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Four to assist Joint Forces with experimentation work

The Joint Forces Command has awarded two multiple-award contracts with a combined ceiling of more than $1 billion to four prime contractors.

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Navy receives modeling, simulation software

EDSA Micro Corp. will supply the Naval Warfare Surface Center with modeling and simulation software under a new contract.

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Bid made on phase two of Army missile defense project

Northrop Grumman submitted a bid this month for the second round of a competition to serve as the prime contractor for an integrated Army air and missile defense system.

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Two up for top information warfare posts

The Obama administration has nominated Maj. Gen. Dennis L. Via to head up Army C4 Systems and Gen. William T. Lord to serve as chief of warfighting integration for the Air Force.

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DOD to receive support for communications systems

Computer Sciences Corp. will furnish systems engineering and program support services to the Army project manager responsible for maintaining communications transmission systems under a contract potentially worth $226 million over three years.

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Air Force lines up B-2 training support

An L-3 Communications division will continue supporting the Air Force’s B-2 training program under a one-year, $22.8 million contract.

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Contractor team to pursue CANES

Lockheed Martin Corp. is partnering with four information technology companies to pursue the Navy’s Consolidated Afloat Networks and Enterprise Services contracting opportunity.

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Air Force gets assistance with space ops

Northrop Grumman Information Technology will support Air Force space control capabilities under a new contract.

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Naval Research Lab to develop simulation tech

ITT Corp. will help the Naval Research Laboratory develop simulation technologies under a new contract.

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DARPA continues with Phase 3 of ISIS

Lockheed Martin won the prime contract from the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency to design, build and flight test a model of a high-altitude, autonomous airship featuring advanced radar for theaterwide surveillance and tracking.

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Defense Threat Reducation Agency issues RFI

The Defense Threat Reduction Agency wants pre-solicitation information from contractors interested in providing systems engineering and integration services to enhance the agency's counter-proliferation capabilities directed at weapons of mass destruction.

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649th Aeronautical Systems Squadron to move to Aberdeen

Battelle Memorial Institute has won a three-year, $32 million contract to assist an Air Force squadron that is relocating to Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., as part of the continuing consolidation of U.S. military bases.

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Army picks three to develop GSE prototypes

General Dynamics C4 Systems, Raytheon Co. and Rockwell Collins will each provide 10 prototypes for the program.

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Army orders more vehicle training systems

Lockheed Martin Corp. will provide 10 close combat tactical trainers to the Army under a new contract.

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Artillery center gets training, development report

Boeing Co. has delivered a final report to the Army designed to help the service establish clear procedures for institutional training and doctrinal development at its new consolidated artillery center.

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High-definition video recorders chosen for ISR aircraft

Ampex Data Systems Corp. will provide the high-definition video data recorder systems that will be used in Project Liberty reconnaissance aircraft.

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Army Pacific awards information assurance deal

The Army has awarded a contract to a General Dynamics unit to deliver information assurance support for its Pacific region installations.

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Army completes WIN-T user test

The Army recently completed a limited user test of Increment 2 of its next-generation broadband communications network.

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Air Force receives B-2 training support

L-3 Communications Corp. has won an Air Force contract to assist with aircrew training for the B-2 stealth aircraft.

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Army gets support for intell system

CACI International Inc. will supply the Army with program management support for an intelligence system used to direct ground combat under a new contract.