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Researchers take high-bandwidth communications to the South Pole
With MUOS, developed by AFRL, the Navy and Lockheed Martin, researchers send the first voice-and-data communications from Antarctica.
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Air Force puts 22 companies on $490M Agile Acquisition contract
The five-year deal covers work at Eglin Air Force Base to develop new systems and modify existing ones.
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Open source effort targets the trouble with joint avionics
The Future Airborne Capability Environment seeks to deliver common avionics components for all three services.
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Army awards $1B for intelligence and info warfare support
Four companies are named to the nearly $1 billion contract to support the directorate that develops ISR, cyber and electronic warfare capabilities.
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Computer designs deliver innovative radio solution for SOCOM
Engineers using a 3D CAD program developed an innovative way to create a two-in-one radio mount while adhering to strict weight requirements.
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DARPA going to extremes for DDoS defense
The research agency is looking to the private sector for revolutionary ways to blunt the effect of distributed denial of service attacks.
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Central Command looks to private sector for joint cyber planning
GSA issued a synopsis/solicitation for joint cyber planning services associated with the command’s Joint Cyber Center.
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Project to add autonomy to existing aircraft takes next step
In Phase II of DARPA's ALIAS program, Sikorsky will demonstrate the ACES system with a Black Hawk helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft.
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'Hackfest' puts cadets into virtual hand-to-hand combat
After a month-long training course at the Air Force Institute of Technology, Air Force and Army Reserve cadets put their skills to the test against each other.
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Soon drones will be able to fly and swim
Recent research in unmanned technology in both the government and private sector has focused on combing flight and underwater operation.
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Navy, Army teams to take home GCN Awards
A Navy mobile app and the Army's consolidated logistics support system are among the projects honored in this year's awards.
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Air Force wants to meld humans and machines for ISR analysis
AFRL hires researchers to find ways to bring humans into the analytics loop via cognitive systems.
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Pentagon plans to boost drone flights by 50 percent
DOD will supplement Air Force crews with Army, Special Forces and contractor teams to cover more territory, a Wall Street Journal reports says.
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State vs. non-state hackers: Different tactics, equal threat?
Recent cyber incidents from state and non-state actors demonstrate the real threat each pose and shed light on the difference in tactics.
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Navy awards $1.7B in C4ISR installation contracts
M.C. Dean and Honeywell will install and certify systems on ships and subs and at shore stations around the world over the next four years.
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The Internet of Arms will be slow to emerge
While the Internet of Things is growing, security and other risks will slow its growth in the military, a market watcher predicts.
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Stratcom expands space surveillance with Israel agreement
U.S. Strategic Command recently entered into a Space Situational Awareness data sharing agreement with Israel, adding to a growing list of partners.
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Tactical data link puts Marine units on the same page
Replacing a paper-based process, Marines use Link 16 to integrate field radios and tablets to connect helicopters, UAVs and ground forces.
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The key to stronger communications? Vacuum tubes.
DARPA is looking for ways to make a new generation of vacuum electronics devices that will open up a new area of the electromagnetic spectrum and be harder to jam.
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