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How technology has changed intelligence collection
Advancements have enabled signals intelligence to supersede relying on human sources in the field, but progress has come with shortcomings of its own.
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Navy gets two more underwater mine-hunting drones
Bluefin Robotics delivers the fourth and fifth UUVs ordered under a $15 million contract.
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Army awards $36M deal for tactical communications support
General Dynamics will produce and repair components of the Warfighter Information Network-Tactical Increment 1 network.
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The move to autonomous ground vehicles requires a leap of tech
It might seem a small step to remove the "semi" from in front of "autonomous," but there's a lot more to it than that.
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In cyber defense, can Cold War-style deterrence work?
As breaches mount, the military examines whether the threat of response can deter cyberattacks.
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Special forces aiming to lock down BlackBerry 10 devices
The command wants an "integrity agent" to ensure devices can operate in a trusted state and resist any kind of tampering.
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Army says intelligence system is getting easier to use
The service plans to reduce complexity and improve training for DCGS-A, which has met with criticism and resistance from users.
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Army mulls a cyber career field for civilians
The service's cyber commander tells Congress that recruiting and retaining civilian cyber warriors remains "challenging."
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Reusable rocket race heats up with Vulcan
ULA rolls out a new U.S. rocket with reusable components, while SpaceX again narrowly fails to recover a spent launcher.
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An unexpected source of mobile security: Ada
The longstanding DOD programming language goes from mainframes to mobile devices.
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Day of the LOCUST: Navy demonstrates swarming UAVs
ONR, in another breakthrough for autonomous technology, shows how a team of small drones can work together to protect an asset or attack an enemy.
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Pentagon's near-zero power plan could change the game for wireless sensors
DARPA's N-ZERO program would make devices that lie dormant but aware until triggered by a specified event.
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Army equips first combined Shadow/Apache unit
The move puts control of manned and unmanned operations under one roof as part of the service's restructuring plan.
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3 reasons software-defined networking is streamlining DOD IT
SDN is tailor-made for the consolidation, automation and security needs of the department, Juniper’s Brian Roach writes.
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DOD's acquisition reform effort focuses on cybersecurity
Under Secretary of Defense Frank Kendall says the latest version of Better Buying Power addresses a “pervasive problem.”
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Army maps out plan for better, smarter ground robots
A new program also wants to establish standard platforms and modular designs to allow for fast development and easy upgrades.
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Army outlines plans for the next-generation of virtual training
The tools, designed to address the changing nature of combat, will reside on a global, cloud-based network that will connect solders around the world.
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Army moves logistics processing to IBM's Hybrid Cloud
The move adds data analytics and other tools to help improve performance and cut costs.
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Attacks reveal China's 'Great Cannon' cyber weapon
Researchers studying attacks on an anti-censorship non-profit say China has weaponized its Internet.
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