DOD aims for a seamless flow of information
The new killer weapon of the future will not be a bomb, ship or plane. It will be information, according to Army Lt. Gen. Joseph K. Kellogg Jr., who was the luncheon speaker at yesterday's 2002 Military Communications Conference in Anaheim, Calif.
Defense CIO sets wireless policy for Pentagon
After months of work, the Defense Department CIO last week issued a policy restricting use of wireless devices at the Pentagon.
Spectrum office aids in wireless deal
Over the last two years, the Defense Spectrum Office has faced a tough fight for a crucial piece of turf: the radio frequency over which the Defense Department transmits signals for many of its missions.
DOD picks five contractors for pay, personnel systems
More than 3 million military personnel came a step closer to having a unified personnel and pay system last month when the Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command awarded five contracts to begin development plans for the Defense Integrated Military Human Resources System.
Army works to meld battlefield IT apps
More than a dozen Army IT systems that handle a variety of functions are being managed as one system under the broad Army Battle Command Systems program.
DOD limits wireless use, will study vulnerabilities further
The Defense Department CIO last week issued a policy imposing restrictions on the use of wireless devices at the Pentagon.
Army biomedical center prepares new servers for cancer research
The Advanced Biomedical Computing Center at the Army's Fort Detrick in Frederick, Md., has purchased four SGI servers and a storage system to support the work of its biomedical researchers.
SPAWAR awards two narrowband contracts
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command in San Diego has awarded two $40 million contracts to Lockheed Martin Corp. and Raytheon Co. to advance its next-generation narrowband satellite communications system.
DOD sifts 600 antiterrorism proposals to nine
In the days after Sept. 11, the Defense Department began a search for new technologies that it could field quickly for the war against terrorism.
GAO upholds Navy contract decision
The General Accounting Office has upheld a Navy decision to hire Northrop Grumman Corp. to design the $2.9 billion DD(X) networked warships program.
Navy, EDS re-evaluate service-level contracts
Navy-Marine Corps Intranet officials are making changes to service-level agreements to improve the way they measure contractor Electronic Data Systems Corp.'s performance.
DOD kicks off departmentwide personnel systems project
The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Command has awarded five contracts to develop plans for a payroll and personnel system for the military's active and reserve units. It will replace roughly 88 personnel and pay systems and could cost up to $1 billion.
DOD office RIFs HR paper chores
When an employee in the Office of the Secretary of Defense gets an annual performance review, administrators spend a lot of time collecting documents needed to analyze the employee's work.
Navy awards contract for 4-D imaging system
The Office of Naval Research this month hired Orincon Corp. International as system architect and integrator for the Navy's Theater Undersea Warfare program.
New Pentagon offices get Gig-E
Most of the workers displaced by the terrorist attack at the Pentagon a year ago have moved back into new offices with a more sophisticated IT infrastructure than they had before.
Army is nearly ready to unify its network operations
The Army is only weeks away from bringing together all its network operations under a single command, the service's CIO, Lt. Gen. Peter Cuviello, said today at the Homeland Security and National Defense Symposium in Atlantic City, N.J.
Defense data expert: Follow amazon.com's data sharing lead
Sharing information effectively requires more than interoperable systems; it requires gleaning knowledge from the data, Marine Brig. Gen. Mike Ennis said.
Supercomputing helped save lives in Pentagon attack
More people would have lost their lives in the Pentagon if part of the building hadn't been recently renovated with reinforced steel beams and blast-resistant windows, according to an Army official.
Better communications could have saved lives, homeland official says
The lack of an interoperable communications system for first responders could have led to the deaths of several hundred firefighters trying to save lives on Sept. 11, an Office of Homeland Security executive said today at the Homeland Security and National Defense Symposium in Atlantic City, N.J.
App speeds turnaround time for Army's security clearance process
The Army Central Clearance Facility has automated the service's security clearance process.
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