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Navy picks contractor for C4ISR integration projects
The Navy has awarded a three-year, $139 million delivery order to CACI International to provide an array of communications technology to the Defense Department and other federal entities.
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Navy destroyer gets advanced data transfer network
Boeing has completed installation of an enhanced data transfer network on the newly built guided-missile destroyer USS Spruance that was commissioned Oct. 1.
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Navy mulls budget cut for next-gen ship network
The rollout of the Navy’s next-generation ship network system might be delayed if service officials decide to go forward with a $102 million proposed cut to the program’s budget.
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Navy Sea Systems Command lands critical areas support
The U.S. Navy has tapped TWD, a mid-size communications company in Arlington, Va., with providing it a broad range of IT services under a $121 million SeaPort-e Task Order.
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Boeing's new C4ISR division to manage multiple programs
Boeing has created a new division to provide more focus and expertise to military customers for network-enabled command, control, communications, computers, intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance (C4ISR) programs and technologies.
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Data center consolidation promises improved performance
Seeking to increase IT efficiency and cut costs, the military is consolidating the number of data centers it operates.
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Unmanned K-Max ships out for Afghanistan
The Navy has picked the K-Max helicopter built jointly by Kaman Aerospace and Lockheed Martin for testing under battlefield conditions in Afghanistan to determine whether unmanned aircraft systems are suitable for transporting supplies around the battlefield.
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Navy seeks industry input for NGEN contract
The Navy wants to open up a dialogue with industry before releasing final RFP.
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Navy orders improved JTRS tactical data links
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command has awarded engineering development orders totaling more than $15 million to ViaSat to furnish MIDS JTRS terminals that will facilitate the transmission of voice and data and increase warfighter situational awareness.
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Navy looks to ultra-endurance UAV for critical comms link
The Navy has expressed an interest in the a solar-powered, ultra-endurance unmanned aircraft under development by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency as a way to furnish communications to carrier strike groups if satellites are knocked out of service.
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Navy division signs pact for information operations support
CACI International Inc. has won a $33.6 million Navy task order to provide information operations and other support services to the Naval Surface Warfare Center Crane Division's Irregular Warfare Technologies Division.
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Navy warfare center finalizes systems support
The Navy has tapped Science Applications International Corp. with providing systems engineering and life-cycle integration services to the Naval Surface Warfare Center, Crane Division under a five-year award that could be worth more than $38 million.
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Navy awards contract for 28 Fire Scouts
Defense contractor Northrop Grumman wins contract to supply 28 Navy Fire Scouts.
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Navy drones offer advantages, but won't replace manned aircraft
Unmanned aircraft systems offer clear advantages to naval forces conducting certain types of missions, but they cannot replace the judgment a trained pilot can bring to bear in a particularly challenging situation.
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Navy network projects sail toward milestones
The Navy's two most important command, control, communications and computer systems programs are heading toward major milestones later this year and beyond.
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Navy awards ground surveillance imaging contract
FLIR Systems has won a contract worth up to $52.1 million from the Naval Air Warfare Center Aircraft Division to furnish imaging technology for persistent ground surveillance.
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Navy takes steps to boost operational IT
Navy CIO Terry Halvorsen discusses how the Navy is looking for efficiencies in business IT to make operational IT more effective.
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Norfolk moves to secure NMCI from Irene's fury
With Hurricane Irene bearing down on the mid-Atlantic region, the Navy and Marine Corps are working overtime to ensure their critical IT systems -- including NMCI -- remain up and running through the storm.
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Navy awards contract to support air combat office
Science Applications International Corp. has been awarded a five-year follow-on task order from the Navy that could be worth more than $45 million to provide engineering and logistics support to Naval Air Systems Command's Air Combat Electronics Program Office.
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