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Navy receives modeling, simulation software

EDSA Micro Corp. will supply the Naval Warfare Surface Center with modeling and simulation software under a new contract.

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Navy aircraft to get radar upgrade

Raytheon Co. will retrofit Super Hornet aircraft with new electronically scanned array radars under a $54 million Navy contract.

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Navy center to receive support for cryptographic systems

Booz Allen Hamilton will provide engineering and technical services to the Navy under a five-year, $28 million contract.

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Navy to test how network outages affect NMCI

The idea behind the service is to identify the specific mission areas and even individuals who are affected when a network service is disrupted for some reason.

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Navy issues Next Generation Enterprise Network RFI

The Navy wants comments about technical solutions for the network that will replace the Navy/Marine Corps Intranet.

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Contract modification awarded for Navy ship work

General Dynamics Corp. will provide a range of technical services to the Navy under a contract modification worth an estimated $11 million.

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Contractor team to pursue CANES

Lockheed Martin Corp. is partnering with four information technology companies to pursue the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services contracting opportunity.

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DOD puts ISR in the vanguard

Defense Secretary Robert Gates wants to put intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance at the top of warfighter needs.

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Data Packets

The Navy held an industry day for the Next Generation Enterprise Network and also issued a request for proposals for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services program.

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DARPA to receive program management aid

CACI International Inc. will provide acquisition and program management assistance to the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency under a five-year, $50 million prime contract.

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Naval Research Lab to develop simulation tech

ITT Corp. will help the Naval Research Laboratory develop simulation technologies under a new contract.

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Panel predicts DOD contracting workforce to expand

Defense Department officials are expanding the contracting workforce to better handle the money DOD is spending.

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Navy issues RFP for shipboard network

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command released a request for proposals on April 3 for the Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services (CANES) program’s Increment 1.

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Navy blazes trail for joint network

At the Navy’s recent Next-Generation Enterprise Network industry day, service officials laid out their latest plans for the program.

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Radio connectivity on the fly

The Soldier Radio Waveform, and its reputation for agility, is a big part of what makes the Rifleman and other Joint Tactical Radio System radios so advanced.

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DOD to boost funding for battlefield ISR

Vowing to find a permanent home in the Defense Department’s budget for programs that directly support soldiers on the battlefront in Iraq and Afghanistan, Defense Secretary Robert Gates said the department is adding $2 billion to the department’s fiscal 2010 budget to boost intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance efforts.

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Gates wants to restructure Army FCS program

Defense Secretary Robert Gates says his department should eliminate the Army’s Future Combat Systems armored vehicles program in favor of a competition to supply new vehicles, Defense News reports.

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Navy awards contract for energy harvesters

The Navy has awarded a small-business innovation research contract to MicroStrain to develop a technology that can power wireless sensors on its aircraft.

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Unmanned vehicles break ranks

The new era of unmanned vehicles is redefining the nature of warfighting.

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Unmanned aircraft get smarter

The refinement of unmanned aircraft used for surveillance and attack missions is resulting in systems that are faster, stealthier and smarter than their predecessors.