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Army looking for tactical wireless receiving system
The request for information is looking for a fairly small, portable device capable of intercepting and transmitting a variety of analog and digital wireless signals.
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Why WMD-like treaties are unlikely with cyber
Christopher Painter, coordinator for Cyber Issues at the State Department, told Congress that curtailing the use of “cyber weapons” is complicated because, for one thing, the same tool used to attack can be used to protect networks.
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Navy's robotic lifeguard answers the call
EMILY, a Kevlar-coated, jet-powered buoy, was recently used to help rescue 300 Syrian refugees off the coast of Greece.
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Navy looking to shore up weapons-systems cybersecurity
NAVAIR issues a solicitation addressing the networked nature of weapons and the vulnerabilities can exist.
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The Navy has seen the future and it's filled with drones
Naval officials have recently described how unmanned technologies will “fundamentally change the way the Department of the Navy operates in the future.”
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Battelle demos a handheld anti-drone 'gun'
The research lab unveiled a man-portable drone countermeasure system, as well as a dual-mode sub capable of long-duration autonomous or manned missions.
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DARPA dives in to underwater navigation project
BAE was recently awarded a contract to work on DARPA’s Positioning System for Deep Ocean Navigation, an attempt to create a GPS-like system under the sea.
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DOD cyber officials: Pace of threats calls for faster acquisition
At the Sea Air Space Exposition, top naval officials described how new technologies are needed – and needed quickly – to address the emerging threats in the cyber domain.
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Navy still focusing on the Next Gen Jammer
The plan to replace the 50-year-old jammer is designed to address rapidly proliferating threats in the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Army gets a move on 'pseudolites' and other non-GPS navigation
CERDEC works on providing positioning, navigation and timing when the usual signals aren't available.
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Monitoring is the key to Navy's NGEN transition
The switch from NMCI to NGEN is a complex process that requires careful attention to security, SolarWinds' Paul McCloskey writes.
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DOD report on China details escalation in the cyber domain
The annual report to Congress describes China's focus on cyberspace as a domain of warfare.
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Air Force wants machine-to-machine software for drones
The service is asking industry for information on the next generation of UAS capabilities to support global operations.
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Marine CIO: Sometimes the data just won't be there
In a contested spectrum, U.S. troops won’t always be able to count on information being available, and may have to revert to some "tried and true" tactics, Brig. Gen. Dennis Crall says.
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DOD cyber official cites 'critical gap' in network defense
An incomplete understanding of the military’s networks hurts the ability to detect and respond to attacks, Cyber Command’s chief of operations says.
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NRL looks to make surveillance radar more motion-sensitive
The Navy is working with General Atomics to add inverse synthetic aperture radar to MQ-9 Reaper and Predator XP UAS.
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Navy's CANES installation ahead of schedule
One official said that, depending on ship availability, the Navy could complete installation of its consolidated enterprise systems as much as two years early.
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Services still adapting to the job of weaponizing the network
As cyber operations begin to fold more frequently into daily activities, the services are still discovering some growing pains.
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Army tests prepare for all-domain warfare
Recent simulations incorporated joint forces operating against hybrid threats operating in all domains, including cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum.
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