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Pair of mesh reflectors boost Navy’s satcom network
The reflectors on satellites in the MUOS constellation help increase communications capacity 16-fold.
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U.S. approves Italy's request to weaponize Reapers
The State Department will let the NATO member outfit its MQ-9 drones with Hellfire missiles.
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Does a centralized approach help or hurt DOD cybersecurity?
Panelists at the 2015 Open Architecture Summit described the current problems with the standards, policies and strategies handed down from on high.
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Army CID issues warning on Internet extortion, blackmail
The information given up on social media and dating sites, as well as through data breaches, can be used against you.
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The future of ISR is unmanned, whether commanders like it or not
Air Force officials see the U-2 and Global Hawk as complementary, but they’ll soon have to do without one of them.
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Army taps supercomputing to speed development of new systems
With "physics modeling" the Army and the rest of DOD can do more rapid prototyping to keep up with emerging threats.
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Army opens a mobile app store
The Training and Doctrine Command’s site will host existing applications and facilitate the creation of new ones.
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Marines award $73.2M deal for backpack electronic warfare devices
The Modi II from Sierra Nevada Corp. can jam IED detonation signals and disrupt enemy communications.
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Top 20 Defense contractors, 2015
Which contractors get the largest slices of the defense spending pie?
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DOD to expand cyber exchange program with industry
Pentagon CIO Terry Halvorsen says the employee exchange would include about 10 companies.
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Army depot deploys emergency notification system
The Tobyhanna Army Depot in Pennsylvania has put a four-prong system into use for emergencies.
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Raytheon to continue work on Air Force's DCGS
In a new contract worth $393 million, Raytheon will continue work on the Distributed Common Ground System used for analyzing incoming ISR data.
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Missile-defense aerostat goes rogue, brought down in Pa.
The blimp-like craft broke free from its mooring at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., causing outages as its tether hit power lines.
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Air Force readies penultimate GPS IIF satellite for launch
The Space Command announced plans to launch the 11th of 12 total GPS IIF satellites Oct. 30, while it continues to wait for GPS III.
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Army app grants access to news from DOD research labs
ARDEC’s new mobile application keeps users, including the public, current with research going on throughout the department.
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Navy fills new top post for unmanned systems
Navy Secretary Ray Mabus taps retired Marine Corps Brig. Gen. Frank Kelley to be the deputy assistant secretary for the Navy’s unmanned systems.
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SPAWAR in search of mobile C4I support
The Navy is looking for support in mobile command, control, communications, computer and intelligence capabilities that would operate in potentially hostile regions of the world.
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Navy awards $879M contract to expand its EW fleet
Boeing will deliver 15 EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft under terms of the deal.
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Cyber Quest looks to blend cyber with electronic warfare
The Army’s Cyber Center of Excellence is looking for vendors to help converge two emerging battlefield tools.
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