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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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Lockheed powers up second GPS III satellite
Test represents a major development for next-generation GPS satellites, the first of which is set to launch later this year.
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6 ways to improve cybersecurity through acquisition
DOD, GSA issue recommendations for how to apply risk management to the IT acquisition process.
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Raytheon back to work on Next Generation Jammer
Navy sticks with Raytheon after GAO-recommended re-evaluation of the $279 million contract.
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Got a cyber emergency? Call out the National Guard.
Guard units around the country are creating teams that could respond to cyber emergencies they way they respond to floods or hurricanes.
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A ‘powerful antenna in a soldier’s pocket,’ thanks to origami
Collapsible antennas being developed at FIU and Georgia Tech may have military and commercial applications.
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Battlefield electronics that do their job, then vanish?
DARPA awards BAE a $4.5 million contract under its VAPR program to develop electronics that can melt away.
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University launches US’s first College of Security and Intelligence
Embry-Riddle Prescott Campus to provide hands-on forensic and intelligence degrees.
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DOD acquisition chief forecasts R&D cuts
Frank Kendall, undersecretary of defense for acquisition, technology and logistics, warned that the failure to reduce force structure means investment accounts like R&D will have to pay the bill.
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Demonstration features Reaper’s electronic attack capability
GA-ASI and Northrup Grumman test electronic warfare capabilities for the large unmanned aircraft in a coordinated attack.
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