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Air Force expects delay in GPS III satellite delivery
Exelis and Lockheed Martin continue to deal with navigational payload problems.
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Memex: The next generation of deep-Web search?
DARPA wants to develop a broader, deeper search engine to support DOD missions, starting with the fight against human trafficking.
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Report says DOD fuel supply chain vulnerable to cyberattack
A study says that DLA needs to shore up security on its IP-connected fuel distribution network.
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Iridium unveils a global, Wi-Fi satellite hotspot
The GO brings connectivity to the company’s satellite service anywhere on the globe.
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Army CID warns of benefits website scam
Fraudulent website posing as the official Army benefits site targeted Army Knowledge Online accounts.
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Army units give thumbs-down to battlefield intelligence system
The Distributed Common Ground System-Army is complex and unstable, and soldiers receive scant training on the system, according to units quoted a memo.
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DARPA hires Raytheon to work on Plan X cyber warfare platform
The company gets a $9.8 million contract to enable scaling and execution of cyber operations.
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Air Force HQ completes move to DOD Enterprise Email
The service begins its migration with 7,800 unclassified accounts and 1,300 mobile devices.
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UK’s mysterious combat drone completes first test flights
The Taranis UCAV represents "the pinnacle of U.K. engineering and aeronautical design" and is intended to operate in contested airspace.
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Training on the go: How to keep up with a changing IT landscape
IT managers have to step outside their comfort zones to prepare staff for a widely dispersed and increasingly virtualized military, Chris LaPoint says.
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VA launches online tool to calculate education benefits
The GI Bill Comparison Tool lets service members, veterans and their families quickly calculate their Post-9/11 GI Bill benefits.
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Snowden fallout on contractors: It’s not all bad
A ThreatTrack survey finds that defense contractors feel vulnerable to cyber mayhem, but many have become more diligent about screening, managing and training employees.
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US export control reforms advance
U.S. officials said they are completing a rewrite of export regulations in advance of proposed reform legislation.
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DOD wants a ‘Big Mechanism’ for mining research data
DARPA announces a $45 million program that aims to revolutionize the way research on complex subjects is understood.
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NCS releases first mobile zero-client laptop
Company eyes military, intell community, as agencies move toward virtualization.
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DARPA aims to turn computer chips into dust
In the second contract awarded under the agency’s VAPR program, IBM will explore ways to shatter CMOS chips on command.
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Marines test diagnostic telemedicine device for the battlefield
Tempus Pro enables monitoring, patient data sharing, and video and voice capabilities.
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System can make military convoys autonomous
TARDEC and Lockheed Martin demonstrate driverless system that handles traffic, tight turns and other aspects of an urban environment.
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Space squadron shuttles wideband satellites, boosting comm power
The 3rd Space Operations Squadron’s relocation efforts are optimizing the military’s wideband communications constellation
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