Lawmakers gird for renewed deepwater funding battle

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The US Coast Guard's $24 billion Deepwater modernization program that looks to replacing the aging cutter fleet and aircraft with equipment that is technology more advanced was stalled in the US House and Senate due to differing interpretations of the fiscal 2006 Homeland Security Appropriations Act. A more likely reason for the sparring could be that the House hopes to get certain concessions from the Senate in exchange for its support for the project.

Legal issues & crime, Strategy & planning, Government regulation (cont), Government regulation, Legal/Government Regulation, Civil Defense, Planning, Laws, regulations and rules, Defense programs, United States. Coast Guard, Company business planning, Civil defence, Defence programs

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Means of control: The Navy and Army are developing common ways to manage control of unmanned vehicles and systems of many types

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The Navy and Army are exploring new common command and control architecture for unmanned vehicles and systems of many types to improve battlefield management. A Navy-Army project, the Joint Unmanned Systems Common Control concept (JUSC2), develops a common command and control architecture for all unmanned systems to improve the surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities of each service and foster joint tactical operations.

Product development, Dept of the Army, United States. Army, Drone aircraft, Unmanned aerial vehicles, Surveillance equipment

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Many talents

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The Navy is custom-tailoring crew training for the Littoral Combat Ship (LCS) as a result 40 members will handle the variety of jobs done by hundreds of sailors on larger surface combatants. The Navy has a focused on a new approach of self-paced training through computer and distance learning but is yet to determine what happens if an LCS loses one sailor and the several functions that he performed.

Personnel administration, Usage, Human resource management, Company personnel management, Ships, Technical education

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