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Army extends IT hardware contract another year, $652M
The six incumbents on ITES-2H will cover orders until next June while the Army works on the delayed ITES-3H.
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Cyber provision removed from DOD spending bill
Information sharing legislation would give companies partial legal immunity from prosecution.
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Air Force looking for low-cost, disposable attack drones
By relaxing its usual requirements, the service is hoping to make UAS inexpensive enough so that their loss could be "tolerated."
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DARPA wants to put real-time links into tiny satellites
The Pentagon’s research arm is looking for lightweight and low-power communications links for CubeSats.
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What drives Army acquisition? Threat assessment and S&T
Assistant Secretary of Army, Acquisition, Logistics, and Technology Heidi Shyu outlined Army acquisition strategies and priorities at an address at the Atlantic Council.
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How might the US respond to cyber attacks?
It would start with information sharing and would not necessarily be limited to actions in cyberspace.
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Army gets OK for next stage of tactical network
Increment 2 of the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical, being built by General Dynamics, will go into full-rate production.
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Marines using virtual reality to lighten real-world load
The Office of Naval Research ETOWL, a 3D computer simulation program, lets users load up an avatar to study the stress points on warfighters.
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Syrian Electronic Army claims hack of Army, Stracom websites
The sites were forced offline after being defaced by a group demanding an end to U.S. training of rebel fighters in Syria.
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Army tests satellite-independent battlefield radio
The service has developed a method for improved communications without the need for satellites by using vehicle-mounted, high-bandwidth networking radios.
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South Korean team wins DARPA Robotics Challenge
Team KAIST's DRC-Hubo hit the ground running while some other robots just hit the ground.
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NATO gets its first AGS surveillance aircraft
Northrop Grumman and its industry partners deliver the first of five UAS that will be part of a system-of-systems ISR capability.
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A breakdown on the hack of 4 million federal employee records
It apparently came from China and affected nearly every federal agency, although uniformed military personnel are in the clear.
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Study: DOD needs to field laser weapons ASAP
The Center for a New American Security also recommends that military labs abandon their piecemeal approach in favor of a merged development program.
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ISIS is attracting a loose cadre of cyber warriors
The security company FireEye says that sympathizers, acting as "lone wolves," represent "a different type of cyber actor."
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Navy's third high-bandwidth satellite ready for duty
MUOS-3 expands coverage to about three-quarters of the globe; the fourth and final satellite is expected to be launched later this year.
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DOD coming up short on insider threat safeguards, GAO says
A report released by the Government Accountability Office notes significant flaws in the department’s program to prevent breaches from inside.
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DARPA's robotics rumble arrives
Twenty-five disaster-response robots, representing the state of the art in robotics technology, are ready to run a two-day gauntlet.
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ISIS fallout: Satellite intel contract hits its ceiling 3 years early
DISA's contracting organization raises the ceiling on a $286.5 million deal for intelligence services while it makes plans to re-compete the contract.
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