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Combined sensor system detects, locates enemy fire at bases
The Serenity Payload system combines visual and audio sensors for 360-degree surveillance coverage.
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Report: Air Force facing critical shortage of drone pilots
The increasing demand for Predator and Reaper missions combined with the difficulty of recruiting and retaining pilots is threatening the fleet’s effectiveness.
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Army set to field smartphone app to diagnose brain trauma
The DANA application can identify symptoms of traumatic brain injuries in any setting and in a little as five minutes.
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Navy's new underwater drone looks and swims like a fish
The GhostSwimmer, developed under the Silent NEMO project, can run silent, run deep.
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Making civilian skies safe for unmanned aircraft
How the Army is working with the FAA and other military services to prevent drone collisions with other aircraft.
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7 breakthrough technologies from 2014
These DOD technologies and projects started making the transition this year from research to reality.
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2 keys to enhancing DOD’s new risk framework
There are a couple of things agencies should require from vendors to better address the DIARMF process, Dan Fallon of Nutanix says.
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Army forms teams of experts to support DCGS-A training
Tactical engagement teams will school leaders and soldiers on employing the intelligence system as a weapons system.
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Army installs first sense-and-avoid radar for drones
Fort Hood hosts the ground-based system, a step toward greater use of UAS in domestic airspace.
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Army set to launch aerostat for East Coast missile defense
The blimp-like, radar-equipped vehicle will be tested for integration into NORAD’s air defense systems.
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Army's robotic insect research takes wing
An ARL micro-robotics team creates functional fly-like wings and millipede-like legs while working to develop the ultimate "fly on the wall."
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With a Sherlockian approach, detecting network threats can be elementary
Holistic network monitoring can help you keep track of all the threads in the ongoing mysteries of cyberspace, SolarWinds’ Chris LaPoint writes.
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ONR app can cut mission route planning from weeks to hours
ONR’s Mission Planning Application, originally developed for submarines, is being adapted for surface vessels.
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Machine learning can help sift open source intelligence
As the amount of unstructured open source data grows, vendors are pitching new approaches to make sense of it all.
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Marines take cyber warfare to the front lines
During Bold Alligator, Marines use ONR’s Tactical Cyber Range, which includes augmented reality glasses, to carry out cyber and electronic warfare in the field.
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Navy awards $32.6M deal for shipboard info-sharing system
Data Link Solutions will build up to 12 of the latest Multi-Functional Information Distribution System on Ship units.
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DOD continues push to boost supercomputing power
The high-performance modernization program awards two $30 million contracts to increase computing capacity at its HPC centers.
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Navy could get next-gen global comm system a bit sooner
Lockheed Martin opens a facility to speed up testing and certification of MUOS terminals and applications.
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JIE security components set for January deployment
The Pentagon's acting CIO said successful security testing clears the way for initial deployment of the Joint Information Environment.
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