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Air Force adopts softer touch toward exhausted drone pilots
The month-long Culture and Process Improvement Program aims to improve quality of life and conditions for Predator and Reaper pilots.
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Air Force looks to boost its EW capabilities
As U.S. falls behind in electronic warfare capabilities, AFRL is looking for as kit to test new prototypes.
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Army plans to 'revamp' Gray Eagle's data link
The service is looking to expand the drone’s communications capability, with an eye toward manned-unmanned missions.
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DARPA awards $7.9 million deal for spectrum sharing work
Leidos will execute Phase 2 of the SSPARC program, which looks to allow radar and communications systems share bandwidth.
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Fears rising over traffic jam in space
The commercial satellite industry is increasingly worried about space junk and lack of accurate warnings from DOD satellite trackers.
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DISA's new cyber HQ starting to branch out
The agency's Joint Force Headquarters is intended to take some of the defensive pressure off of the U.S. Cyber Command.
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OPM, DOD to spend up to $330M on ID protection
The 21.5 million people affected by the hack of OPM databases will receive up to three years of credit monitoring and identity services.
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Danzig: Analog has value in countering cyber threats
The former Navy secretary recommends some unconventional approaches to help meet the cybersecurity challenge. Quantum encryption? Not so much.
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DISA raises the limit on support deal with Microsoft
The modification to the contract for Blue Badge Cardholder support brings the total to $575 million.
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The Air Force brings the B-52 into the digital age
With Boeing's CONECT communications system, the venerable bomber goes from 'a rotary-dial phone to a smartphone.'
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DARPA's Gremlins could cut the costs of attack drones
The program would employ cheap UAS that would be launched from a plane, carry out their missions and then drone home.
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Creative simulations help test new weather radar
The Air Force is testing updates for C-5 Galaxy color weather radars using the salvaged cockpit of a downed C-5 as a simulator.
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DOD, Silicon Valley to partner on flexible electronics
The $171 million initiative will be led by the FlexTech Alliance, a consortium of 162 companies, universities, and non-profits.
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DARPA awards second deal for Phase II of ALIAS
Aurora Flight Sciences also will work on Phase II, which aims to add autonomous capabilities to helicopters and fixed-wing aircraft.
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Special Operations looking for additional UAS, training
The command recently issued a solicitation for at least three small UAS to be accompanied with training personnel in operation.
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Oshkosh grabs huge armored vehicle contract
The Joint Light Tactical Vehicle will replace vulnerable Humvees on the battlefield, after the Army awarded a $6.7 billion deal that could eventually grow to $30 billion.
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Study: Air Force embedded systems face significant cyber risks
According to a recent briefing to senior Air Force officials by the Air Force Scientific Advisory Board, embedded systems face vulnerabilities, and the service doesn’t have the expertise to counter them.
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Army units' new Raven cameras see better than a hawk
Selected units recently received and tested 360-degree cameras with built-in infrared capabilities for their small UAS.
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Air Force looks to get the MOAST out of open architectures
A new program wants to build on emerging open architecture standards to allow for faster upgrades of manned and unmanned systems.
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