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DIA takes the lead on developing a common desktop environment
Grant Schneider, DIA's deputy director for information management and CIO, discusses the path toward common links between the intelligence agencies.
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Alleged Chinese Facebook con dupes NATO officers
A fake profile for NATO's senior commander convinced other officers to accept a friend request, compromising personal information in the process. The scam has reportedly been traced to China.
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OPM's John Berry, king of the jungle
Government's top personnel official has a leonine namesake.
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DOD should rethink satellite bandwidth policies, expert says
The ways DOD pays for and manages its leased civilian satellite communications networks are inefficient and needlessly expensive, one industry official says.
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Hosted payload program teaches lessons for future launches
Panelists discuss lessons learned from CHIRP program about information assurance, interagency cooperation.
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McCain to block DOD funding transfers
Except for emergencies, Sen. John McCain will hold up Defense Department reprogramming money until he gets a report.
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DARPA director said ready to join Google
DARPA Director Regina Dugan, who emphasized cybersecurity and battlefield solutions, will soon leave her job for a senior executive position with Google.
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Stuxnet cyberattack called responsible
The Stuxnet computer worm damaged Iranian nuclear facilities after it saw circumstances that exist only in Iran, lawyer says.
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It's going to be a brave new world in space
Between fiscal pressures and the end of the space shuttle program, the U.S. government must find creative ways of meeting spaceflight needs.
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Export laws hurt US space competitiveness, lawmaker says
The U.S. government needs to repeal export laws limiting the competitiveness of U.S. firms in the international space market.
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Hard lessons from hosted payloads
Federal agencies and commercial firms find the devil is in the details when it comes to managing and deploying hosted payloads.
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Satellite operations face evolving threats and obstacles
Satellite security problems change constantly, but contracts don't, officials say.
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Defense companies may be OK after spending cuts
Defense companies that survive DOD spending cuts may see their programs continue, cybersecurity could get spending boost, DOD official says.
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Iran said planning to build UAVs for Venezuela
Venezuala's unmanned aerial vehicles most likely will be used for internal defense and probably won't be armed.
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Air Sea Battle strategy would be used in clash with Iran
If the United States were to become involved in a clash with Iran over its nuclear program, the U.S. military would employ new tactics known as the Air-Sea Battle concept that would capitalize on its highly networked and integrated military forces, says the Air Force deputy chief of staff for operations.
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Sequester could paralyze Pentagon, CNO says
U.S. military operations could grind to a halt under sequester, says Adm. Jonathan Greenert.
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Battlefield intelligence to benefit from Web-based tool
A Web-based system that fuses real-time operations data and accumulated intelligence will be tested at the Network Integration Evaluation.
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WWII enterprise approach applicable in cyber warfare
A collective defense used in the Atlantic during World War II holds lessons for the U.S. military's cyber defense today, says Rear Adm. David Simpson, DISA vice director.
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Coming to an airspace near you: DOD moves to increase UAVs in US
The department is working with the FAA to develop tracking and collision-avoidance technologies to enable more domestic unmanned flights.
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