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Hollywood, Army join forces for war games
To train the next generation of elite warfighters, the Army has enlisted a few good video games.
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Bringing IT to battle
The Institute for Creative Technologies (ICT) is a collaborative effort among the Army, the University of Southern California and the entertainment industry to develop realistic simulation and virtual reality tools
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Tell me a story
It is only natural, in James Skurka's view, that the military should turn to the entertainment industry for help because simulation is really about the art of storytelling and making that story real and emotionally compelling.
Digital Government
Intercepts
The $3 billion WINT, the Army's biggest communications effort, might be restructured
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DOD to use GSA digital certificates
The Defense Department intends by the end of this year to use the General Services Administration's governmentwide digital certificates to authenticate electronic transactions with many of its contractors and outside partners.
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'Placeholder' requests
Pentagon officials refer to the fiscal 2002 budget as a placeholder until they finish the Quadrennial Defense Review
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IT high on Pentagon shopping list
Top adviser says IT appears to be as high on DOD's list as jet fighters and combat helicopters
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New DARPA chief selected
Sequoia Group CEO Anthony Tether will head the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency
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MilMod goes live
The Air Force has launched its new personnel data system and has transferred millions of personnel records into a central database.
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Air Force works around glitch
Trainees' pay information entered manually into MilMod as workers race to repair new system
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Military tool keeps track of global flight rules
New global air traffic regulations may pose problems for the U.S. military
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Intercepts
Captain Electron Army Maj. Gen. Dean Cash, director of the joint experimentation directorate at Joint Forces Command, foresees an intelligent use for the electronic smart guys known as intelligent software agents ? reading newspapers and magazines to gather and analyze open-source intelligence.
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NSA acquisition reforms
Other acquisition reform measures established at the National Security Agency since August 2000 include:
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Air Force fires up MilMod
Service launches new personnel data system, transferring millions of records into a central database
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