Digital Government
Navy To Launch 2nd Broadband Satellite, Despite Lack of Terminals to Use It
Without terminals, the $7.3 billion system can only run at 10 percent, report finds.
Digital Government
Marines Eye Exotic Condoms for Field Radio Antennas
Here’s why I suggest improving 3-foot whip antennas instead.
Digital Government
Pentagon Expects to Save $2.4 Billion by Reforming Military Health Care
Use of common IT systems could yield $672 million over six years, report says.
Digital Government
Bid Protests Stop Clock on $3.5 Billion Navy Network Contract
Computer Sciences and Harris challenge award of the Next-Generation Enterprise Network deal to HP.
Digital Government
How Much Is the Air Force Support Contract With Microsoft Worth?
This is not a military secret.
Digital Government
Intelligence Community Backs Off Information Sharing
Alternative to a common IT environment will allow officials to remain within an agency’s “native domain.”
Digital Government
Naval Academy Hits the LEGO Yellow Brick Road to Teach Weapons Control Design
Midshipmen will use smart bricks to learn about sensors and unmanned systems.
Digital Government
China Loves the Navy’s GPS Landing System (and its Slide Decks)
A 2013 paper from China’s Naval University of Engineering includes a graphic used by the U.S. Navy in 2010.
Digital Government
Unmanned Aircraft Aborted Its Third Carrier Landing Attempt Following Computer Failure
The Navy’s X-47B was the first drone to make an arrested landing aboard an aircraft carrier.
Digital Government
Defense and VA to Congress on Health Records: It's the Data, Not the Software
The Pentagon is creating a new office to manage health IT procurements.
Digital Government
How Many Billions for the New Defense EHR?
A case of spending billions to save spending even more billions.
Digital Government
Raytheon Wins Navy Next Generation Jammer Development Deal
GAO estimates the total value of the program will be $1.9 billion.
Digital Government
There Goes the DIA TurboTax-Like Acquisition Idea
Agency cancels the planned procurement entirely.
Modernization
DISA Plans $427 Million Hybrid Cloud Storage Setup
Vendors will supply hardware housed in agency’s data centers.
Digital Government
My 4th of July Celebration, 1965
When I awoke aboard the USS Pickaway off the coast of Da Nang, South Vietnam, I thought I was in for a real bang-up celebration.
Digital Government
Troops With Traumatic Brain Injury Show Symptoms 5 Years Later
Long-term TBI study mandated by Congress has been unfunded since 2006.
Digital Government
Air Force Deploys Air Tankers to Battle Arizona Forest Fires
All four C-130s will be ready to fly Wednesday.
Digital Government
We’ll Just Have to Wait for Good News on VA Claims Backlog
The system that crunches claims data is ‘undergoing operational repair.’
Emerging Tech
Russian Rocket Failure Destroys Three Navigation Satellites
This is the satnav system’s second major crash in three years.
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