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UAVs cornerstone of DOD's 30-year aviation plan
The Defense Department intends to increase its armed and long-range surveillance unmanned aerial vehicles by at least 45 percent over the next decade.
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Cybersecurity bill slammed by privacy advocates
A proposed national blueprint for combating cyberattacks has received ample support from members of Congress and the private sector, but also has received plenty of vitriol from privacy advocates.
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DARPA wants robots that help clean up after disasters
The research agency's latest robotics challenge aims to develop robots capable of handling emergency tasks in dangerous environments.
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China's navy to develop UAVs to hunt submarines
China's People's Liberation Army Navy has begun deploying unmanned aerial vehicles aboard its ships. They may eventually hunt submarines.
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Special Forces to use Aerosonde UAS for intel missions
Texton Systems' AAI unit has won a contract valued at about $600 million over three years to furnish its Aerosonde small unmanned aircraft system to the U.S. Special Operations Command.
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MIDS JTRS terminal advances to full production
The U.S. military is moving a software-defined networking terminal that distributes information from the Joint Tactical Radio System into full production, and it will be fielded soon on several key Air Force and Navy weapons platforms.
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Army event to focus on battlefield network improvements
The Army will assess capabilities and emerging C4ISR technologies that it will need for battlefield networks in the immediate years ahead during an upcoming event at Fort Dix, N.J.
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Enhanced sensor systems to help Army shed light in the darkness
The Army has named five winners of $1.8 billion in contract awards for its Warrior Enabling Broad Sensor program.
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Navy seals the deal on critical cockpit contract
The Navy has awarded Lockheed Martin a $1 billion contract for high-tech common cockpits needed for helicopters in war zones and other threatening areas.
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Navy CYBERFOR provides backbone for manning, training and equipping
RADM Gretchen Herbert, commander, Navy Cyber Forces, discusses modernization and the challenges of simultaneously operating new and legacy systems.
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DISA storefront for apps makes security the no. 1 priority
Agency wants to ensure smart-phone users comply with rules and regulations.
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Navy halts Fire Scout flights after two crashes
Following two recent incidents that resulted in crashes, the Navy has put its MQ-8B Fire Scout flight operations on "operational pause."
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Army awards unattended ground sensor contract
The Army has awarded Northrop Grumman a five-year, indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract to furnish Scorpion I and II unattended ground sensor systems for force protection and intelligence gathering purposes.
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Army won't rush into cargo-carrying UAV buy
Despite the Marines Corps' forward march on cargo-carrying unmanned aircraft in Afghanistan, the Army seems to be taking its time. So what's the hold up?
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Doan defends Bush on conference spending
Doan said the Obama administration is diverting attention away from itself by blaming George W. Bush for a new scandal over a lavish conference.
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ScanEagle gets hydrogen-powered fuel cell
The successful test of a flight of a Boeing Insitu ScanEagle using a hydrogen-powered fuel cell will enable the unmanned aircraft system to carry an increased payload capacity.
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LightSquared might opt for voluntary bankruptcy, Falcone says
Hedge fund manager Philip Falcone said in an April 4 interview that he is giving serious consideration to filing a voluntary bankruptcy for LightSquared.
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Will the Air Force ever catch up with its UAV data backlog?
It may be years before the Air Force has the human resources and tools in place to keep up with the enormous amounts of data gathered from its fleet of unmanned aerial vehicles and the sophisticated sensors that they employ on intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions, says Air Force Secretary Michael Donley.
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Encryption takes on a whole new meaning with smart phones
Army and Marines have to reconcile various classifications for encrypted data.
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