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Army Issues Draft Plans For DoD ABIS Sustainment And Modernization

By Cal Biesecker

Thursday, December 17th, 2015

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Army Issues Draft Plans For DoD ABIS Sustainment And Modernization

U.S. Army Soldier capturing facial photos with a Handheld Interagency Identification Equpment device at checkpoint in Afghanistan.

Moving closer to a procurement to sustain and modernize the Defense Department’s authoritative biometrics repository, the Army this month released draft performance work requirements for its Automated Biometric Identification System (ABIS).The Army Contracting Command, on behalf of the Project Manager DoD Biometrics, will host an Industry Day on Friday at Fort Dix, N.J., to discuss the procurement of the DoD ABIS Sustainment Services and Service Life Extension.Northrop Grumman [NOC] is the current prime contractor supporting DoD ABIS and the various…

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Army Relooking At Its ‘Whole Aviation Transformation’ Plan, Acting Chief Tells Lawmakers

The Army is relooking at its “whole aviation transformation initiative,” the service’s acting chief of staff told lawmakers on Tuesday, to include its approach for future procurement of “enduring” platforms. […]

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Lawmakers Request DoD Briefing On Army’s Planned Cuts To Aviation Procurement

A bipartisan group of House lawmakers has sent a letter asking the Pentagon for a briefing on the potential industrial base impacts as a result of the Army’s planned cuts […]

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CENTCOM Looking To Lessons Learned From Use Of LUCAS Drones

U.S Central Command (CENTCOM) is looking to lessons learned from its use of Low-cost Unmanned Combat Attack System (LUCAS) drones by Phoenix-based SpektreWorks, according to CENTCOM head Adm. Brad Cooper. […]

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Hegseth Says DoD Open To Reviewing Army’s Planned Cuts To Legacy Helicopter Procurement

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has told lawmakers the Pentagon is open to reviewing the Army’s planned procurement cuts to its legacy manned aviation fleet. Rep. Rosa DeLauro (D-Conn.), ranking member […]