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Video Update 6-13-17: Textron, DOD move intel gathering to cloud

Textron Systems has unveiled a new web-based software designed to streamline and organize intel.

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Air Force F-15 gets new super high-speed computer

The Advanced Display Core Processor computes 87 billion instructions per second.

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milCloud 2.0 upgraded with commercial cloud infrastructure

Almost half a billion dollars allotted for commercial cloud infrastructure within DISA milCloud.

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Lockheed enterprise computer connects older aircraft with F-35s

New tech allows aircraft using different data links to communicate.

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Army Battlefield Network Under Review: What’s Next for WIN-T?

Army Chief of Staff Mark Milley cited several issues with the Army’s emerging WIN-T communications technology.

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Video Update 6-8-17: Navy Expands, Cyber-Hardens CANES

As the Navy integrates CANES technology across the fleet, the service increases connections and security among nodes on the network.

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Lockheed upgrades Air Force fighter jet targeting pod

Low altitude, heat sensing software system gains an upgraded targeting pod.

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Army protects next generation navigation technology from cyber attacks

Military leaders discussed the progress and urgency of pursuing cyber security readiness at AFCEA’s Army IT Day.

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Textron Systems unveils cloud-based intel software

Textron’s RVcloud web-based software is designed to view and compare up to eight images and graphics simultaneously.

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Pentagon revamps cyber weapons acquisition strategy

The Pentagon has found that its traditional methods of designing and buying cyber weapons are ill suited for this fast-changing battlefield.

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Army electronic warfare technology attacks and causes shift in tank

The Army is enhancing its cyber offensive and defensive capabilities with training exercises, portable electronic warfare kits and jamming-immune navigational technology.

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Can Army electronic warfare and cyberattacks stop enemy tanks?

The Army is enhancing its cyber offensive and defensive capabilities with training exercises, portable electronic warfare kits and jamming-immune navigational technology.

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DARPA proposes portable antenna for underwater drone communication

Low-frequency electromagnetic technology could allow for underwater-capable antennae small enough to be carried by drones.

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Boeing to demo DARPA space plane

The XS-1 hypersonic vehicle would demonstrate cheaper, quick-turnaround satellite launches to low-Earth orbit.

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Cisco, DOD move JRSS to cloud tech and greater automation

Cisco and DOD use artificial intelligence and multiprotocol label switching to increase interoperability.

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Navy cyber hardens CANES, considers adding to LCS fleet

As the Navy integrates CANES technology across the fleet, the service increases connections and security among nodes on the network.

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Navy CANES to protect sailor IT, satcom tech on ships

As the Navy integrates CANES technology across the fleet, the service increases connections and security among nodes on the network.

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Air Force to finalize new cyber mission forces

Cyber teams tasked with implementing new offensive and defensive measures are expected to reach final operational status by sometime next year.

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Doubts raised about N. Korean role in hack

Analyst asserts speculation about a state-sponsored ransomware attack distracts from real problem: weak cyber defenses.

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Video Update 5-25-17: F-35 3F software to become operational

The Latest F-35 3F software drop allows the stealth fighter to fire an AIM-9X air-to-air missile and drop the Small Diameter Bomb.