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Can a handheld device detect IEDs?
The Army is looking to put ground penetrating radar and other advanced sensors into a light handheld device with a versatile interface.
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DOD puts emphasis on Navigation Warfare, accurate GPS signals
A new instruction directs all military branches and components to incorporate Navwar and ensure that Positioning, Navigation, and Timing tools are reliable.
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Army preparing HEL laser gun for live-fire test
The High Energy Laser system, which has been advancing for years, would target rockets, drones, cruise missiles and other munitions.
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Lighter, mesh antennas can help cut satellite costs
Harris and Vanguard are developing a lightweight, high-density mesh for satellite antenna reflectors that unfurl in space.
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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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