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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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Avoiding the limelight

DOD's Myers works behind the scenes to make things happen

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War games

Soldier training tool can be played on the Web or in the field

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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.

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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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New cash for old problems

DOD seeks $100M to fix finance systems

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Aging aircraft get IT upgrades

Boeing awarded multibillion-dollar contracts

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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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War plans go virtual

DOD Online may transform joint command and control

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NSA's Mr. Fix-it

Procurement chief revamps a broken process

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Air Force fires up MilMod

Service launches new personnel data system, transferring millions of records into a central database