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Preventing friendly fire

The Defense Department has been working for years on technologies that can distinguish friendly troops from noncombatants and enemy soldiers to prevent friendly fire incidents.

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Lasers could reduce friendly fire incidents

Military tests Soldier Integrated Multi-function Laser System

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Committee wraps up defense spending

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

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Navy IT readies for Isabel

The Navy Marine Corps Intranet's operation center in Norfolk, Va. has already been through emergency situations before.

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DOD plans information assurance policy

Look for four documents between now and January, a defense official says.

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Army to get CACI systems

CACI will be paid $155 million for Intelligence and Security Command systems.

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Defense accounting criticized

Better oversight is needed for closed appropriations, a DOD inspector general says.

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Intercepts

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

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Enigma wins vehicle contract

The Marine Corps awarded the $700,000 deal to provide an electronic technical manual for light armored vehicles.

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JFMIP pushes standardization

Latest document focuses on inventories

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At your service

Although the Naval Medicine Online Web site handles administrative processes for Navy Medicine, it also has useful services for individual users

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Naval med portal no longer just a pilot

Site helps sailors with health care

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Federal requirements

Other important requirements documents issued by the Joint Financial Management Improvement Program

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Air Force readies outsourcing plans

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

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Northrop Grumman wins JWARN contract

The company will get up to $15 million to build a next-generation chemical, biological, radiological and nuclear warning and reporting system.

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GAO sees flaws in Defense service acquisition

The military lacks the management structure and oversight needed in service acquisition to improve performance and reduce costs, GAO investigators said.

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Joint Forces test friendly IDs

American and Canadian personnel will wrap up a demonstration of systems used to identify friendly forces in urban combat.

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Intercepts

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

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Navy begins NSIPS transition

The Navy deployed the Navy Standard Integrated Personnel System as a Web application or the first time this summer

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Navy realigns war research centers

Naval Sea Systems Command will restructure its eight warfare centers along product lines.