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Navy hires Lockheed for next phase of SEWIP
Lockheed Martin receives up to $147 million for low-rate initial production of the upgraded electronic warfare system.
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Researchers 'grow' lasers in chip breakthrough
The DARPA-funded work could cut costs and SWAP for microsystems used in radars, sensors and communications devices.
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DARPA to hunt for space and time vulnerabilities of software algorithms
The STAC program is looking for techniques to find flaws in algorithms that could leak information or enable denial of service attacks.
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Putting powerful analytics into a 'Facebook for terrorists'
Modus Operandi’s semantic technology corrals and analyzes intelligence big data and puts it into a familiar interface.
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Army to spend $23 million on landmine-hunting robots
The service awards a contract for the Autonomous Mine Detection System to detect, mark and neutralize buried explosives.
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Army eyes small, light SATCOM terminals for Special Ops
CERDEC is looking for technologies to build a lightweight antenna that can operate in low look angles.
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Watch: DARPA’s future armored vehicles concept
The agency is looking to build smaller vehicles that would sense and dodge enemy attacks.
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Army looks to harness LTE for battlefield ISR
CERDEC is seeking possible providers of a deployable LTE network that would increase soldiers’ situational awareness.
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Raising the stakes: NATO says a cyber attack on one is an attack on all
A new policy includes cyber attacks under Article 5 of the NATO charter, which—if invoked—could require member states to respond collectively.
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Hagel: US is losing its tech edge, needs new R&D strategy
The defense secretary says troops in future conflicts could face disruptive technologies that foil U.S. advantages.
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Amid shrinking budgets, DISA turns to the commercial cloud
Commercial services would be able to coexist with the agency’s milCloud program, DISA’s vice director says.
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Army proposes new classification for cyber warriors
It takes three years to train someone in cyber operations, and the Army, which is doubling its cyber force, wants to keep them around.
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Air Force restructures to better tie cyber to core missions
New definitions of information dominance and an internal reorganization seek to align cyber capabilities with strategic goals.
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DOD’s EHR project headed in the right direction, official says
The PEO of the Healthcare Management System says standardization is critical to a workable interoperable system.
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Army adds another $150M to ARL support contract
Seven companies will continue to work under the five-year deal, which now has a ceiling of $630 million.
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'Concrete step' toward robotic satellite repairs to involve industry
DARPA looks to develop a public/private partnership to develop a craft that could inspect and repair satellites in geostationary Earth orbit.
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Marine Corps, Army take autonomous convoys for a spin
Robotic vehicles react to IEDs and follow-the-leader in the latest demonstration of the Autonomous Mobility Applique System.
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Army to put high-quality radar into smaller drones
A $99 million contract for small synthetic aperture radars expands the options for radar-equipped UAVs.
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Army's air defense simulator gets a big upgrade
The new Improved Moving Target Simulator fixes the glitches of its predecessor while providing more realistic scenarios.
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