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Croom tapped to lead DISA
The Air Force's top information systems and command and control general has been nominated to head the Defense Information Systems Agency.
Modernization
Satellite broadband is Stryker MVP
A commercially based satellite system developed in 90 days was most valuable C2 asset used by the Styker Brigade, according to an Army study.
Modernization
Stryker drivers yearn for color
Crew displays in the Stryker combat vehicle are poorly designed, an Army report concluded.
Modernization
Covers protect Army keyboards
The Stryker Brigade deployed in Iraq had to relearn a lesson from the Gulf War to make an inexpensive investment in sand-proof keyboard covers.
Modernization
Stryker radios, cameras blasted
An Army study concluded that Stryker brigade's digital radios transmitted data slowly and unreliably.
Modernization
DISA switches on VOIP
The agency's deal with Nortel paves the way for developing voice-over-IP phone service over DOD's fiber-optic network.
People
DOD takes charge of major Air Force acquisitions
It includes satellite projects valued at more than $50 billion.
Digital Government
Tsunami warning center on alert
Earthquake near Sumatra kicks warning system into high gear.
Modernization
For DOD, one in 1,048,000 is not unique enough
A math problem requires DOD to update 20 major logistics management systems that use RFID technology
People
Criminal probe looks at pilot radios
The Defense Department is conducting a criminal investigation of potentially defective parts in emergency radios used by downed pilots.
Digital Government
Intercepts
Slow NPS suit. New Army CIO org chart. NetCents two cents. Giving CSEL the hook. Help plan the intel office.
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Pentagon promises faster JTRS waivers
The Defense Department's CIO says "all steps are being taken to ensure expeditious approval of urgent operational requirements."
People
DOD supplement would boost radio, control systems
The supplemental funding bill approved by the House Appropriations Committee would direct money to a major tactical system and radios.
People
Unions sue over NSPS
The suit charges that federal officials did not engage in the kind of collaboration required by Congress before implementing the National Security Personnel System.
Digital Government
General Dynamics to build more Marine ops centers
The company will get $13.3 million from the U.S. Marine Corps System Command for 16 additional unit operation centers.
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