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Army, Homeland Security plan for unmanned aerial vehicles

The Army expects to spend $2.3 billion on UAVs by 2011. DHS wants to spend $10 million to test UAVs next year.

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NCI hires ex-Army IT expert

The Army official who helped launched the first Joint Tactical Radio System procurement will be a senior vice president at NCI Information Systems.

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Air Force centralizes, streamlines IT purchases

It's a new strategy from the Air Force Information Technology Commodity Council.

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Pentagon to cancel Comanche

DOD will announce the termination of the Comanche helicopter program, according to Defense and industry officials.

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Army buys Linux cluster

The Army Research Laboratory bought a 2,132-Intel processor Evolocity II from Linux Networx.

Digital Government

Intercepts

Joint operations; NMCI; greatly exaggerated death; flexing Senate muscles.

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Air Force closer to enterprise buy

Service looking at deal with Microsoft

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Deal awarded for DOD, FBI security plan

Knowledge Consulting Group will update security guidelines, identify potential security lapses and provide support.

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Roche seeks better air tracking

The Air Force Secretary calls for the development of wide-body aircraft with advanced sensor and command, control and communications.

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DOD to apply Quantum Leap ideas

Officials hope the rapid posting and sharing of information from sensors and spies will provide greater situational awareness.

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First ITES order due by March

The Army expects to announce the first task order in the Information Technology Enterprise Solutions program by March 1.

Modernization

Air Force seeks industry proposals for JTRS

The request for proposals on the Joint Tactical Radio System for the Air Force and Navy was formally released.

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Military looks for joint architecture

Lockheed Martin will develop a framework to meld three key net-centric war programs.

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Two IT firms make DOD top 10

SAIC and CSC were among the top 10 military contractors last year.

Modernization

Fiber awards set for April

The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to award the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion's remaining fiber contracts.

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Army chief pushes better IT use

The Army can better use information technology to deliver supplies and share data, Gen. Peter Schoomaker tells a Senate committee.

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Budget blackjack

The Army double-downs on Current Force and Future Force funding ? and wins both hands

Digital Government

Budget winners

Homeland Security, Defense and Justice get more IT money.

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Army's Future Combat Systems at the heart of transformation

The Army's multiyear, multibillion-dollar Future Combat Systems (FCS) program marks one of the fastest procurements in the service's 228-year history.

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NGA transformation dependent on sensors, tech

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency will lean heavily on information tech to handle its new job of imagery analysis and delivery, especially to fight terror.