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Companies interested in submitting ideas should e-mail 20-page white papers to the Air Force’s Trevor Sullivan and Maj. Chris Anglin at trevor.sullivan@hanscom.af.mil andchris.anglin@hanscom.af.mil no later than 21 Feb. 2013. A half-day industry briefing on...
Laptops used to be the best way to have portable computing. They could be made light, rugged, and powerful and were used everywhere. Now, all you see are tablets and smart phones, and there’s...
Smart-phone technologies, already familiar to many young soldiers who are once and future gamers, might be changing the face of warfare. Smart phones are a leap-ahead technology offering soldiers myriad of capabilities to satisfy...
Smart-phone technologies, already familiar to many young soldiers who are once and future gamers, might be changing the face of warfare. Smart phones are “a leap-ahead technology offering soldiers myriad … capabilities to satisfy...
In the early days of the Libya war, U.S. commanders were adamant that they didn’t communicate with the Libyan rebels about what targets to bomb. As it turns out, they don’t need to. They’ve...
Smart-phone technologies, already familiar to many young soldiers who are once and future gamers, might be changing the face of warfare. Deployed commanders are pleading for more devices equipped with minicomputers and programmed with...
Raytheon BBN Technologies has been awarded $16 million in additional funding by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) under phase two of the Military Networking Protocol (MNP) program to create architectures, protocols, and...
Leading his team of paratroopers en route to capturing a high-value target, Spc. Hao Bui encountered obstacles – enemies, streets, roadside bombs. He pulled a smartphone from his uniform and entered the information into...
A cutting-edge combination of smartphones plugged into tactical radios empowered small Army units during a recent field exercise observed by Gen. Peter Chiarelli, the Army’s vice chief of staff. Paratroopers from the 82nd Airborne...
Daniel J. Crowley Raytheon Company has appointed Daniel J. Crowley president of Raytheon Network Centric Systems (NCS), effective November 1, 2010. Crowley succeeds Colin J.R. Schottlaender, NCS president since August 2002, who will retire...
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Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has been awarded a task order under a contract with the Department of Homeland Security (DHS), National Communications System (NCS) to provide continued system engineering and program management expertise...
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The NATO warship HNLMS DE ZEVEN PROVINCÏEN, working in conjunction with a Japanese Maritime Self Defence Force (JMSDF) helicopter disrupted a single skiff pirate attack on MV ANANGAL INNOVATION. MV ANANGAL INNOVATION, a Greek-flagged...
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Airmen in the 23rd Security Forces Squadron recently hosted a team of specialists here who introduced base personnel to a new tool aimed at improving security at military installations around the world. The ForcePRO...
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General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a principal contractor to defense, intelligence and homeland security customers delivering end-to-end mission solutions, and Bivio Networks, a leading provider of network systems for securing, monitoring and controlling critical...
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The City of Cleveland is leading the new Automated License Plate Reader program to track down stolen cars or those with law enforcement alerts. There will be 42 readers across Lorain, Cuyahoga, Geauga, Lake...
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Two senators — Democrats Charles Schumer of New York and Ben Cardin of Maryland — returned from their August recess Thursday to give the chamber’s approval for $600 million in emergency funding to help...
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Finmeccanica has been awarded contracts worth approximately EUR 180 million from Ministerio delle Seguridad Publica of Panama. Under the agreement, Finmeccanica companies will develop a national security and surveillance system involving the implementation of...
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USS KAUFFMAN’s helicopter prevented a pirate attack on MV ICE EXPLORER transiting the Gulf of Aden in the Internationally Recommended Transit Corridor (IRTC). Kauffman was conducting routine air and surface searches for suspect vessels...
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The Pentagon is putting the final touches on a new policy designed to improve the Defense Department’s ability to respond to urgent requests from front-line forces for new combat capabilities, according to defense sources....
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EADS Defence & Security (DS) will equip the Finnish Defence Forces with a nationwide data fusion system creating in real-time a comprehensive security situation picture. The Finnish Air Force Materiel Command has awarded Defence...