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U.S. Marines Creating Island for Network Defense
The head information technology officer for the Marine Corps, Brig. Gen. Kevin Nally, USMC, is grappling with several projects necessary to keep critical information flowing smoothly and securely. Gen. Nally’s efforts include dramatically streamlining a sprawling information technology infrastructure, overseeing the Defense Department’s information assurance range, protecting information in the era of social networks and WikiLeaks and transitioning from the Navy-Marine Corps Intranet to the Next Generation Enterprise Network.
Marines Test Alternative Power in Afghanistan
The U.S. Marine Corps hopes a forward operating base that obtains its power from renewable energy sources will benefit the force in many ways—especially by saving lives. Eliminating the need for fuel deliveries lowers the number of convoys and exposed troops on treacherous roads in perilous places. The experimental base also could reduce the amount of equipment Marines take into theater, ensuring the Corps remains an expeditionary force. With the tools in the battlespace now, program officials are waiting to hear how the concept performs in combat.
Warfighters Delve Into Training
The U.S. Marine Corps is shifting its immersive training to reflect the massive relocation of its troops from Iraq to Afghanistan. Although the Corps continues preparing Marines for an urban battlefield, now it also is coaching them in additional tasks critical to fighting and preserving the peace in a country that is as different from Iraq as Idaho is from southern Arizona. Actors and avatars bring so much realism to the training that troops returning from operations say it is enough to make them believe they are back in Afghanistan.
ThalesRaytheon to Develop Prototype Command and Control System
ThalesRaytheonSystems Company has been awarded a $5 million contract to demonstrate a Common Aviation Command and Control System (CAC2S) prototype system for the U.S. Marine Corps.
Northrop Grumman Supports U.S. Marine Corps Radar
Northrop Grumman Corporation Electronic Systems, Linthicum Heights, Maryland, is being awarded a $38 million modification to the previously awarded cost-plus-incentive-fee contract for the extended co
Boeing Supports U.S. Marines with Unmanned Aerial Vehicles
The Boeing Company, St.
Milstead Assigned to Marine Corps Manpower & Reserve Affairs
Maj. Gen. Robert E.
CSC to Support U.S. Marine Corps Operating Forces
Computer Science Corporation, Falls Church, Virginia, is being awarded a task order valued at more than $9 million under a previously awarded contract for technical support to the operating forces, a
General Dynamics to Provide Networks to U.S. Marines
General Dynamics Information Technology, Needham, Massachusetts, is being awarded a $9 million task order MU30 under the U.S.