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Air Force activates intelligence pipeline

The intell initiative will enable military officials worldwide to locate, share and analyze imagery from manned and unmanned systems

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Army budget would kill Land Warrior

The system, which would have extended net-centric operations to the individual warfighter, would not be the best use of limited resources, according to Army officials.

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DOD space programs get budget boosts

Major space program funding would be increased to $6 billion in fiscal 2008, $1.2 billion over fiscal 2007, according to Defense Department budget documents.

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Long-term obligations threaten DOD modernization, experts say

A panel of budget and policy analysts said major modernization and technology programs are facing unparalleled levels of funding scrutiny.

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DOD budget growing in size, complexity, experts say

In addition to its regular annual budget request, the department will include requests for operations in Iraq and Afghanistan in fiscal '08 and additional supplemental war funding for the remainder of fiscal '07.

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Cross-domain solutions needed in Iraq

Because coalition countries use different computer systems to store and share information, a "sneaker net" has evolved, requiring people to physically walk information from Point A to Point B.

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Mitretek headquarters evacuated

A bomb detection robot removed and imploded a suspicious package that contained only papers, a police officer said.

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Blue Force Tracker for cyberspace?

The military will need the ability to see and track allied forces in the network to fight future wars in cyberspace, according to an official at the Air Combat Command.

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DOD's Grimes: Our focus is on data

DOD is concentrating on a data-centric strategy to move toward open systems based on service-oriented architecture standards, the assistant secretary said.

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DOD rolls out radio-over-IP net

The U.S. Central Command is using the RIPRnet, which links analog radios to a IP-based network, to support convoy operations in Iraq.

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Universal DOD Web portal hits a snag

Air Force declares it won't join Defense Knowledge Online until at least 2009.

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DOD learns transport logistics the Toyota way

Transcom imports Japanese automaker’s practices to manage its supply chain.

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DOD says no to massive IT acquisitions

Large systems integrators will have a role, but it won’t be to run proprietary systems.

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DOD IG: Interagency contracting rife with problems

Defense procurements often go through GSA and other agencies without competition or price evaluations, auditors found.

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Air Force won’t join DKO until 2009

The service has decided to maintain its investment in its own portal until an existing contract expires, the CIO says.

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GE acquires Smiths Aeropsace for $4.8 billion

GE and Smiths will also form a joint venture for their respective homeland protection and global detection divisions.

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Air Force to reorganize intell community

The Air Force will create a single command structure for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance.

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The day of the big systems integrator is over, says DISA official

DOD is looking for the kind of speed and flexibility that cannot be had when one company works alone to build a system based on proprietary software, said Brig. Gen. David Warner.

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DOD seeks commercial encryption software

The department wants to protect data at rest on mobile computers and storage devices.

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Bush nominates cyber expert to become next intell czar

Former NSA Director J. Michael McConnell would become the second director of national intelligence.