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DOD-wide database pact imminent
The Defense Department plans to award the first in a series of departmentwide licensing agreements for database management systems as early as this week. Under the arrangement, Oracle Corp. will provide its software at volume discount pricing that is unavailable through existing contracts. The Pent
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Army accelerates radio deployment
The Army has speeded up delivery of hightech aircrew survival radios to units operating in the European theater, following several modifications to address mechanical and design problems. A spokeswoman for the Army CommunicationsElectronics Command (Cecom), Fort Monmouth, N.J., said the Tobyhanna
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COMPOUNDING CONFUSION. The Army has selected the unbelievably userunfriendly Cecom Acquisition Center World Wide Web page as its front end to handle 'complex' bids for all Army procurements, from tanks to helicopters, according to Kevin Carroll of the Program Executive Office Standard Army Managem
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Air Force awards BPAs for rugged portables
The Air Force last week awarded three contracts for highpowered, rugged portable computers to Cytec Corp,. Government Technology Services Inc. and Inacom Government Systems.
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DOD net overhaul to thwart hackers
The Defense Department has started an overhaul of its global unclassified network to fight off the barrage of hacker attacks the department's systems suffer and to increase capacity to handle a huge rise in traffic to and from the Internet. The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to redesign i
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BACK TO THE FUTURE. TRW Inc., which has the megacontract for the Army's Force XXI battlefield digitization contract, has switched hardware companies to supply computers with Applique command and control software that are destined for installation in tanks, Bradley fighting vehicles and practic
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IT on the high seas
In the newly connected world, information access and information exchange become essential tools in the missions of the warfighters
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IntelliSys, GTSI start PC-3 battle
The two companies that hold Army PC3 contracts have kicked off an oldfashioned sales war, racing to open their doors for business and battling on prices. The competition between IntelliSys Technology Corp. and Government Technology Services Inc. should result in 'an excellent deal for the Army; t
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Building the infrastructure
In the eight years since Operation Desert Storm, Navy commands have operated out of temporary office trailers and shelters, but now the main Navy compound in Bahrain looks like a New York City construction site
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Air Force squadron keeps eyes on southern no-fly zone
The U.S. Air Force 9th Expeditionary Air Control Squadron operates a key node from Kuwait that enables the unit to track air traffic in the southern no-fly zone over Iraq
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Army unit provides comm support to forces in the Gulf
The 500-acre warehouse complex that serves as the U.S. Army headquarters west of Kuwait City, houses an impressive array of vehicles and equipment, including computers to outfit an entire armored brigade
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READY FOR KOSOVO. Government Technology Services Inc. has stockpiled Panasonic rugged laptop computers in case the Army asks it to provide laptops for forces deployed in Kosovo. Joel Lipkin, business development poohbah at GTSI, said, 'We've taken a stocking position in rugged computers so we coul
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U.S. tests GPS satellites for Y2K compliance
The U.S. Space Command plans to begin today testing the Year 2000 compliance of the Global Positioning System. The test will involve a single satellite and will not interfere with the daytoday operations of GPS users.
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DOD leaders mull Internet disconnect
Hammered by relentless hacker attacks against its unclassified network for years, the Defense Department may back away from using the Internet, which it invented, in favor of relying on intranet enclaves, according to a top Army official. Lt. Gen. William Campbell, Army director of information syst
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Radio shortage compromises crew safety
In the midst of doubling its air armada operating in Kosovo, the Defense Department is experiencing a 'critical shortage' of survival radios used by aircraft crews to call for help, according to internal DOD documents. This shortage, which resulted from design problems with the radio, including a s
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MONOPOLY MONEY. Acquiring wellsituated property is the theme of the Monopoly board game, and it's starting to look as if it is the key factor in the sale of Boeing Information Systems, the integrator arm of the aircraft company that hasn't distinguished itself recently in the hurlyburly battle fo
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Hackers can turn network cameras, microphones on you
Do you have a microphone or video camera connected to your computer or network? If you value your privacy, turn those devices off, a top Army computer protection official warned today.
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Iraq-bound pilots make do with old technology
ABOARD THE USS KITTY HAWK Pilots of strike aircraft aboard this aircraft carrier, which recently headed toward the Persian Gulf for air operations over Iraq, routinely rely on commercial handheld Global Positioning System receivers to help navigate their older 'Tomcat' fighters not equipped with
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DOD boosts telecom, computers in Balkans
The Defense Department has started to beef up its computer and communications assets to support tactical and humanitarian operations in and around Albania, Macedonia and Yugoslavia, with planning for even more extensive networks under way to support ground operations in Kosovo, FCW has learned. Def
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