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Navy group to evaluate unmanned surface patrol craft
The Navy has sent three unmanned surface vessels to its Riverine Group One to evaluate how well the vessels perform the intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities for which they were designed.
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Navy arranges network support for overseas cyber ops
Computer Sciences Corp. will support the Navy's overseas network, ONE-NET, under a contract that could be worth as much as $145 million.
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Navy seen fighting in satellite-denied conflicts
The Navy is looking at future operations where it might have little or no satellite communications or navigation.
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Navy to arm Fire Scout with laser-guided weapons system
The Navy’s Fire Scout unmanned helicopter has conducted a variety of reconnaissance missions, and now the service plans to arm it with a 70mm laser-guided rocket system to engage hostile targets in future clashes.
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Marines get smart phone network for humanitarian missions
Lockheed Martin has developed a tactical smart phone network designed to support humanitarian assistance and disaster relief missions undertaken by the Marine Corps.
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Navy to outfit an X-47B prototype with refueling gear
The Navy plans to add aerial refueling capability to one of its two prototype carrier-based X-47B unmanned aerial vehicles that are in the development stage.
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Navy expected to make single award for NGEN program
The Navy plans to select a single winner for its Next Generation Enterprise Network even though it issued two separate solicitations for the project, according to the market intelligence firm Deltek.
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Navy facility to assess Shadow UAS payloads
The Navy’s Unmanned Aircraft System Test Directorate plans to test new technologies and payloads for the Shadow Tactical UAS at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md.
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Northrop puts out call for UAV engineers
Northrop Grumman's unmanned aerial vehicles business is booming, and the company plans to add 150 new jobs -- mostly for engineers -- at its San Diego area plants where it manufactures the Global Hawk, Fire Scout and X-47B.
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Roger W. Jones Award for executive leadership bestowed
The award honors commitment to public service.
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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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