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Air Force ups the ante on sense-and-avoid UAV technology
A $23.5 million contract awarded to DRA will fund improvements to a collision avoidance system that takes advantage of an unmanned aircraft’s existing sensors.
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Air Force awards deal for next-gen 3D radar
Raytheon wins a $19.5 million contract to get started on the first three of what could be 35 systems, which will form the backbone of ground-based air defense.
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ONR stages international competition for autonomous boats
The Maritime RobotX Challenge pits 15 teams from five Pacific Rim countries against each other in a test of autonomous architectures.
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Report details sequestration's impact on DOD contractor spending
Spending with defense vendors fell by 16 percent in 2013, according to a study by the Center for Strategic and International Studies.
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Pilot sites mark progress on Net Zero energy projects
Nine pilot installations are seeing results from efforts to use energy more efficiently and generate more from renewable sources.
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Army, startup put their chips on data fusion capability
GIS Federal's patented database technology is leveraging graphics chips to fuse the big data coming from sensors.
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Army awards $125 million contract for cyber operations
NCI, which has handled cyber network operations and security support since 2007, gets a new deal.
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Army's virtual model shows how new tech affects tactical networks
CERDEC's modeling and simulation tool tests live hardware in a virtual environment, which can cut costs and development times.
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Army adds air support to live-fire digital range training
Lockheed Martin delivers a Digital Air Ground Integration Range that incorporates aircraft for a more realistic environment.
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Air Force's secretive unmanned shuttle to use NASA's hangars
The X-37B unmanned mini-shuttle, which just returned after 22 months in space, will use former shuttle processing bays.
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These Marines will take Android smartphones into the field
An app for civil assistance missions will streamline data collection and sharing, while replacing manual, paper-based processes.
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Army gives Apache pilots control over UAVs
Instead of just getting ISR from accompanying drones, helicopter pilots can now take control.
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Welcome aboard: Navy shipyard crews going paperless
Accenture wins a $16.3 million contract to develop a tablet-based mobile system for maintenance operations.
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Air Force’s infrared satellite system gets to the next step
Lockheed and Northrop deliver the payload for the fourth GEO satellite in the Space Based Infrared System.
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DISA's milCloud now offering classified services
The agency has configured its cloud computing service for the Secret IP Router Network.
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ARL project: Better mileage, more power through supercomputing
Researchers working under an award from DOD's Frontier Project will tap a billion hours of supercomputing time to study—and improve—engine performance.
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Coast Guard to evaluate deploying drones along the coast
The agency plans flight tests to see how SAUS would fare assisting maritime first responders and other operations.
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Navy puts autonomous 'swarmboats' into action
In a breakthrough demonstration, 13 boats operating autonomously or by remote worked together to escort a high-value vessel and surround a mock enemy.
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Air Force fires back at IG over Reaper buys
The service says that the DOD Inspector General's report on purchases of the unmanned aircraft used out-of-date information.
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