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Airlines: Summer flight delays stem from modernization woes
The long-delayed modernization of the nation's air traffic control systems have lead to the "horrendous" flight delays that have plagued travelers this summer, according to a top official from the association that represents the U.S. commercial airline industry.
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Australia deploys GPS for pinpoint landings
Australia will become the first country worldwide to use the $10 billion, U.S.built Global Positioning System to help aircraft make precision landings when it inaugurates next month an enhanced GPSbased landing system on tiny Norfolk Island, 938 miles east of the Australian continent.
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Y2K global warning
International travelers venturing abroad to celebrate the millennium should be aware that Russia, China, Japan and Italy top a list of countries that the State Department views as vulnerable to widespread failures because of the Year 2000 problem, according to department sources.
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PRIVATE N/MCI CLUB? Though the Navy chief information officer shop canceled the comeone, comeall presolicitation conference for the $2 billionplus Navy/Marine Corps Intranet (N/MCI) so that it could keep its request for proposals train running on time, it did hold a rather cozy meeting with som
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Air Force tunes in radio for e-mail link
The Air Force soon could use one the oldest forms of telecommunications highfrequency (HF) radio to provide email worldwide to its aircraft, including Air Force One, at a cost far lower than satellite links. The House inserted an extra $3.8 million into its version of the fiscal 2000 Defense
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Montgomery, Ala. Frye Hanging In. The Interceptor mobile unit spent last week here focused on the Air Force Information Technology Conference (AFITC). It was hosted by the Air Force Standard Systems Group, which is headed by Robert Frye. Frye debunked reports from inside the Beltway (ITB) that he
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Cold War bunker made Y2K post
Montgomery, Ala. In a facility once used to track Soviet bombers and missiles at the height of the Cold War, the Air Force last week opened a command post to monitor and engage the last threat of the millennium: Year 2000 datecode bugs that could infect the service's worldwide computer systems a
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Russians ask for Y2K help with nukes
Russia lags far behind in its efforts to fix potential Year 2000 problems that threaten its command and control systems and nuclear warhead storage facilities, according to a Pentagon message that details highlevel talks between the U.S. Defense Department and the Russian Ministry of Defense. The
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Air Force to expand IT2 program
MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Air Force's Standard Systems Group this fall plans to ramp up its procurement of information technology products and services by adding a throng of new contracts to a recently created streamlined computer procurement program. SSG plans to add more products to its Information
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Air Force unveils PowerPoint-to-Web technology
MONTGOMERY, Ala. The Air Force Air Armament Center has developed the World Wide Webbased Executive Management Information System, which enables users to post information directly to World Wide Web pages from Microsoft Corp. PowerPoint slides or Excel spreadsheets without first sending the data
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Russians ask for Y2K help with nukes
Russia lags far behind in its efforts to fix potential Year 2000 problems that threaten its command and control systems and nuclear warhead storage facilities, according to a Pentagon message that details high-level talks between the U.S. Defense Department and the Russian Ministry of Defense.
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General: Cyberattacks against NATO traced to China
The president of Microsoft Corp. on Tuesday told a packed house of Air Force and industry representatives that the single biggest challenge facing the Defense Department and the information technology industry is finding more efficient ways to manage and communicate corporate knowledge.
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Army investigators help nab hacker
Information provided by the Army's Criminal Investigation Division led the FBI to arrest a suspect in the June 28 hacking of the Army's World Wide Web site, according to service officials.
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DOD scripts war games
An Air Force jet jockey and a man who once helped design attractions at Disneyland have joined forces to help train military officers to react better during crises that pop up in the world's hot spots. Col. Kenneth 'Crash' Konwin, head of the Defense Modeling and Simulation Office (DMSO), and Larry
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Y2K DEFENSE. The Pentagon's Joint Task Force for Computer Network Defense, headed by Air Force Maj. Gen. John Campbell, and the FBI's National Information Protection Center plan to hold a toplevel conference called 'Preparing for Cyberwar' in early October. I don't know if this means the two outfi
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Spawar orders buying review
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command, concerned about possible abuses in information technology contracting, has instituted highlevel reviews of new, streamlined computer contracts based on the General Services Administration schedule. Rear Adm. John Gauss, Spawar commander, said he ordered
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JMPS opens window to easier mission planning
Air Force and Navy strike and fighter pilots will use familiar Microsoft Corp. software tools and interfaces for highly detailed mission planning early in the next century as Logicon Inc. starts to roll out the new Windows NTbased Joint Mission Planning System. JMPS, a $453 million Naval Air Syste
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Competitors not fazed by Iridium woes
Despite the lack of success of Iridium LLC's selfnamed satellite system, which led the company to file for bankruptcy earlier this month, competitors say the industry has a healthy future with strong demand in the federal market. Elaine Wolfson, director of government sales for Comsat Mobile Commu
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Ringing up sales
Industry vendors are gearing up for the summer buying season with a host of special offers designed to capitalize on increased interest in network servers as well as the traditional heavy traffic on desktop computer contracts. Federal agencies are in the market for beefedup servers and networking
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