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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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DOD likely to adopt limited social networking

Navy CIO Robert Carey says powerful opportunities exist for social networking inside networks controlled by the military.

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ITT to upgrade Navy ship self-defense radar

ITT Corp. will furnish modification kits for the AN/SPS-48G(V) radar as part of the Navy's ongoing Radar Obsolescence and Availability Recovery program.

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Social media is focus of new DOD home page

Social media is the prominent feature on the new Defense Department's home page launched this week.

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Navy award aims to boost sub imaging capabilities

Lockheed Martin will provide imaging engineering services to the Navy under a contract valued at almost $93 million.

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Military demand for robotics fuels contract opportunities

iRobot won contracts from the Army and Navy this week for robots used on the battlefield.

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Computer-generated forces to be developed for Navy

Alion Science and Technology will provide modeling and simulation services to the Navy under a $49 million contract.

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Navy CIO says cybersecurity is an urgent national issue

The Navy's CIO said yesterday that cybersecurity must evolve rapidly to deal with the most serious economic and security challenge of the 21st century.

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Navy's network security roadmap on tap at Virtual FOSE

Navy Department Chief Information Officer Robert Carey will be the keynote speaker at the Aug. 12 Virtual FOSE conference.

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Navy ERP system ready for full deployment, officials say

The Navy’s Enterprise Resource Planning System is ready for prime time, based on the recommendations of two Defense Department agencies.