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New Navy undersea drone helps sailors find enemy mines
The Navy is speeding development of the new Snakehead unmanned vehicle development to offer electronic and mine warfare support to littoral combat operations.
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New Navy Class III undersea drone to be in the water by 2019
The Navy is speeding development of the new Snakehead unmanned vehicle development to offer electronic and mine warfare support to littoral combat operations.
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Army ADMC-3 to speed up hardware modernization
The emerging ADMC-3 deal, now under protest, aims to expedite hardware upgrades and integration of new technology.
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Video Update 4-3-2017: Air Force "cyber squadrons" defend against attackers
Newly configured Air Force units patrol networks to find and thwart malicious intruders or would-be attackers.
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Navy implements interferometer-based technology EW
SEWIP Block 2 upgrades will improve electronic threat detection and signal jamming.
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Navy upgrades E-2D Advanced Hawkeye radar
E-2D advanced radar software and hardware enhances the aircraft’s network-integrated early warning and cruise missile defense capabilities.
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NATO to boost satellite, comms spending
The western military alliance to spend $3.2 billion over the next three years to upgrade satellite communications, cyber defenses.
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DARPA will launch & recover small drones from C-130
The Gremlins program is designed to conduct ISR missions for up to one hour before returning to an aircraft.
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DARPA: Pilot crews launch & recover small drones from C-130
The Gremlins program is designed to conduct ISR missions for up to one hour before returning to an aircraft.
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Navy laser mine detection now operational
The new airborne mine detection system uses blue-green laser technology and the MH-60S helicopter to perform faster mine-sweeping.
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Army acquires ruggedized combat computer tablets
Notebook-maker Getac is partnering with Trivalent to offer NSA-certified security on combat tablets.
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Army orders 10,000 rugged tablets for combat use
Notebook-maker Getac is partnering with Trivalent to offer NSA-certified security on combat tablets.
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Army: We will be challenged to maintain EW superiority
Army leaders expect space, cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum to be increasingly challenged.
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Electronic domain limits may hurt troop modernization efforts
Maj. Gen. Robert M. Dyess, acting director of the Army Capabilities Integration Center, told a recent panel at a Senate Armed Services Committee hearing that he expects the Army to be contested in space, cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum.
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High Performance Computing Modernization Program receives SOL Engineering upgrades
New program upgrades and support will improve defense laboratory research, operation simulations, and computational data analysis.
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High Performance Computing Modernization Program receives SOL Engineering upgrades
New program upgrades and support will improve defense laboratory research, operation simulations, and computational data analysis.
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Pentagon SM-3 IIA missile integrates new software and sensors
SM-3 IIA incorporates software upgrades designed to respond to new threats.
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China pursues air-launched rockets
New space capability could be used to boost payloads to low-Earth orbit.
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Air Force plans recoverable hypersonic drones by 2040
With emerging hypersonic “boost” technology, the Air Force envisions hypersonic weapons to be followed by hypersonic drones for ISR.
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