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Dan Parsons
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ArmyBattelle Expands SOCOM Work With $170 Million Deal For Armored Pickups
Battelle has won a $170 million contract to build armored pickup trucks for U.S. Special Operations Command. The company already holds a contract for SOCOM’s non-standard commercial vehicles (NSCV), trucks […]
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Air ForcePower To Turkish Air Base Cut, U.S. Air Operations On Backup Generators, In Wake Of Failed Coup
Incirlik Air Base in Turkey, from which a portion of U.S. air strikes against Islamic State militants (ISIL) in Iraq and Syria are launched, is without power following the coup […]
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ArmyLockheed Enters Patriot Radar Replacement Fray
Lockheed Martin [LMT] on Friday tossed its hat into the still-unofficial program to develop an upgrade to Patriot missile defense radars. The Army on July 6 issued a request for […]
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ArmyArmy’s Acquisition Force Chief: Communication, Computer Technologies Require Open Architecture
Lt. Gen. Michael Williamson, the Army’s senior uniformed weapons buyer and chief of its acquisition force on Thursday made a clear, concise case for the implementation of open architectures in […]
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ArmyArmy To Award First Cloud Computing Contract In September
The Army plans to award a contract in September to a commercial computing company that will consolidate 11 of its physical data centers into a single data-storage cloud. Under a […]
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ArmyAll New Army Equipment Soon Must Meet Baseline Open Architecture Standards
The Army is requiring modular, open systems architectures for any new gear with computing or communications components to enhance interoperability and ensure its ability to upgrade equipment as technologies emerge. […]
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ArmyArmy’s Modernization Journey Begins With Dumping Old Platforms
Before the Army can modernize its vehicles and equipment, it has to identify legacy gear and then free up money by unceremoniously getting rid of what it no longer needs, […]
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ArmyAdditional 560 U.S. Troops Will Expand Airfield Operations In Iraq
An additional 560 U.S. troops will be sent to Iraq where they will establish airfield operations in support of Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State militants. Secretary of Defense Ash Carter […]