Defense Systems

Navy information-sharing system to be refined

Lockheed Martin Corp. will refine a secure information-sharing system for the Defense Department under a Navy contract with a potential value of $74 million over five years.

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SAIC vows to fight False Claims lawsuit

Science Applications International Corp. plans to strongly defend itself against a whistle-blower lawsuit involving a General Services Administration contract to support naval facility in Mississippi.

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NAVSEA awards operational support task order

Alion Science and Technology Corp. will support the Naval Sea Systems Command Information Officer under an $84.7 million task order.

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SPAWAR to get on-site communications tech support

General Dynamics will provide network communications services to the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center under a new $51 million contract.

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Navy's ONE-NET to receive IT network assistance

CSC will assist the Navy with information technology services under a one-year task order worth an estimated $29 million.

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Navy takes aggressive stance on cyber protection

As commander of the Naval Network Warfare Command, Vice Adm. H. Denby Starling leads a 14,000-strong cyber force deployed worldwide to protect Navy information networks.

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X-band technology plugs a critical gap

Highly prized for its target identification capabilities, high-resolution X-band imaging radar is at the forefront of missile defense systems on advanced naval vessels and in trouble spots worldwide.

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Industry Recon

Marine Corps Expeditionary Fighting Vehicle gets liquid-cooled enclosures to protect electronics; Nortel’s Optical Multiservice Edge 6500 is approved for mission-critical networks; and the military orders more friend-or-foe digital transponders and towed decoys for aircraft.

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Navy combat aviation gets program support

CACI International Corp. will furnish management, technical, data analysis and information technology services to the Chief of Naval Air Training under a $30 million contract.

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Military Sealift Command gets engineering assistance

General Dynamics Information Technology has received a $47 million contract from the Navy's Military Sealift Command.

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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.