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OUT OF THE BOTTLE. The Pentagon probably won't meet the oneyear deadline set by CINCPACFLT Adm. Archie Clemins to develop a worldwide intranet. But Defense Department deputy CIO Marv Langston is paying attention. He recently set up a senior steering group to 'look at the policies and procedures fo
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Coast Guard raises Y2K warning flag
SAN DIEGO Year 2000 datecode problems in oil tankers could lead to an oil spill in a U.S. port or slow the flow of imported oil to U.S. communities, some of which have 'only a three or fourday supply of oil,'' the Coast Guard's chief information officer said last week. Speaking here at the Nav
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Music to his ears
The Air Force's "Sugar Ray" Adames plays his way across the Pacific for DISA's command/control systems
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Telos nabs $380M Army network pact
Telos Corp. won the Army's $380 million next-generation network infrastructure contract, retaining its position as the service's major local-area network provider until 2003.
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Federal Macintosh aficionados have another reason to stay loyal to the Apple Computer Inc. desktop platform: a new operating system. With Mac OS 8.5, which was released last month, Apple is offering speedier performance as well as improved file searching and broader network support.
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EDS gets $40M order
Electronic Data Systems Corp. maintained its position as the lead shipboard integrator for the Navy's program to harness the power of commercial networks and computers with a $40 million delivery order to supply 20 or more ships in two carrier battle groups and two amphibious ready groups. The Spac
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Clemins calls for DODwide intranet
Adm. Archie Clemins, commander of the Pacific Fleet and the driving force behind the program that will allow the Navy to fight future battles using commercial networks and computers, this month called for a grander plan to build a worldwide intranet to link the three military services. Clemins said
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IT21 IN THE GULF. Last week, less than two years after Adm. Archie Clemins unveiled the commercially based Information Technology for the 21st Century as the smarter, faster way to equip Navy ships with advanced communications and computer systems, the USS Enterprise battle group steamed into the
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Navy, Lotus reach agreement
The Navy has reached an agreement with Lotus Development Corp. to purchase up to 500,000 seats of its entire suite of groupware as part of the Navy plan to build a massive, worldwide intranet that would support everything from electronic commerce to battlefield communications. The Navy has agreed t
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Airlines' efficiency set to soar
HONOLULU Airlines next month will be able to reduce flight time and save fuel on flights across the Pacific Ocean by using satellitebased data communications to file new flight plans electronically while en route. The Federal Aviation Administration has tested the procedure, known as Dynamic Air
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DOD weighs future comm strategy
BEDFORD, Mass. With data communications requirements expected to jump exponentially by 2010, the Pentagon may opt to develop a new global satellite system to replace its aging constellation, even though industry vendors say they are prepared to meet its requirements. Speaking at the annual Milita
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Air Force signs volume software deal
Buying in volume pays off, according to the Air Force Standard Systems Group, which expects to save as much as $32 million over the life of a threeyear, Air Forcewide contract for Microsoft Corp. software. Under the contract, which was awarded to Lockheed Martin Federal Systems Division last week
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Comm in combat
As part of an ongoing battle exercise this week off the coast of South Korea, the Navy is demonstrating for the first time its ability to use information technology to coordinate missile attacks and other battle activity with other services. The Navy's Fleet Battle ExperimentDelta (FBED) builds o
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HOPPING OFF. My Down Under mobile unit has picked up reports that Telstra, the Australian longhaul communications company, has abandoned plans to bid as a prime on the Defense Information Systems Agency's $4 billion Defense Information Systems Network Transmission ServicesPacific contract. I'm pe
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Being all he can be
The activeduty career of Brig. Gen. James Bryan, director for command, control and communications systems for the Pacific Command, definitely lives up to promises of the Army's ''Be all that you can be'' recruiting campaign a campaign he helped create. In the 1980s Bryan had a tour with the Army
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EDS and Lucent pitch VTC products to Army
Electronic Data Systems Corp. and Lucent Technologies plan to offer similar suites of products on the $75 million Army Video Teleconferencing1 contracts awarded last month, but they have developed marketing plans and solutions that will allow them to differentiate their offerings. EDS, which holds
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Army readies PC pacts
The Army continues to push for the latest PC technology at the best prices, with slightly more than $800 million worth of contracts for advanced PCbased servers, desktops and notebook computers up for grabs between now and January. The Army CommunicationsElectronics Command's (Cecom) Systems Mana
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Double take: CIA Web sites revisit old battles
In the fastpaced World Wide Web environment of streaming video, push technology and Java animation, the Web site of the CIA (www.odci.gov) does little to attract the attention of the casual surfer with its plain graphics and textheavy offerings. But if you're looking for additional insights into
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