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The U.S. Navy must re-invent, re-set and re-design to meet its mission challenges in the face of anticipated defense budget cuts, said panelists presenting "straight talk from warfare commanders." This re-engineering must include new technologies to improve system efficiencies; increased training and simulation; and improved acquisition processes.

Many forward deployed ships in the U.S. Navy are becoming independent command and control (C2) nodes as they adapt for more complex missions, according to the commander of the Third Fleet. Vice Adm. Samuel J. Locklear III, USN, told a luncheon audience that C4I is the key enabler for the fleet.

Most service personnel are motivated by a sense of duty to their country, but their services must continue to focus on quality of life-personal as well as professional. These points were driven home in a panel focusing on what it takes to keep people in uniform.

Northrop Grumman Corporation has been awarded a $16 million contract from the U.S.

Raytheon Company has received a $246 million Foreign Military Sales contract for Patriot system spares for the United Arab Emir

Dynamics Research Corporation (DRC) has been awarded a $3.3 million contract from t

Alion Science and Technology has won a task order valued at nearly $3 million to perform technical task

Science Applications International Corporation (SAIC) has been awarded an Energy Savings Performance Contract by the U.S.

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Much remains to be done even though the U.S. Navy has reconstituted its fleet response plan to suit a new era in which is must do more in less time, said Adm. Jonathan W. Greenert, USN, commander of the U.S. Fleet Forces Command.