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Sequestration planning gets under way at DOD
The Defense Department is at last coming to grips with how it might handle $500 billion in spending cuts over the next decade scheduled to take effect Jan. 2 if Congress doesn't head off the impending sequestration with a deficit reduction plan.
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Navy picks 4 to supply battlespace awareness technologies
Four companies will help the Navy develop battlespace awareness capabilities and related hardware and software through a $98.7 million multiple-award contract.
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DISA takes top honors at the 2012 DOD CIO awards
The Defense Information Systems Agency received two of this year's Defense Department CIO Awards at an Oct. 19 ceremony held at the Pentagon.
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Obama and Romney diverge on federal cyber policy
The two presidential candidates would likely take different approaches to cybersecurity on key matters such as which federal agency has primary cyber responsibilities, how the private sector protects critical infrastructure and how aggressively the nation conducts military operations in cyberspace.
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Cubic opens office at Wright-Patterson
Cubic Defense Applications has opened a new office in Beavercreek, Ohio, that will enable it to support and pursue new training and tactical communications business at Wright Patterson Air Force Base.
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Air Force buying more armed Reapers
General Atomics Aeronautical Systems was awarded a $125.5 million contract for 10 MQ-9 modified Block 1 aircraft by the Air Force.
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Inmarsat to furnish global broadband to Canadian navy
Inmarsat will provide global satellite communications services for 29 Canadian naval vessels.
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TrustComm cuts ribbon on new Quantico facility
TrustComm has opened a federal government technology facility at the Quantico Corporate Center in Stafford, Va.
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Obama vs. Romney on defense-related issues
See where 2012 presidential candidates Barack Obama and Mitt Romney stand on foreign policy, terrorism, war and defense spending.
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BAE to help DARPA boost computing power for ISR systems
DARPA has awarded a contract to BAE Systems to help develop more efficient computing technology for military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems where power generation is a challenge in processing data gathered from sensors.
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Northrop, ITT Exelis team on Navy next-gen jammer quest
Northrop Grumman and ITT Exelis are partnering to offer a viable system for the Navy’s Next Generation Jammer (NGJ) program during its technology demonstration phase.
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Battelle to supply battery for Navy anti-IED robot
Battelle has won a Navy contract to build battery boxes to assist explosive ordnance disposal technicians in carrying out their missions.
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General Dynamics demos tactical UAV strike capability
A General Dynamics unit and the Army have successfully demonstrated the ability of a small unmanned aerial vehicle to launch a Global Positioning System-guided small munition.
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UAV video encryption remains unfinished job
The U.S. military is still broadcasting nearly half of its drone video streams without encryption four years after it learned that its adversaries can see the same information.
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Russian hacker exposed in Georgian cyber counterattack
As U.S. military cyber units mull how to carry out successful counterattacks in cyberspace, an interesting case has developed a half world away where the country of Georgia has turned the tables on a Russia-based hacker.
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Air Force to buy full-motion video receivers from L-3 West
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center (AFLMC), the new organization managing the service’s networks under the recent reorganization of Air Force Material Command, will buy full-motion video receivers and interim contractor support from L-3 Communications Systems-West in Salt Lake City, Utah.
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Harris receives new order for Army satellite terminals
Harris has received a new $50.5 million order from the Army for next-generation satellite communications terminals under the service's Modernization of Enterprise Terminals program.
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DOD top line budget figure for the Military Intelligence Program decreases for second year in a row
The Defense Department released today the Military Intelligence Program (MIP) appropriated top line budget for fiscal 2012, and the figure has declined for the second year in a row.
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Air Force awards $851M engineering support contract to small businesses
The Air Force Life Cycle Management Center has awarded an engineering and technical advistory and assistance services contract worth up to $851 million to five small businesses.
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