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DOD's $6.7B cyber budget focused on emerging threats
The request for fiscal 2017 takes into account increased activity by Russia, China and other potential adversaries.
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Lawmakers grill Clapper over U.S.-Russia space arrangement
During a Senate hearing on Tuesday, Sen. McCain and others expressed exasperation with the U.S. reliance on a Russian-made rocket engine to send payloads into space.
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Special Ops wants to correct the Parallax view in optical systems
The command is holding a challenge to find an algorithm that can compensate, in near-real time, for different views from offset optical sensors.
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22 DOD IT leaders honored in this year's Fed 100
Defense Department agencies are well-represented on FCW’s list honoring great work in public-sector IT.
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Navy aims for the next generation of integrated warfighting tech
ONR is looking to let sensors, weapons and other systems talk to each other clearly.
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Navy's plans include drones that can operate for months at a time
The Navy's new director of unmanned systems Rear Adm. Robert Girrier provided an overview of the N-99 directorate’s plan, including greatly extending the endurance of those systems.
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Final GPS II satellite goes into orbit as Air Force gets ready for GPS III
With ULA launching the last of the second generation, the service awards Lockheed a contract to help the transition to the next generation.
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DOD office looks to field weapons faster
The Strategic Capabilities Office is working on rapid deployment of autonomous weapons and an "arsenal plane."
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Bill introduced to address capability gaps in EW
Sens. Mark Kirk and Kirsten Gillibrand introduced legislation to speed up acquisition and provide funding flexibility for fielding electronic warfare capabilities.
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DOD plans to invest $600M in unmanned underwater vehicles
Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter told sailors that the Defense Department big plans for UUV over the next five years.
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Report details deficiencies in UAV testing
A recent annual report to Congress by the office of Operational Test & Evaluation details areas in which the services have missed the mark in mitigating vulnerabilities and deficiencies in tests of UAVs.
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Report outlines cyber activity from top U.S. adversaries
The security firm CrowdStrike details cyber activity globally in 2015, with focuses on Russia, China, North Korea and Iran.
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DOD to invest heavily in cyber, although details are murky
Secretary Carter said the department will spend $7 billion in 2017 on cyber, but leaders are being coy about how the money will be spent.
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Air Force develops prototype for skin-ID sensor
A system developed by the Sensors Exploitation Research Group at the Air Force institute of Technology differentiates human skin from other materials, and can aid id search, rescue and surveillance.
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DARPA looks to develop a high-res brain-computer interface
The NESD program aims to communicate with up to a millions neurons at a time, in a device the size of a couple of stacked nickels.
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IARPA wants to improve human/machine forecasting
The agency's Hybrid Forecasting Competition is intended to improve how humans and computers interact on geopolitical and geoeconomic analysis.
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Army developing a universal control for all of its drones
The TOGA system will reduce the number of pilots required while better integrating ISR with its tactical network.
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ULA's Air Force launch contract under scrutiny
The Air Force is considering early termination of a launch support contract option, as Sen. John McCain renews a push to ban use of the Russian-made RD-180 engine.
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Stratcom pushes a unified approach to joint spectrum operations
During a recent gathering hosted by Strategic Command, officials from across the military discuss developing an Electromagnetic Battle Management system.
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