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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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Air Force puts 25 companies on $20.9B training contract
The companies will compete for work under the 10-year deal, which consolidates Air Force simulation and training programs under one roof.
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Northrop demonstrates multiple-UAS control with Global Hawk
The company's Control Mission Management System is another step toward standardizing command and control systems.
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DISA to start enforcing email storage limits
If DOD Enterprise Email users haven't cleaned out their inboxes lately, now would be a good time.
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DARPA calls for 'revolutionary' software development
The agency wants ideas that challenge accepted norms and could guarantee trustworthy systems.
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Researchers show how to take out drones with loud noises
A team from South Korea's KAIST found that sound can disrupt gyroscopes commonly used on unmanned aerial vehicles.
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Navy adds $29M worth of radios for global satellite system
The latest batch of Digital Modular Radios from General Dynamics will work with the Mobile User Objective System.
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DOD study: Climate change is a security threat -- right now
A report to Congress warns that the effects of global warming are no longer a "long-term risk."
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Army developing nine-language voice translator
The Army wants to equip deployed soldiers with a two-way translation device, starting with a focus on French dialects in Africa.
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Report: US suspects Russia in 'most sophisticated' Joint Staff hack
The hack that shut down the staff's unclassified email system got around security measure in a way the government hadn’t seen before, officials said.
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Multitasking data link keeps Marines’ operational F-35s in touch
Northrop Grumman’s Multifunction Advanced Data Link gives pilots the equivalent of 27 avionics subsystems, the company says.
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ONR's 'game changing' research could greatly expand wireless network capacity
One scientist's award-winning work could allow more users on a network at faster speeds, even for covert messaging.
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At Black Dart, military takes the battle to drones
The large-scale exercise, involving all the military services, industry and some allies, seeks to refine defenses against a growing threat.
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Unmanned, manned systems work to get on the same page at Red Flag
The joint exercises in Nevada were designed to better integrate unmanned aerial capabilities into larger force operations.
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Navy leaders: Future rides on unmanned systems
Not just in the air, but in an undersea network comparable to the interstate highways system, Navy leaders told a crowd at CSIS.
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Internet of Things would speed care to wounded soldiers
The Defense Health Agency is developing clothing-embedded biosensors that will give medical teams a heads-up on the nature and extent of injuries.
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Project aims to shine light on data as it travels the Internet
DARPA and the Air Force Research Lab give Georgia Tech $4.2 million to develop ways of tracking data, with an eye toward detecting APTs.
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