Defense Systems
Air Force launches third GPS Block IIF satellite
The Air Force successfully launched the third Global Positioning System IIF satellite on Oct. 4 from Cape Canaveral, Fla., aboard a United Launch Alliance Delta IV-Medium rocket, the service said.
Defense Systems
GEOINT 2012 to focus on how innovation can give decisive advantage
The GEOINT 2012 Symposium will be held Oct. 8-11 in Orlando, Fla., and Defense Systems staff will be on hand providing live show-daily coverage of the military's most important event that addresses the world of collecting, tagging and disseminating geospatial intelligence.
Defense Systems
Raytheon gets $164M Army contract for AEHF tactical terminals
The Army has awarded a three-year, $164 million contract to Raytheon to deliver ground terminals for Advanced Extremely High Frequency satellite communications.
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Army awards $7B contract to 12 for software/systems engineering work
The Army has awarded indefinite-delivery, indefinited-quantity contracts to 12 large systems integrators to compete for upwards of $7 billion in software and systems engineering services work.
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First Army Gray Eagle UAV flight from home base scheduled
Soldiers of the 1st Infantry Division at Fort Riley, Kan., are preparing to launch the Army's largest unmanned aircraft system in an inaugural flight from their home base on Oct. 10.
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Army awards contract for secure smart phone technologies
The Army has awarded TT Government Solutions a contract to help it develop secure smart phone technologies.
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Lockheed decides not to send sequestration layoff notices
Lockheed Martin issued a statement Oct. 1 in which the company said that it will not send employees correspondence this year warning them about possible layoffs if sequestration occurs.
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Raytheon to build sensor netting system for Navy
A Raytheon unit has received a Navy contract to produce a sensor netting system designed to boost the air defense capability of U.S. fleets.
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General Dynamics to advance Marine Corps C2 system
General Dynamics C4 Systems has won a contract from the Navy to support the second phase of the Marine Corps' Common Aviation Command Control System.
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Good cybersecurity practices should be second nature, says DOD deputy CIO
Attention to cybersecurity is important not just during Cyber Security Awareness Month, but 365 days a year, says DOD Deputy CIO Robert J. Carey.
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Northrop to upgrade software for Navy's Fire Scout UAV
The Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a one-year, $28 million contract to provide software development support for the Navy's MQ-8B Fire Scout unmanned aerial vehicle.
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Oracle America awarded USMC bridge contract for ERP logistics system
The Marine Corps System Command has awarded Oracle America a bridge contract in support of Global Combat Support System-Marine Corps/Logistics Chain Management Increment 1.
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Mine-seeking drone sub tested in Persian Gulf exercise
The U.S. Navy's 5th Fleet based in Bahrain has tested a prototype of an unmanned underwater vehicle designed to detect mines in the course of a multinational naval exercise in the Persian Gulf.
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General Dynamics Wins $94 Million USMC C4ISR contract
General Dynamics Information Technology won the U.S. Marine Corps Systems Command’s Total Integrated Ground Equipment Readiness Contractor Logistics Support contract.
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Yemen to get 4 RQ-11 Raven UAVs for counter-terrorism fight
Officials in Yemen are awaiting a shipment of four AeroVironment RQ-11 Raven tactical unmanned aerial vehicles to use in the country's counter-terrorism efforts.
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