engineer says plans to improve interoperability will include broader views of networks and systems, new roadmaps for IT operations and new workers with system-of-systems expertise.
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Navy taps contractor for signature-silencing work
ManTech International Corp. has won a four-year, $45 million task order from the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Carderock Division for engineering and technical assistance.
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Tech-savvy Navy personnel still need IT training
Familiarity with popular technologies doesn't yield an IT expert, says Rear Adm. Patrick Brady, commander of Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command.
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Navy must adjust to evolving conflict, says vice admiral
As the Navy faces a rapidly changing world of asymmetric warfare, it must evolve its training and capabilities and sharpen its unique skills to secure the maritime domain, Vice Adm. Richard Hunt, commander of the Third Fleet, said in the kickoff address for AFCEA West 2011.
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Navy halts creation of new data centers, server purchases
The Navy has frozen its server purchases and halted the creation of new data centers in a move seen as a step toward reducing its IT infrastructure.
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Navy selects four to maintain battle command systems
A quartet of contractors will provide IT systems to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command and other prospective U.S. government and foreign military customers.
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A blueprint for lowering acquisition costs
In an era of declining defense budgets, the Defense Department and industry are emphasizing affordability and closely examining factors that might help them reduce costs.
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Four join forces to pursue NGEN opportunity
Harris Corp., Computer Sciences Corp., General Dynamics Information Technology and Cisco Systems are teaming to pursue an anticipated five-year, Navy Department contract to provide network transport services for the Next Generation Enterprise Network initiative.
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Navy’s next-gen shipboard IT passes critical milestone
The Navy’s next-generation Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services project has met key standards to proceed with acquisition efforts and also engineering and manufacturing development.
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Navy sails forward with future infrastructure
Capt. Scott Weller, NMCI program manager, and Capt. Tim Holland, NGEN program manager, discuss the acquisition and technology strategies and latest status of their respective programs.
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Navy strengthens IT capabilities across fleet
Rear Adm. Jerry Burroughs, Navy program executive officer for C4I, discusses near-term priorities that involve technology upgrades, new development approaches and acquisition improvements.
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Navy chief touts shift to information from might
Navy intelligence chief David Dorsett told reporters that there has been a shift from an Industrial Age military force to an Information Age force. The point is to balance what the Navy is already good at -- "strike warfare" -- with intelligence and information.
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Navy supply center picks four for wireless support
The Navy has selected four contractors to compete for $96 million in wireless product and services tasks.
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Navy unexpectedly cancels CIO blog
The Navy CIO blog has been stopped, and archived posts are no longer available on the site.
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Navy to continue tactical data link engineering support
The Navy has awarded a follow-on contract to Science Applications International Corp. to continue providing engineering and technical services support for tactical data link capabilities required for command and control operations.
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