People

Committee wraps up defense spending

The House and Senate conference committee gave the largest increase in fiscal 2004 defense spending to research and development.

People

Lockheed hires Cuviello

The former Army chief information officer will be a vice president of information infrastructure.

Acquisition

Gateway supplies DLA computers

The company will provide 25,000 desktop PCs and 12,000 notebook computers to the Defense Logistics Agency.

People

Air Force awards BMC2 study contracts

Three defense giants each will get $4 million to design command and control for E-10A aircraft.

People

Intercepts

New CIO?; By hook or by crook; ITES awards due soon; Logistics breakdowns; JSTARS grows up

People

GIG Version 2.0 in development

The Defense Department will release a new planning, budgeting, purchasing and interoperability policy this fall for its fast-growing, worldwide network of sensors and systems

People

Army awards first ITES contracts

Four vendors won hardware contracts for the Army's Information Technology Enterprise Solutions program.

People

DOD to issue new architecture policy

Framework is the first revision since 1997

People

Air Force mulls Microsoft license

Service seeks to consolidate software buys

People

Air Force readies outsourcing plans

Service looks to incorporate lessons learned from Navy's experience with NMCI

People

Air Force IT Council steers new PC buy

The Air Force Materiel Command purchased hardware last month by following the service's Information Technology Commodity Council's new IT acquisition and maintenance strategy.

People

DOD to issue new architecture policy

DOD Architecture Framework 1.0 will provide guidelines on how to use data to write requirements, budget for and buy them, and ensure they work together.

People

Army plans for satellites, knowledge site

The service's Program Objective Memorandum will budget for commercial satellites and the Army Knowledge Portal.

People

Air Force forms IT-buying council

New group assists service's tech assessment

People

Intercepts

NSIPS, DIMHRS Delays; NSA's Hiring Spree; Three-Star Reviews; Hughes Helps Morale; ABCs of ABCS; Iraq Crossing Globally

People

Transformation tops agenda of next DOD CIO

Stenbit's successor faces challenge of carrying through transformation

People

Teleport trial starts for DOD

The Defense Department today unveiled its first experimental site for helping quickly transmit voice, video and data via satellite to warfighters.

People

Intercepts

GIG-BE Complaints; JTRS Jitters?; NSA Classifieds; Going Home Again; FBCB2 Cramps Stryker Troops

People

NSA to speed intelligence delivery

NSA wants the United States and allied countries to become more involved in processing and analyzing foreign communications intercepts

People

DOD to split IT budget

Officials hope shift will help Congress oversee spending