Battle lab links far-flung analysts via video
DIA's crown jewel is the DOD Intelligence Community Battle Lab.
DIA gets ahead of the game
Analysts at the Defense Intelligence Agency knew before the rest of the world that Mahmoud Abbas would be elected as the president of the Palestinian Authority after Yasser Arafat's death in November.
Air Force seeks new networking capabilities
The Air Force Research Laboratory wants to build a modular data network that can integrate everything from tactical unmanned aerial vehicles to ground forces.
Defense doles out spare systems
The Defense Finance and Accounting Service has donated surplus desktop and laptop computers to Marines stationed at home and overseas.
DARPA issues a call for tech-savvy research proposals
Defense's research arm is looking for vendors to help with research and development of smart IT for the battlefield and warfighter.
Defense inks deal to upgrade Medical Health System
DOD has awarded an $11 million contract to revamp the Military Health System, a comprehensive health information network used by Defense medical officials around the globe.
Army network will add bandwidth in Iraq
The Army recently fielded the Coalition Military Network, a new IP-based, satellite communications system, to support forces in Baghdad.
Global grid, defying skeptics, will gain 70 sites
The Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion program could reach full operation this year.
DISA will test shared apps
The overlapping roads to military network-centricity are about to finally get a needed intersection.
DOD group digs into geospatial data issues
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants to standardize and improve the sharing of geospatial information across Defense Department, intelligence and homeland security agencies.
Java code can integrate apps with CAC
The Army will improve the security and utility of its Common Access Cards this month when it releases an open-standards-based Java Applet interface for the smart cards.
Army will model systems migration on effort by U.S. Forces Korea
Many Army commands have struggled to update their desktop computers with the latest Microsoft Windows products.
Former DOD bigwigs to advise IT services vendor
David Borland, former deputy CIO for the Army, and Edward A. Hart, former deputy director of information security for the National Security Agency, have joined a new advisory board at Data Systems Analysts.
Navy hires ManTech to help with C2 training
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center has awarded a $76 million training contract to ManTech International Corp.
NAVSEA awards IT support contract
The Naval Sea Systems Command has awarded a $69 million contract to Anteon International Corp. of Fairfax, Va., for IT support.
New DOD group will focus on geospatial data standards
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency has created the Geospatial Intelligence Standards Technical Working Group as a forum for exchanging ideas and developing data-sharing standards.
Defense looking for advanced teleconferencing
DOD is looking for ideas on how to use global videoconferencing technologies to enhance command and control.
Lockheed Martin to build advanced Navy ship
The Navy awarded a $188.2 million contract to Lockheed Martin Corp. to build ships that will use advanced information systems.
NSA to take lead on Defense info assurance
DOD has asked the National Security Agency to take the lead for information assurance initiatives across the department, but that doesn't mean NSA will build everything or own all of the IA dollars.
DISA drafts solicitation for $10b buying vehicle
The Defense Information Systems Agency has issued a draft RFP for a sweeping IT buying vehicle that will help DISA convert legacy systems to the Network Centric Enterprise Services program.
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