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Naval Academy to use Lego kits for robotics education
The Naval Supply Systems Command Logistics center will solicit a sole-source procurement of Lego kits.
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Navy and Lockheed Martin demo UAS common control system
The new system allows operators to manage multiple UAS platforms simultaneously.
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Raytheon wins Navy contract to provide multi-INT surveillance system
Persistent Surveillance System designed to provide real-time decision-making for warfighters.
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Next generation MUOS-2 military satellite communication to launch in July
MUOS is designed for the mobile warfighter while retaining interoperability with legacy users.
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"Magicians" reborn as Navy's first squadron to operate manned and unmanned aircraft
Maritime strike squadron will fly both the MH-60R Seahawk and the MQ-8B Fire Scout.
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General Dynamics begins development of Knifefish UUV
An unmanned underwater vehicle that eventually will help protect the Navy’s Littoral Combat Ships from mines on the seafloor has successfully passed through a critical design review and is now proceeding to the software and hardware development phases.
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Insitu completes first maritime flight of RQ-21A tactical UAS
Unmanned aircraft maker Insitu has successfully completed the first maritime flight of its small tactical unmanned aircraft system RQ-21A from a U.S. naval vessel.
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Navy makes enterprise push for cloud computing
The Navy will begin moving its systems that host publicly releasable information to commercial cloud service providers as a first step toward eventually deploying most of its systems to the cloud environment, said Navy CIO Terry Halvorsen.
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Northrop wins Navy tactical data link contract
The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a five-year, $80 million contract to upgrade and enhance a tactical data link communication processor that furnishes critical information about friendly and enemy activity during combat operations
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Navy, Virginia Tech partner on robotic jellyfish to monitor seas
That thing you see in the ocean one day might not really be a monster jellyfish that mutated into the size of a human being but rather the outcome of a university project to develop a autonomous robot for the U.S. Navy.
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Navy cancels East Coast IT event, but will attend joint warfighting conference
The Department of the Navy (DON) has canceled its East Coast 2013 information technology conference in Virginia Beach “due to budget and travel restrictions.”
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Navy awards contract for F/A-18 computers to General Dynamics
The Navy has awarded a $19.3 million contract to General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems for F/A-18 advanced mission computers.
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Northrop wins Navy contract for six more unmanned Fire Scouts
The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a $71 million contract to produce six additional Fire Scout MQ-8C unmanned helicopters.
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Navy selects Wyle for UAS technical support
The Naval Air Systems Command has awarded Wyle a three-year, $24 million contract to furnish testing services, technology support and life-cycle analysis for unmanned aircraft systems and intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance projects and programs.
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SAIC to support Navy maritime intelligence systems
The Navy has awarded a contract to SAIC to furnish technical and engineering support for maritime intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance and information operations (ISR/IO) for existing and future command and control systems.
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Navy picks 10 small businesses for cyber operations work
The Navy has awarded task-order contracts to 10 small businesses to furnish integrated cyber operations support services for a variety of programs and functions.
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SAIC to assist Navy with anti-terrorism program software
Science Applications International Corp. has won a contract from the Navy potentially worth as much as $74.3 million to provide software for a program designed to protect U.S. military installations around the globe from terrorist attacks.
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ViaSat records successful test of Ka-band satcom on H-3
ViaSat has successfully demonstrated a high-performance Ka-band satellite communication system that delivers beyond line-of-sight broadband for rotary wing aircraft.
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Navy wants help with extendable mobile ad-hoc network testbed
The Naval Research Laboratory wants assitance from the contracting community with various aspects of its existing extendable mobile ad-hoc network emulator testbed.
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