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EU to launch homegrown satellite navigation system
The European Union plans to go ahead with development of its own $2.4 billion to $3.2 billion global navigation satellite system (GNSS), partly out of concern about having to rely on the existing Pentagonmanaged Global Positioning System.
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INFODOCTRINE DEFENSE. Don't worry about those 80 to 100 cyberattacks that DOD 'routinely' experiences in a day: 'We've got the doctrine for it.' That's the curious message delivered last week by an Armed Forces News Service article on the Office of the Assistant Secretary of Defense for Public Aff
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U.S., Russia form Y2K nuke center
The Pentagon has reached an agreement to set up a joint warning center with Russia to help avoid an accidental launch of nuclear weapons that could result from system malfunctions caused by Year 2000related computer problems. The Defense Department intends to provide Russians working in that facil
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ASD/C3I MAIL CLERKS? Art Money, the longterm senior civilian official acting as ASD/C3I, pleaded with Rep. Stephen Horn (RCalif.) to think twice before he issues any more Year 2000 report cards to the Pentagon. Money told Horn, who has spearheaded House probes into the Year 2000 bug, that the hig
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GTSI, Intellisys win $300 million Army pact
Government Technology Services Inc. and Intellisys Technology Corp. won the battle for the Army's $300 million Personal Computer3 (PC3) contract by offering highend desktop machines from HewlettPackard Corp. and Compaq Computer Corp. Steve Baldwin, president of Intellisys a Fairfax, Va.based
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Navy charts own network course
The Navy took another step toward running its own networks last week with the release of a draft planning document that said the service may acquire longhaul telecommunications on a competitive basis rather than sticking with Defense Departmentwide networks operated by the Defense Information Syst
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Pentagon details U.S./Russian Y2K center to avoid nuclear exchange
The United States has reached an agreement with Russia to set up a center to ensure that neither nation launches a nuclear attack erroneously if computers controlling the two nations' nuclear weapons malfunction because of Year 2000 date code problems.
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U.S. Navy brings British ship into VTC network in Persian Gulf
Federal officials plan to expand the team of experts reviewing agencies' plans to protect their critical computer systems as ordered by President Clinton last year..
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KUWAIT VIDEO VALENTINES AND BDA. The 'Third Herd,' homebased at Tinker AFB, Okla., has perfected the MPEG video email greeting card, enabling its personnel to send home to friends and family 20 to 30second video clips of themselves, according to Maj. Amando Gavino, the unit's commander. Staff
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Web bridges Gulf for families, troops
BAHRAIN Whatever role the World Wide Web may play in the battlefield of the future, U.S. forces in the Persian Gulf have turned the Web into a powerful tool for communicating with family and friends and getting a taste of home. Military personnel have found that the Web is an ideal medium for kee
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U.S. squadron in Mideast uses commercial GPS to enhance navigation
Technicians with the Maryland Air National Guard Fighter Squadron here came up with a novel solution to provide pilots of the unit's aging A10 ground support aircraft with satellite navigational systems.
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Marine unit sets up friendly Web base
The more than 1,000 men and women of the 31st Marine Expeditionary Unit embarked on this amphibious ship operating in the Persian Gulf have turned their home page on the World Wide Web (www.usmc.mil/31meu) into a powerful family communication tool.
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At Bahrain's Internet Cafe, U.S. news is just a click away
Hungry for news from home after spending time at sea, Petty Officer 2nd Class Jason Lindsey pages through the Dallas Morning News at the Navy Central Command headquarters compound here..
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While in the Gulf, Navy builds PCs on board
ABOARD THE USS CARL VINSON, Persian Gulf Far below the flight deck of this 100,000ton aircraft carrier plowing through the Persian Gulf, Petty Officer Sandy Kearns runs a desktop computer factory, building highpowered 300 MHz PCs from scratch.
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Navy forecasters bring local perspective to Persian Gulf
The Navy weather forecasters supporting U.S. flight operations over Iraq have discovered it really helps to have a highpowered, quadprocessor computer to tell them quickly which way the wind blows.
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BIG FISH, SMALL POND. Kevin Carroll, former Army CACW[OO] chief and now an acquisition poohbah at the Army Materiel Command, has decided to leave his AMC HQ post for a new job as program executive officer for Standard Army Management Information Systems. His departure is imminent, according to re
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DOD maintains stake in key IT programs
Marking its first increase in spending since the end of the Cold War, the Defense Department made a concerted effort in its fiscal 2000 budget proposal to strike a balance between immediate personnel and readiness concerns and the need for investment in future information technologies.
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MCI rings up $1B+ telecom pact
MCI WorldCom has captured a potential billiondollarplus contract to supply telecommunications products and services to U.S. troops worldwide, according to a source familiar with the program. Under the Army and Air Force Exchange Service (AAFES) Pay Phone program, MCI will provide pay phones, call
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Navy officer in Gulf communicates with family via the Web
Advanced information technology not only gives sailors on the USS Belleau Wood a hightech advantage in one of the world's hot spots, it also offers a lowcost medium to keep in touch with family in the United States.
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