Defense Systems

Navy details NMCI follow-on plan

The documents, totaling about 700 pages, describe how the Navy would like to see NMCI evolve after the original contract expires in 2010.

Defense Systems

Two win Navy C4ISR systems work

Analex Corp. and Lockheed Martin Corp. have won three-year contracts to perform command and control life cycle support services for a programs office of the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center San Diego.

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Navy begins test of tube-launched UAV

A Navy rotary-wing unmanned aerial vehicle designed to be fired from a sonobuoy launch tube will enter what is planned to be a final phase of testing under a $10.5 million contract award to Lite Machines, of West Lafayette, Ind.

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William Leigher as director of information operations

Rear Adm. William Leigher is being assigned as director of information operations, at the Office of the Chief of Naval Operations.

Defense Systems

DOD ups research with Navy supercomputer

The Defense Department has increased its supercomputing capacity with the purchase of an IBM supercomputer for the Naval Oceanographic Office’s Major Shared Resource Center.

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Instant picture

Instead of a visual scan that can take several minutes with a periscope, the camera can provide an instant full view of the surface.

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Drills test NMCI system

The Navy and a contractor hold drills to measure the capability of workers to maintain the continuity of operations of the Navy Marine Corps Intranet

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A virtual plane for Navy techs

The Navy has found a better way to troubleshoot an aircraft. It commissioned American Systems to develop simulators for F/A-18C maintenance training.

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Rough seas ahead for usv

Unmanned surface vehicles might be the Navy’s future, but they have obstacles to overcome.

Defense Systems

Standard for unmanned systems..

One such set of standards is specified in the Navy’s Unmanned Surface Vehicle Master Plan: the Joint Architecture for Unmanned Systems which specifies data formats and communication methods for unmanned systems.