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ViaSat to supply broadband services to military aircraft

ViaSat has won a multimillion dollar contract from the U.S. government to supply broadband satellite services to support military aircraft in flight.

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DOD begins mobile device management procurement

The Defense Information System Agency has issued a request for proposls seeking mobile device management capabilities and a dedicated mobile application store.

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NATO to spend upwards of $2.7B on C4ISR, comms projects

The NATO Communications and Information (NCI) Agency tentatively plans to spend $2.7 billion on C4ISR and communication capabilities over the next 18 months to support its missions and operations.

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Cyber warriors training hard to defeat adversaries, Army cyber leaders said at AUSA

The Army is ramping up its cyber operations capabilities with training exercises, hardened cybersecurity, cyber weapons development and new policies.

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Lockheed adds persistent surveillance, penetrating radar offerings

Lockheed Martin has added a persistent surveillance option to its Dragon series of intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance systems.

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L-3 wins contract to supply VideoScout to Navy, Marines

L-3 Communications has won a contract potentially worth $85 million over four years to furnish the Marine Corps and the Navy with technology and support for its VideoScout intelligence data processing system.

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U.S. to spend $1.4B strengthening overseas Predator drone base

The United States is investing upwards of $1.4 billion in new funds to expand and strengthen its premier military base in the war on terrorism located in the Horn of Africa.

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US critical infrastructure remains under heavy cyberattack

The well-orchestrated cyberattacks on the U.S. financial sector reflect the capabilities and determination of the people behind them.

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Lockheed refines autonomous technology for military vehicles

Lockheed Martin has won an $11 million contract from the Defense Department to develop and test and autonomous system to assist drivers in military supply convoys and even enable autonomous operation of vehicles in convoys.

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CIA veteran writes counterterrorism 'playbook' for White House

The Obama administration will soon have formal rules of war for how to carry out targeted killings around the globe against al-Qaeda and its affiliates.

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No eyeballs on target at AUSA

Too few of our service members were on hand at the recent Association of the U.S. Army show to see and demonstrate the new technologies exhibited for themselves.

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Not every cloud has a silver lining

The public and shared cloud markets pose perhaps the greatest challenge when it comes to cybersecurity.

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Safeguarding data-filled devices requires sophisticated tools

Safeguarding an ever-expanding variety of data-filled devices requires sophisticated tools and methods.

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Air Force ISR works to stay on top of evolving technologies

Lt. Gen. Larry James on the Air Force ISR's ever-evolving mission, the roles played by old and new technologies and the challenges AF ISR faces as it serves users on a rapidly changing global stage.

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Air Force ISR aims for maximum insight

Agency strives to provide a full spectrum of ISR capabilities to meet strategic, tactical and combatant command requirements.

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DOD cloud computing strategy a public-private collaboration

The Defense Department's strategy seeking to clarify the transition to cloud computing has cast a net wide enough to include commercial solutions.

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High-throughput satellites are the solution

Recent budget constraints, the rapidly changing profile of end users data and the proliferation of airborne communications-on-the-move systems make the new high-throughput satellite (HTS) networks now being launched an attractive augmentation to the government’s existing resources.

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ITES-3H part of Army's strategy to consolidate $5B in contracts

Service seeks commercial, off-the-shelf products compatible with net-centric infrastructure.

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DOD works to protect essential collaboration technology

Across the DOD, videoconferencing is now widely used to facilitate real-time decision making for command and control applications, as well as to improve combat effectiveness all the way up to the tactical edge.

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COMSATCOM continues to play critical role in supporting military

Faced with a shortfall of on-orbit capacity from military satellite systems, the Pentagon continues to rely heavily on commercial satellite communications to meet the bandwidth demands and operational requirements of deployed U.S. forces.