Army, MIT collaborate on military nanotechnology
The Army and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have opened the Institute for Soldier Nanotechnologies.<br>
Company to accept bids for GIG-BE support
Science Applications International Corp. has issued a solicitation for hardware and software products to support the Global Information Grid-Bandwidth Expansion program.<br>
BLII starts installation work overseas
So much attention is paid to the $8.82 billion Navy'Marine Corps Intranet's missed deadlines, escalating costs and problem-plagued rollouts at some Navy installations, that the much smaller Base Level Information Infrastructure contract has moved through development almost unnoticed.
DOD needs written policy to fund software projects
The Defense Department's inspector general has ruled that DOD needs a written policy to avoid confusion over which software projects the High Performance Computing Modernization Office selects for funding.
DISA adds threat intelligence tools to its cybersecurity toolkit
The Defense Information Systems Agency has added two software tools to its cybersecurity arsenal that will give it early warnings about potential attacks and recommend ways to respond.<br>
DOD proposes systems security amendment to DFARS
The Defense Department plans to remind its acquisition workers that they must adhere to two new policies for securing systems and networks.<br>
It's official: Boutelle set to take Army CIO post
The Senate has confirmed Lt. Gen. Steven W. Boutelle to become the Army's next CIO.<br>
Defense authorization bills head to conference committee
The House and Senate each approved fiscal 2004 authorization bills yesterday that call for $400.5 billion in funding for the Defense Department and national security programs of the Energy Department.<br>
For Army, Future starts now
The Army this month entered the development and demonstration phase of its $14.9 billion Future Combat Systems program, a project to link advanced warfighting vehicles and sensors on a network. The service also took the lead on a major initiative to develop interoperability among the military branches.
Navy tracks patients with radio wristbands
The Navy is using radio frequency ID tags to track hundreds of wounded soldiers and airmen, prisoners of war and refugees in Iraq as they receive treatment at the Fleet Hospital Pensacola, a Florida mobile medical facility.<br>
Congress mulls boosting Bush's Defense spending request
The House late last week was considering a fiscal 2004 authorization bill that recommends $400.5 billion in funding for the Defense Department and the national security programs of the Energy Department.
FGIPC honors two Defense programs
Two Defense Department medical programs have received 2003 Intergovernmental Solutions Awards from the Federation of Government Information Processing Councils. <br>
Excellence pays off for DOD contracting officers
Two Defense contracting officers are the 2003 winners of $5,000 acquisition excellence awards.<br>
Army network center moves east
A unit of the recently created Army Network Enterprise Technology Command is moving from Fort Huachuca, Ariz., to Fort Belvoir, Va.<br>
Network-centric operations score big in Iraq, DOD's Frankel says
Network-centric military operations have moved from the concept stage into reality, a Defense Department executive said recently.
Intelligence analysts strive to share data
The volume of foreign intelligence information the CIA collects each day in Iraq and other hot spots around the globe pits the agency against a mountain of data.
Army takes the lead on Blue Force Tracking system
The Army is service lead for Joint Blue Force Situational Awareness and was directed to devise a system investment plan and method to build a combined architecture that meets the requirements of Joint Forces Command's operational architecture for Blue Force Tracking. <br>
Army settles on Boeing for Future Combat Systems
On Sunday, the Army officially entered the $14.92 billion development and demonstration phase of its Future Combat Systems program.<br>
White House sets new policy on remote-sensing systems
The White House has released a national policy governing the licensing and operation of remote-sensing space systems that are used to collect imagery and geospatial data.<br>
Apps don't avert friendly fire errors
Despite the use of upgraded troop-tracking software, protecting warfighters from friendly fire incidents has been a problem for the forces deployed to Iraq, a senior Marine Corps official says.
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