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Navy sets a three-prong plan for information dominance
Three documents signed this week lay out long-range strategies for mastery of cyberspace and the electromagnetic spectrum.
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Army's new Cyber branch looking to recruit talent
With a new career field classification, the Army wants to attract 1,200 cyber warriors from within the ranks by the end of 2016.
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Army building an airport just for drones
The 150-acre facility at Fort Bliss will be host to Gray Eagle and Shadow UAS.
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Army prepares to take global intel system to the next level
The service is requesting industry input on improving the system’s data gathering, analysis, sharing and compatibility with Intelligence Community standards.
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Airborne infrared targeting sensor passes key milestone
The Navy’s Infrared Search and Track system can track heat sources from long rnage while avoiding detection itself.
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Funding cuts delay Navy's Next Generation Jammer
The system performed well in recent tests, but budget pressures will push its deployment back by a year.
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Army to go solar at Redstone Arsenal
Project will produce up to 18,000 megawatt-hours per year of power at the base.
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Navy's nano-satellites could boost tactical communications
SSC-Pacific is developing a small satellite that could transmit data to secure networks and relay a signal halfway around the world.
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Researchers demo cyber defenses for drones
The University of Virginia demonstrated techniques designed to harden unmanned systems from cyber attacks.
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House approves $584.2 billion Defense spending plan for 2015
The bill, now headed to the Senate, includes a 1 percent pay increase but cuts some benefits.
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Can transparent computing stop the worst cyberattacks?
A new DARPA program wants to throw light on the dark alleys in computer systems where Advanced Persistent Threats and other attacks hide.
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Intelligence agency has a cold plan for faster, cheaper supercomputing
IARPA launches a program for cryogenic computing that could hit exascale levels while drawing considerably less power than today’s fastest machines.
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DISA takes on defense of DOD networks
The agency's new role, part of the plan for an integrated defense, will allow the U.S. Cyber Command "to function at the operational level of war."
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IG: DOD has dropped the ball on IPv6 transition
Report says the department needs to make a priority of enabling IPv6, which is seen as essential to handling all the new Internet-connected devices coming online.
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Mobile satellite network gives Army swift artillery support
The Soldier Network Extension allows forward units to share target information from anywhere on the battlefield.
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DOD approves new mobile security credentials
PIV-I credentials from Operational Research Consultants could allow limited access for more than 40 million DOD partners worldwide.
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Navy deploys first anti-drone laser weapon in Persian Gulf
The Laser Weapon System could be used to knock out drones and small boats
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Handheld chemical detector can now sniff out explosives
With a few small add-ons, Army scientists adapt the familiar JCAD so that it can identify explosive residue.
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NSA chief details 'real' threats to US networks, infrastructure
Adm. Mike Rogers tells Congress DOD is halfway to building a cyber force capable of defending the nation's networks.
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