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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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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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