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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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Navy's Fire Scout drone copter sets endurance record
The MQ-8C Fire Scout recently showed extended endurance and range for ISR, rescue and other missions.
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Traditional security is dead; long live traditional security!
Don’t throw out established practices, just make them part of a larger, more sophisticated strategy, Joel Dolisy writes.
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DARPA hires SRI to spearhead data privacy program
The company gets an $8.5 million contract to find a better way to protect data while sharing it.
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Navy makes largest federal purchase of solar power
A new 210-megawatt facility will provide up to a third of the power for 14 installations in California.
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Navy awards two huge deals for tactical radios
ViaSat and Data Link get contracts worth up to total of more then $880 million for MIDS Low Volume Terminals.
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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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