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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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Guardsman conduct large-scale cyber training

Guard units from around the country wrapped up Cyber Shield 2016, which coupled training courses with live scenarios to prepare in the case of a cyber incident at the state level.

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Cyber researchers are becoming a top hacker target

A new threat report finds researchers seeking to blunt DDoS attacks have themselves come into the crosshairs.

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DISA goes commercial for milCloud 2.0

The agency says the next version of its cloud computing service will be operated by a commercial provider, though on DOD property and strictly for DOD users.

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Cyber operations come out of the shadows

As the U.S. embarks on its first openly declared “cyber war,” how will offensive capabilities be applied in future conflicts against an array of enemies?

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DOD's Third Offset Strategy: what man and machine can do together

Deputy Defense Secretary Robert Work provides some context to the plan to make use of autonomy and artificial intelligence.

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Pentagon research chief: AI is powerful but has critical limitations

DARPA director Arati Prabhakar cautioned against artificial intelligence as a panacea to problems that still need a human element.

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Army's Cyber Blitz takes aim at cyber/EW convergence

In a recent two-week exercise, the Army tried to more seamlessly integrate cyber and electromagnetic spectrum operations, which is seen as a necessary response to emerging threats.

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Military services look to promote 'intrepreneurs'

With the Athena Project and other efforts, DOD is looking to adopt innovation concepts perfected in Silicon Valley to speed deployment of new technologies.

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Program for faster, lighter ground vehicles shifts into the next gear

DARPA awards contracts to eight companies for next-generation vehicles that improve protection and functionality without adding armor.