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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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Army CECOM raises Harris' tactical communications contract ceiling by $500 million
The Army Communications-Electronics Command has upped the ceiling value of its 2011 indefinite delivery/indefinite quantity (ID/IQ) contract with Harris RF Communications by $500 million.
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Army begins final phase of migration to enterprise e-mail
The Army is on the last leg of its journey to enterprise e-mail, Mike Krieger, the service's deputy CIO, told service members March 12.
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Sierra Nevada delivers first LRIP mobile air control tower to Army
Sierra Nevada has delivered the first low rate initial production version of its Mobile Tower System for air traffic control that will replace an aging model.
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Three firms vie for Army enterprise infrastructure services
Three firms will compete with each other for task orders for Army enterprise infrastructure services.
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Army unit bound for Afghanistan to use first on-the-move comms network
After years of development, the Army is ready to begin its first deployment of an on-the-move communications network to Afghanistan.
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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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DynCorp to help Army train soldiers on medium tactical vehicles
The Army has awarded DynCorp International a contract to help train soldiers on medium tactical vehicles and also maintain and modify the vehicles as needed.
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DHS Systems' networked power micro-grid performs well in NIE
DHS Systems' networked power micro-grid system was able to reduce fuel consumption by more than 60 percent during testing at the Army's Network Integration Evaluation 13.1.
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DISA wants service provider for PKI operation
DISA has issued a request for information for a common service provider for the public key infrastructure architectures and directory services for NIPRNet and SIPRNet.
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Marines to test QinetiQ man-portable generator in LRIP phase
The U.S. Marine Corps has selected a man-portable generator built by QinetiQ North America for further testing during the low rate initial production phase of its One Man-Portable Generator program.
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DOD enterprise e-mail reaches one million user milestone
The Defense Department's Enterprise E-mail system reached the one million user threshold when a soldier at Fort Riley, Kan., registered for a new e-mail account on March 12.
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Global military comms and COTS market valued at $17.4B
The value of the global market for military communications and commercial, off-the-shelf products is estimated to be $17.4 billion in 2013, according to a new market report.
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UAS industry to create 70,000 jobs in three years, says study
The unmanned aircraft industry is poised to create more than 70,000 new American jobs in the first three years following the integration of UAS into U.S. national airspace system, according to a new study.
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Technica to furnish Symantec Software-as-a-Service to DISA
The Defense Information Systems Agency has awarded Technica a $9 million contract to furnish Symantec Software-as-a-Service.
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DISA taps Northrop for joint command and control system
DISA has awarded Northrop Grumman a contract potentially worth as much as $211 million to modernize and sustain the Defense Department's joint command and control system.
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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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MorphoTrust gets DOD biometrics contract
MorphoTrust has won a contract to support the central biometrics platform for the Defense Department.
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