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Navy puts satellite broadband platform to the test
A series of tests has validated certain pivotal technologies designed to deliver and enhance broadband satellite communications.
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Combating Piracy: The computer mouse is mightier than the sword
The most effective weapon for combating piracy on the high seas is information sharing through open-source technology.
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Marines to get counter-IED training before deployment
Science Applications International Corp. will train Marines to defeat improvised explosive devices under a new Navy task order valued at $32 million over three years.
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Data Packets
The Defense Department is rethinking its traditional emphasis on using commercial software. The Army has started a procurement competition aimed at fostering new applications for use in the military community. And the Navy has fallen behind on a business systems upgrade.
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Navy lays course for Second Fleet migration to NMCI
The Navy’s Second Fleet Commander will use the Navy Marine Corps Intranet to support its newly established Maritime Operations Center in a move to further collaboration and boost cybersecurity capabilities.
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DOD looks to industry for best technologies to help combat troops
The Defense Department wants industry to lead the way to quickly acquire the tools of tomorrow’s trade.
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Web 2.0 review could lead to restricted use of social networking in DOD
A review on how social media should be used at the Defense Department will likely lead to a policy that allows the use of Web 2.0 tools with restrictions due to security concerns, according to a DOD spokesman.
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Navy to get help with technology engineering
American Systems Corp. will provide technical and security services to the Navy under an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with a maximum value of $23.9 million.
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Aegis ships to get new voice systems
DRS Technologies Inc. has won a Navy voice communications contract worth $13.8 million.
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Navy could run two years late on business systems upgrade
Poor management controls are slowing the implementation of the Navy's Enterprise Resource Planning project and driving up costs, according to GAO.
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Industry Recon
Northrop Grumman has completed the design and structural tests for the X-47B unmanned combat air system intended for aircraft carrier service. Meanwhile, Lockheed Martin and Harris furnished a set of advanced video and geospatial intelligence technologies for the Defense Department's annual Empire Challenge exercise.
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Data Packets
Defense Department brass provided briefings on initiatives related to cybersecurity, information networks, military communications and more at the recent LandWarNet 2009 Conference.
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Navy training simulation program to get research assistance
Alion Science and Technology Inc. has won a $7 million contract to provide research and development for a Navy combat training system.
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Army orders ground robots for engineer, infantry support
The Army has placed an order for 486 of iRobot’s PackBot 510s, the largest order the company has ever received.
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Navy Sealift Fleet Support Command to receive HR support
USGC Inc. will provide human resources support services to the Navy Military Sealift Fleet Support Command under a contract worth up to $22 million.
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Work on DOD semiconductor to continue
Raytheon Co. won a $7 million follow-on contract to continue work on a project to develop a new kind of semiconductor for the Defense Department.
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CDW-G gets Marine Corps laptop order
CDW-G will furnish 10,404 general laptop computers to the Marine Corps under a new $9.8 million order.
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Navy enlists aid for combat systems upgrades
SAIC will provide systems analysis and engineering support to the Navy under a five-year follow-on task order valued at more than $49 million.
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Sealift Command gets logistics, engineering support
CACI International Inc. has won a new contract from the Navy's Military Sealift Command to provide integrated logistics and engineering system development support services.
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