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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The service says that the DOD Inspector General's report on purchases of the unmanned aircraft used out-of-date information.
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Sign of the times: cyber's bigger role in Air Force's Red Flag
Cyber specialists test their capabilities during the service’s principal air-to-air combat training exercise.
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Pentagon launches Insider Threat Program
Several years in the making, the program looks to create an integrated process for keeping classified information under wraps.
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New technology looks deep to identify counterfeit microchips
The Advanced Scanning Optical Microscope works at the nanometer level to help ensure the reliability of integrated circuits.
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NGA enlisting help for a classified spectral library effort
The agency is looking to fulfill a small business set aside for a database of the surface reflection measurements for certain materials.
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ATK enters competition to replace Russian rocket engine
Solid-rocket booster manufacturer would compete with a United Launch Alliance-Blue Origins team for new Atlas V engine.
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US indicts four for hacks of Army, tech company networks
Information stolen in the hacks includes Army helicopter training software, confidential data and source codes.
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Air Force looks to open up control of airborne sensors
The ISTAC program would allow third parties, not just the pilot, to control advanced targeting pods.
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Navy tracks how solar events can disrupt satellite navigation
Coronal mass ejections can affect WAAS and other electronic systems in wide-ranging ways.
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Lightning strikes: Air Force center doubles its supercomputing power
Lab at Wright Patterson unveils a 1.28 petaflop Cray XC30, one of the world’s fastest distributed memory platforms.
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Old school cost-cutting: when reused components work just fine
The Army’s Tactical Mission Command finds that not every part of the Command Post of the Future has to be new.
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Air Force awards $40 million for electromagnetic research
River Research Institute, a non-profit organization, will conduct basic, applied and advanced research to improve C4ISR capabilities.
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GAO: Data center savings underreported by billions
Despite meeting savings goals from consolidation, DOD and other agencies have had trouble in measuring and reporting the full amount saved.
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Machine would see inside where X-rays cannot
Military researchers want to combine X-ray and neutron radiography in a device small enough for field use.
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In a first, Army and Air Force share one network at joint base
With the implementation in San Antonio of DOD’s first Joint Regional Security Stack, the services and DISA offer a glimpse of JIE’s future.
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