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Navy CIO assuming new cyber role

Rob Carey takes on the new post as director of strategy and policy at Navy Fleet Cyber Command, working directly under Commander Vice Adm. Bernard McCullough.

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Navy CIO assuming new cyber role

Rob Carey takes on the new post as director of strategy and policy at Navy Fleet Cyber Command, working directly under Commander Vice Adm. Bernard McCullough.

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Global Hawk veers off course, official says

The official responsible for overseeing Air Force acquisition programs has singled out the Global Hawk program as one that has proved particularly troublesome from a number of angles, reports Colin Clark at DOD Buzz.

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Navy in search of new chief information officer

Navy CIO Robert Carey is expected to take on new duties within the Navy Department by the end of summer.

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Navy, SAIC work together to train expert ship gunners

Science Applications International Corp. will continue to assist the Navy in its efforts to train sailors to maintain and operate surface ship weapons under a new task order worth up to $80 million over five years.

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Navy, Accenture embark on financial improvements mission

Accenture PLC will provide the Navy with financial management services under a five-year contract that could be worth as much as $182 million.

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Hair-thin video technology could meet range of military needs

The military, which has been using organic light-emitting diode screen technology in a growing number of apps, could now have a new technology for its toolbox. A new Sony prototype is thinner than a human hair and is flexible enough to be rolled tightly around a pencil, even as it continues playing a video.

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Navy picks three for shipboard local area network support

Three contractors will vie for up to $502 million in shipboard network infrastructure and related engineering work over the next eight years that will support network infrastructure for Navy ships.

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Navy goes full-ahead with open architecture

The Navy’s Common Processing System will harness commercial products and powerful middleware to keep mission-critical systems online.

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Navy Reserve moves final network to NMCI

The Navy Reserve on May 17 shut down the Navy Reserve Net (NAVRESNET), its last legacy computer network, in a move that will save the service $1.2 million.

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Navy plans preferred contractor program

The Navy plans to offer favorable terms and conditions to companies in a new program in exchange for exemplary work, according to the service.

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Navy gets help with integrated communications

Science Applications International Corp. will help the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division develop and refine communications and information systems under a new task order.

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Navy picks provider to support weapons testing

Kratos Defense and Security Solutions Inc. has won a five-year, $49.9 million contract to continue providing range support services at the Naval Surface Warfare Center at Dahlgren, Va.

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Navy still mum on unmanned chopper RFP

Kaman Corp.'s unmanned helicopter successfully completed a new round of tests in late April, but there's still no sign of a solicitation from the Navy to acquire such a vehicle to resupply Marine Corps units in Afghanistan, reports Graham Warwick at Aviation Week's Ares Blog.

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Navy picks contractor for aircraft digital mapping

Harris Corp. will provide digital mapping systems for Navy aircraft under a contract worth $6.2 million.

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Navy places order for digital testing instruments

LeCroy Corp. will provide the Naval Supply Systems Command with as many as 1,000 digital oscilloscopes over a five-year period.

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Navy picks leader for maritime intelligence center

National Maritime Intelligence Center connects several U.S. military intelligence operations, including those of the Navy, Marine Corps and Coast Guard.

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Satellite system won't see space anytime soon

As current military satellites become obsolete, time is running out to get the new Mobile User Objective Satellite program off the ground. Now, the Navy is looking to Congress and the commercial sector for help.

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Navy awards counter-terrorism support contract

A unit of L-3 Communications Corp. will furnish products and technical services to enhance federal information technology counter-terrorism capabilities under a five-year Navy contract.

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DOD schedules software support for tactical radios

Boeing Co. will furnish software support for the military’s next-generation network of tactical radios under a contract potentially worth $54.9 million over five years.