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Army bringing Strykers into its tactical battlefield network
Service adds another unit to the satellite-based WIN-T, which reduces reliance on fixed for line-of-sight communications.
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Navy’s S&T strategy: Lean on technology
The Navy sets forth its science and technology plans for the near- and long-term.
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Budget requests reveal military's R&D priorities
From cyber to lasers and dual manned/unmanned systems, the military services focus on the future.
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DOD leaders take their place in the Fed 100
FCW's annual list honoring people doing great things in public-sector IT includes 22 Defense Department honorees.
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ONR makes a serious game of missile defense, electronic warfare
Strike Group Defender: The Missile Matrix gives sailors realistic lessons in how to respond to incoming threats.
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Navy outlines plans for tech-centric weapons systems
At the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo, ONR highlights its funded and unfunded New Starts for 2016.
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2016 Defense budget calls for a big, but unlikely, boost in spending
The $585 billion proposal ignores a congressional spending cap while promoting a modernized military.
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The Navy's (autonomous) fish called WANDA
NRL is developing an underwater drone with pectoral fins that let it operates in crowded, near-shore environments.
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Strategic Command adds Germany to its space surveillance network
The alliance of nations and international organizations will share data on objects orbiting the Earth.
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DOD engaging industry to help with cloud transition
The department wants to collaborate with commercial providers, establish common security standards and reassess which information needs to be treated as sensitive.
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Amid cuts, DOD focuses on next 'offset strategy'
Deputy Defense Secretary Bob Work said the new strategy would help counter emerging asymmetrical threats.
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Meet the robot that learns by watching videos
University researchers, working under a DARPA program, develop a way for robots to turn visual cues into action.
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SpaceX drops lawsuit, as Air Force continues ULA contract
An agreement will let Elon Musk's company compete for future military launches while the service maintains its current contract with ULA.
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Can DOD networks handle the stress of big data?
Three simple steps can help DOD organizations rise to the challenge, Riverbed’s Sean Applegate writes.
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The accidental hackers: Insiders pose the top threat to DOD networks
A survey by SolarWinds finds that careless or untrained users are the biggest source of threats, and they can do as much damage as any hacker.
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Army goes open source with forensic analysis tool
ARL has released Dshell, which it has used for five years to understand compromises of DOD networks, to GitHub.
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Software bugs causing turbulence for F-35 program
Flaws caused operational tests to be scrubbed and some fixes pushed down the road in order to try and keep the program on schedule.
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Air Force adds funds for developing better GPS equipment
Rockwell Collins gets a $21.8 million modification to speed up development of more powerful, M-Code-capable receivers.
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Board calls for $125B in DOD spending cuts over five years
The Defense Business Board's plan targets renegotiated contracts, early retirements and IT optimization as sources for the savings.
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