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Virtual soldier brings military training into the real world
A University of Iowa program is using virtual reality to help arm and prepare the troops of tomorrow.
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Boeing completes satcom-on-the-move demo for US, Australia
Boeing recently demonstrated a satcom-on-the-move technology product on a live Ka-band satellite network for Australia and the United States that enabled simultaneous secure videoconferencing with military radios and telephones.
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Navy wants help boosting coastal surveillance
The Navy wants industry and other interested parties to submit ideas for new systems and technologies for use in shore surveillance and amphibious operations.
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Will commercial space imagery policy get a makeover?
The White House will reexamine its current policy toward how the Defense Department and intelligence community use commercial imagery, which if it downplays the importance of using such imagery in a revised policy would likely further dampen the commercial imagery market.
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Phantom Eye holds promise, but has long way to go
Boeing's massive hydrogen-powered Phantom Eye UAV performed its first test flight at NASA's Dryden Flight Research Center June 1 reaching an altitude of 4,080 feet and a cruising speed of 62 knots, which is short of the performance attributes the military wants it eventually to achieve.
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Obama's 'kill list' dictates who the drones will strike
U.S. President Barack Obama personally oversees a "kill list" of individuals selected to be the target of unmanned aerial vehicle strikes in Yemen, Pakistan and Somalia in a highly secret manner that has given rise to calls for greater transparency in the shadow war against al Qaeda.
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Navy picks provider for COTS network and tech work
The Navy has awarded a five-year indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract with an estimated value of $500 million to Iron Bow Technologies for communications and IT equipment support.
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Canada should let Polar Hawk recon Arctic, Northrop says
Canada has received an unsolicited proposal from Northrop Grumman to furnish three modified RQ-4B Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles to provide surveillance of the country's vast Arctic territories.
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DOD business systems get failing grade for modernization
The Defense department is struggling with three issues in particular when it comes to implementing GAO recommendations for updating its business systems.
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Army places new order for nimble ground bots
The Army has placed a second order for a nimble ground robot that can explore dangerous objects and places.
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Air Force takes corrective action, reopens bidding on NetCents 2
The Air Force has reopened the bidding for its $6.9 billion NetCents 2 products contract, according to an announcement on the FedBizOps website.
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New details on Flame tie it to earlier cyberattacks
Researchers have found some similarities between Flame and Stuxnet/Duqu, while Iran says the malware was used in the April cyberattacks on its oil industry.
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Warfighters to app writers: Who better to develop mobile applications
As a part of its broader mobile device efforts, the Army has begun training efforts to teach soldiers how to write their own apps and then make them available for download.
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Are the US military services in sync for net-enabled warfare?
It might seem as if the Army's strategy for tackling hybrid threats and the Air Force and Navy doctrine for AirSea Battle go off in different directions at a time when strategic synthesis is sorely needed in light of shrinking defense funding, but do they really?
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Obama expanded cyber offensive against Iran
As soon as he took office, U.S. President Obama authorized increasingly sophisticated attacks against Iran's nuclear enrichment facilities, expanding on efforts begun in the Bush administration to check that country's nuclear efforts.
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US needs technologies tailored for Asia-Pacific, Panetta says
The Defense Department needs to develop and acquire new equipment and technologies that are tailored to the Asia-Pacific region as the United States increases its military presence in the region, Defense Secretary Leon Panetta said June 1.
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As war winds down, a shakeup lays ahead for the UAV fleet
As the U.S. winds down in Afghanistan, some unmanned aircraft will face sunset while others will endure in the future force, according to a top DOD official.
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Pacific center to serve as prototype of future military health IT
The Defense Department is establishing a new approach to health IT systems in Maui, Hawaii, as a proof-of-concept demonstration for information management and IT products and services to support the Defense Department's medical readiness requirements and modernization needs.
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How will the US manage a large-scale robot army?
A software provider has developed a system that it believes might one day address the Defense Department's need for a unified command and control system to coordinate the efforts of the U.S. military's rapidly expanding army of ground, sea and air robotic systems.
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