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Entries for October, 2009

Which defense programs win and lose from the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010?

Remarks by the President at the Signing of the National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal Year 2010:
“And already I’ve put an end to unnecessary no-bid contracts. I signed bipartisan legislation to reform defense procurement so weapons systems don’t spin out of control. And even as we made critical investments in the equipment and [...]

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Stable Growth Expected in Military Market for High Performance Computing (HPC)

High performance computers are used in many military situations including weapons design, testing, battlefield modeling, and Command, Control, Communications, Computers, Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance activities (C4ISR). Many experts believe that it is possible to design nuclear weapons with current commercially available computers. Indeed, the first atomic weapons were designed with slide rules. Nonetheless, it is [...]

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DoD Embraces Cloud Computing

Worldwide Defense High Performance Computing (HPC) Market Forecast 2010-2015

U.S. Federal Cloud Computing Market Forecast 2010 – 2015

The Defense Information Service Agency (DISA) released the next version of its Rapid Access Computing Environment (RACE). Initially launched in October 2008, RACE initially featured the rapid delivery of Test & Development environments. Latest release [...]

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DoD Runs Network of High Performance Computing (HPC) Centers

Worldwide Defense High Performance Computing (HPC) Market Forecast 2010-2015 provides worldwide defense HPC market forecast for the period 2010-2015

The High Performance Computing Modernization Program (HPCMP) has been established by DoD to provide HPC services that enable the DoD R&D centers to enhance warfighting capability of US troops. The HPCMP manages a group of subcontractors from [...]

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U.S. Military Unmanned Aerial Vehicles (UAV) Market Forecast 2010-2015