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Army private cloud to attack IT sprawl and save millions
Industry experts estimate the Army should save millions in IT costs after its recently awarded Army Private Cloud contract is fully implemented.
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US combatant commands to receive offensive cyber capabilities
The military's geographic combatant commanders now have the capability to pair traditional kinetic attacks with newly developed cyber capabilities, according to congressional testimony.
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DOD must fix glitches in satellite programs, says GAO
The Defense Department continues to struggle on next-generation military satellite programs with such problems as cost overruns, shortages of ground-segment software and problems with beyond-line-of-sight terminals, reports the General Accountability Office.
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Duqu uncloaked: Researchers find new variant, identify mystery code
Researchers from Symantec have uncovered a new variant of the Duqu cyber espionage malware that seeks to evade antivirus products and other security tools, and learned more about the origins of the malware's code.
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Army app store prototype for future one-stop shop
The new marketplace has a small number of apps for now, but there will be more to come.
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Army PM DCATS transition means many contracting opportunities
The Army's Defense Communications and Army Transmissions System program is ready to issue new contracts to industry.
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ITT Exelis gets GPS III satellite payload deal
ITT Exelis has won a $32 million contract to build the navigation payloads for the third and fourth Global Positioning System III space vehicles.
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NSA, Google deal target of determined FOIA request
The Electronic Privacy Information Center is actively pursuing specific details of a secret deal that the National Security Agency made with Google in the wake of an attack carried out by Chinese hackers on Gmail in 2010.
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UAV connectivity top challenge with shift in terror war
The military will rely more frequently on commercial communications satellites for connectivity needed to operate unmanned aerial vehicles and provide the bandwidth required to handle more sophisticated sensors and the data they transmit.
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3 factors inhibit DOD cyber infrastructure defense
House and Senate budget hearings focused on defining DOD's role in defending a largely civilian cyberspace, and on the challenge of recruiting and retaining the workforce it needs.
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Army pins hopes on common operating environment
The Army's common operating environment could transform the way the service runs its IT systems.
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Navy dreams of ocean-traversing undersea robots
It may not be in the cards yet, but the Navy hasn't given up hope that one day it will have underwater UAS that can journey across the ocean. And in fact, some universities are already working on the technology.
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EMARSS is gone, but the integration lab lives on
Army LTC Dean Hoffman, product manager for Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance Systems, discusses what's next for the service after its Enhanced Medium Altitude Reconnaissance and Surveillance System failed to receive funding in the 2013 defense budget.
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Someday soldiers may bring their own mobile devices to work
The Army is partnering with other Defese Department agencies to get better mobile capabilities into the hands of soldiers.
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IT infrastructure in CONUS barely out of the Stone Age compared to the tactical environment
The Army intends to modernize its stateside operations with the same network-centric and IT capabilities available to its expeditionary forces in war zones as foreign conflicts wind down, says Lt. Gen. Susan Lawrence.
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DI2E framework aims for streamlined intelligence sharing
In the next few years, the Defense Department and intelligence community members are expected to begin reaping the benefits of a common cross-agency environment that's designed to help users access and use a wide range of essential intelligence resources.
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Can US and Pakistan mend differences over UAV strikes?
Pakistani President Asif Ali Zardari will convene a special meeting of his nation's parliament March 20 in an effort to improve his government's strained relationship with the United States.
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DARPA goes bargain shopping for satellite parts
DARPA is reaching out to a number of commercial industries to find parts for low-cost spacecraft that would be deployed to give warfighters in remote locations access to space-based imagery for tactical purposes.
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Say what? Block 30 Global Hawk contract still in place
Northrop Grumman doesn't know when the Air Force is going to cancel its Block 30 Global Hawk program.
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