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Navy adjusts schedule for maritime surveillance UAS
The Navy has made minor adjustments to its development schedule for the Broad Area Maritime Surveillance unmanned aerial system.
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Marines draw up wish list for UAS
The Marine Corps wants to expand the capabilities of two unmanned aerial systems still in the early stages of planning.
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Navy gets assistance with emerging tech
Alion Science and Technology Corp. will help the Navy identify and explore new and emerging technologies under a new task order.
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Navy command seeks modernized GPS
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Pacific wants input from contractors on the availability of modern technologies associated with Global Positioning System equipment.
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Navy awards undersea communications work
A Lockheed Martin unit will assist the Navy to design and develop a complex group of communications systems to better serve its submarine fleet under a new contract.
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Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center tech deal awarded
L-3 Communications Corp. will furnish advanced technologies and other support services to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic under a contract potentially work $87.4 million.
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Navy Reserve awards five professional support contracts
Under the contracts, the five contractors will provide professional support services to the Navy organization in New Orleans.
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DOD sees small increase in IT budget
The Defense Department’s fiscal 2009 information technology budget request of $33 billion represents a 3 percent increase over DOD’s enacted fiscal 2008 IT budget.
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Navy awards threat-simulation contract
Jacobs Engineering Group Inc. will continue to support the Navy’s threat-simulation activities under a new contract.
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Navy pushes ahead with information fusion
General Dynamics Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. have won contracts from the Navy to compete for nearly $200 million in research and development opportunities associated with information fusion.
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JTRS on track for milestones
Lockheed Martin Corp. officials said at the Surface Navy Association Symposium this week that the company is on track to meet key milestones of the Joint Tactical Radio System program.
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Navy plans ship combat systems upgrades
Raytheon Co. will be responsible for engineering the platforms needed for the Navy’s ship self-defense systems under a new contract.
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Opinion: C4 interop with NGOs key to future Navy ops
The Navy’s new maritime strategy places improving integration and interoperability as priority one; not only among its fellow DOD services, but also international organizations.
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Naval Research Laboratory to get key support services
ITT Corp. will provide a variety of key support services to the Center for High Assurance Computer Systems within the Naval Research Laboratory under a new contract.
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Aircraft test squadron gets contract support
Aecom Technology Corp. will provide support to an aircraft squadron focused on research and development under a new task order.
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Navy technician sentenced for computer theft
Victor Papagno sentenced to 18 months in prison and order to pay restitution for stealing 19,000 high-tech items from Naval Research Lab.
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C4ISR Contract Watch: Navy awards contracts for F/A-18 computers, CEC production
The Navy issues two contract awards, to General Dynamics and Raytheon business units.
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Profile: JITC puts the "joint" in JTRS and other DOD systems
Only one organization can put a Defense Department-approved seal of interoperability on an information technology or communications system: the Defense Information Systems Agency’s Joint Interoperability Test Command.
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Navy stores metadata in multimedia files
The Navy Video News Service has a new approach to storing metadata, embedding the captions and other pertinent information directly on a photo or video.
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