Archive for the ‘Military Information Technology’ Category
Wednesday, December 10th, 2008 |
Lockheed Martin has delivered faster mission rehearsal preparation to the U.S. Navy as a result of a recent upgrade to its TOPSCENE(R) mission rehearsal system. The improvement has significantly increased the speed at which the system converts two-dimensional terrain images into accurate three-dimensional workspaces, speeding the system by a factor of 20. The TOPSCENE system supports mission planning, mission preview, mission rehearsal and mission training. Using real-world images, Warfighters can repeatedly rehearse a mission, taking advantage of visually significant clues and aim points. Knowing exactly what the terrain and built-up areas will look like during the real mission greatly increases Warfighters’ chances of a successful mission.
The new software was installed in August at the Naval Strike Air Warfare Center at Naval Air Station Fallon, NV. (more…)
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Monday, November 17th, 2008 |
The U.S. Navy awarded Austal USA a contract for the detailed design and construction of the Joint High Speed Vessel (JHSV) on Thursday, Nov. 13. General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems, a subcontractor to Austal USA, will be the ship mission system integrator over the life of the expected 10-ship program.
The Joint High Speed Vessel will be capable of transporting troops and their equipment, supporting humanitarian relief efforts, operating in shallow waters, and reaching speeds in excess of 35 knots fully loaded. The vessels will be a joint-use platform operated by both the U.S. Army and Navy.
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Friday, November 14th, 2008 |
The Boeing Company demonstrated several advancements in rotorcraft based network-centric operations this summer during the U.S. Army’s C4ISR On-The-Move (OTM) Event 08 at Fort Dix, N.J. The event marked the Army’s largest-ever Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (C4ISR) and networking technology demonstration.
A CH-47D/F Chinook helicopter surrogate demonstrated three of the key Future Force network-enabling technologies operating together simultaneously — the Wideband Networking Waveform (WNW), the Soldier Radio Waveform (SRW) and the System-of-Systems Common Operating Environment.
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Tuesday, September 16th, 2008 |
Lockheed Martin announced the successful delivery of a space communications system to Cheyenne Mountain Air Force Station, that will bring more accurate and timely decision-making information to U.S. Air Force Space Commanders.
This upgrade to the Combatant Commanders Integrated Command and Control System (CCIC2S) communications processing system enhances space message delivery reliability to and from the Space Data Operations Center. This final delivery of CCIC2S Block 1 allows air mission operators, missile warning operators, and space communications operators to effortlessly reach across the full spectrum of the nation’s space and strategic assets.
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Wednesday, September 10th, 2008 |
General Dynamics Information Technology, recently completed a critical milestone in its support to the Air and Space Expeditionary Force (AEF) program by migrating the AEF network infrastructure from Langley Air Force Base in Virginia to Randolph Air Force Base in Texas.
AEF provides enhanced coordination and rapid-response capabilities across active duty, reserve, and National Guard resources. To streamline operations and align deployment tasking with the assignment process, the Chief of Staff of the Air Force directed AEF operations to align under the Air Force Personnel Center (AFPC) at Randolph Air Force Base.
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Tuesday, September 9th, 2008 |
BAE Systems has been awarded a contract to participate in the U.S. Defense Information Systems Agency’s (DISA) $12.225 billion Encore II Information Technology Solutions program. As one of 14 large businesses awarded a contract to support the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract, the company will provide DISA with network engineering services, systems development engineering and integration, security engineering and enterprise support.
The purpose of ENCORE II is to create an infrastructure for, and provide net-centric services to support, global on-line collaboration among the military services, Department of Defense and other agencies of the federal government. It will also support the command and control, intelligence, and mission-support activities of the military and defense agencies, and the Global Information Grid.
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Friday, September 5th, 2008 |
The Boeing Company announced today that it has completed software development for its C-130 Avionics Modernization Program (AMP). The milestone was achieved following the successful flight test of aircraft AMP 2 (H2.5), conducted by Boeing and the U.S. Air Force on Aug. 18. During the 1.6-hour flight from Edwards Air Force Base, Calif., the combined Boeing/Air Force crew tested the functionality of Core Complete 2.2.
“This is a great day for the AMP team,” said Mark Angelo, Boeing C-130 AMP program manager. “This flight marks the completion of the developmental stage of both the aircraft’s hardware and software. We are ready to begin Low Rate Initial Production (LRIP) early next year.”
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008 |
General Dynamics Information Technology, was awarded a contract by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (USACE) Afghanistan Engineer District (AED) to provide Information Technology Management Services in Afghanistan to support USACE-AED reconstruction and infrastructure development programs. The contract has a total potential value of $32 million over five years if all options are exercised.
General Dynamics will manage an in-country network and provide critical communications between USACE-AED operations and the continental U.S. The satellite and network communications infrastructure will provide enhanced video, voice and data communications for USACE-AED operations throughout Afghanistan.
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Thursday, September 4th, 2008 |
The United States Transportation Command recently deployed a container security system which detects tampering and helps protect military container shipments moving from Afghanistan to Pakistan. USTRANSCOM introduced the CommerceGuard container security system, provided by GE Security, Inc., a business of GE Enterprise Solutions, to better protect its container shipments.
Based at Scott Air Force Base, Ill., USTRANSCOM directs and supervises execution of the military supply chain for the Department of Defense. The command required quick action to add high technology intrusion detection and tracking to containers being transported to the port of Karachi in
Pakistan.
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Wednesday, September 3rd, 2008 |
General Dynamics C4 Systems has been awarded a $41 million contract modification from the U.S. Marine Corps System Command for the production of nine capability set II Combat Operations Centers and 18 common modules. The capability sets and modules combine to become nine operations centers used by Marine Corps commanders. Deliveries will be completed by March 2010.
The Marine Corps awarded the first contract for Combat Operations Centers to General Dynamics in 2002. Since then, more than 280 Combat Operations Centers have been ordered for Marine Corps command-and-control operations at the battalion, regiment, division and wing levels. This new order will equip the next-higher level of Marine Corps decision-making, the major subordinate commands, with the same command-and-control capabilities.
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Tuesday, September 2nd, 2008 |
CACI International Inc announced that it has been awarded a prime $150 million task order by the U.S. Navy’s Naval Sea Systems Command (NAVSEA) to modernize maintenance applications used at shipyards and maintenance centers through information technology (IT) upgrades and software development. The five-year contract was awarded under the Seaport-e contract vehicle with the goal of saving infrastructure costs and enhancing the combat readiness and mission capability of the fleet. The award effectively doubles CACI’s current maintenance legacy work for the Navy and expands the company’s development of its business system solutions functional core competency.
As one of its key mission-critical responsibilities, NAVSEA is charged with maintaining the Navy’s ships and their systems. The work awarded through this task order will consolidate approximately 15 maintenance contracts for IT activities at various naval facilities. This provides the Navy with a single source for modernizing ship maintenance applications, developing new maintenance technologies and rolling applications out to new locations, and making the entire maintenance process more efficient and
economical.
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Monday, September 1st, 2008 |
Following a competitive bidding process, Thales and Barco on 1st September announced the acquisition of Barcos software development unit for maritime safety and surveillance.
The agreement covers the sale of the OPSCenter software components for use in the maritime domain, and also includes a license for Barco’s development toolbox for operational display systems. Barco will continue to provide hardware-based visualization solutions for maritime applications.
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Monday, August 25th, 2008 |
Network Box USA, Inc., the American arm of managed security company Network Box Corp., today announced the beta release of a web content filtering technology to support Google Safe Search and Safe Browsing functions. The new capabilities, which will be standard on Network Box unified threat management (UTM) products, will allow businesses to easily implement protection against Internet threats and prevent sites and web pages with inappropriate content from appearing in search engine results.
With the added functionality, Network Box USA customers will now have a content filtering engine that uses Google’s Safe Browsing system to check URL requests against Google’s constantly updated blacklist of suspected phishing- and malware-infested web pages. These web filter categories will
be in addition to Network Box’s existing anti-virus and anti-phishing solution, which uses Kaspersky and ClamAV to inspect pages for malicious content.
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