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Al Qaida in Iraq has claimed responsibility for last week\'s car bomb attack on an Iraqi army unit that killed at least eight soldiers The bomb targeted an army headquarters in the northern area of Diyala province. 30 others were wounded when it exploded last Monday. Security forces stopped a second attack and defused a car bomb parked at the scene. The attacks in Iraq are a daily occurrence as insurgence continue to attack Iraqi forces knowing that U.S. troops are leaving Iraq totally at the end of this year.
March 21, 2011 -
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It doesn\'t necessarily take a disaster or cyber attack to knock out a terrestrial communications network—a simple construction error or backhoe cut can do it. A diverse-path, satellite backup solution to a primary landline network is essential to ensure Continuity-of-Operations, or COOP, to keep defense networks running, no matter the situation. National Programs must have a COOP back-up for broadband connections with inherent security functions to protect voice, video, and data transmissions. Hughes defense solutions meet U.S. TRANSEC and FIPS 140-2 Security Level 2 standards for secure, global connectivity wherever your mission may take you. Hughes has the technologies and experience to deliver the right COOP solutions on time and on budget.
March 21, 2011 -
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The U.S. military is increasingly deploying airborne video surveillance applications to aid in a variety of operations, such as natural disaster assessment, homeland defense and protection, as well as military intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions. Only satellite networks can provide unconstrained coverage over land and water, enabling critical information to be shared in real-time with command and control locations. Whether your mission is to secure our country\'s borders, operate UAV networks, or provide situational awareness beyond-the-line-of-sight, Hughes has the scalable airborne solution to meet your requirements, anywhere in the world. Hughes commercial Airborne Broadband Solutions are interoperable, can work seamlessly within your current operational network, and fit into your tightly constrained budget. Hughes solutions are ideal for both fixed wing and rotary aircraft.
March 21, 2011 -
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Only satellite can support real-time communications everywhere in the field - whether in the air, on the ground, or at sea. Hughes provides advanced communications-on-the-move solutions with global coverage. Their solutions meet U.S. government security requirements, including FIPS and TRANSEC, and operate on multiple bands and waveforms. Hughes products comply with open, commercial standards enabling easy integration with existing systems. Their team of highly-skilled and cleared engineers stands ready to work with you to meet your mission requirements.
March 21, 2011 -
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March 23rd, 2011 at 11 AM Criminal enterprises operating globally - so-called \"Transnational Criminal Organizations\" -- have spent years refining their approaches to all types of illicit trafficking including narcotics, weapons, illicitly gained and laundered money, and even modern day slavery. In many ways, these organizations can be considered multi-national corporations, given their size, reach, and sophistication. Indeed, their production and logistics operations rival best practices in the commercial sector, with highly resilient supply chains driven by the need to minimize the risk of seizure. TCOs often directly and indirectly enable, support, and facilitate insurgencies and terrorism; undermine state stability, security, and sovereignty; and corrupt legitimate global financial and trade networks. The stakes are high. U.S. Law Enforcement, Homeland Security, and the Department of Defense (DoD) find themselves at the front lines of this global security issue. As criminal organizations adapt to traditional interdiction methodologies, stakeholders across government are coming together to stem the tide, looking at what new technologies and whole of government approaches can be brought to bear to address this complex threat.
March 21, 2011 -
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The international military intervention in Libya is likely to last \"awhile,\" a top French official said Monday, echoing Moammar Gadhafi\'s warning of a long war ahead as rebels said they were fighting to reclaim a city under the Libyan leader\'s control. We get an update from the AP\'s Sagar Meghani.
March 21, 2011 -
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The bullet that killed President Lincoln is one of many cool items on the move at the National Museum of Health and Medicine. NMHM\'s Tim Clarke gives us an update.
March 21, 2011 -
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Cyber Command gave no reason for the turnabout in policy.
March 21, 2011 -
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Despite a 2006 mandate to secure mobile devices and implement two-factor authentication, only just over half of federal agencies have managed to do so. OMB submits its annual FISMA report to Congress detailing the steps the government has taken to improve cybersecurity, including spending $12 billion on cybersecurity last year.
March 21, 2011 -
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Susan Lawrence, the Army\'s newly-appointed Chief Information Officer members of the IT and communications industry that the service is focused on creating an end-to-end IT infrastructure, eliminating structures that required soldiers to train and live on one network, and deploy on another.
March 21, 2011 -
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We get details from the Defense Intelligence Acquisition Conference from DIA\'s Mark Bogart.
March 18, 2011 -
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The suicide rate for female soldiers triples when they go to war, according to data from an Army study.
March 18, 2011 -
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Shay Assad, director of the office of Defense Procurement and Acquisition Policy, told industry professionals Thursday that DoD would provide them with a clearer picture of what the Pentagon wants when it issues solicitations to industry. Past acquisition processes, he said, had forced vendors to guess what factors DoD thought were truly important.
March 18, 2011 -
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Retired Air Force Colonel Chet Richards says DoD has missed the mark in several of its big decisions during recent years. He says defense leaders are making choices that leave people scratching their heads.
March 17, 2011
