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Northrop puts out call for UAV engineers
Northrop Grumman's unmanned aerial vehicles business is booming, and the company plans to add 150 new jobs -- mostly for engineers -- at its San Diego area plants where it manufactures the Global Hawk, Fire Scout and X-47B.
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LightSquared's threat of legal action raises questions
A LightSquared spokesman has threatened to launch a legal counteroffensive to assert the company's "legal rights," but it is unclear whom the company would sue and for what it would sue.
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Roger W. Jones Award for executive leadership bestowed
The award honors commitment to public service.
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Signal regiment moves to COTS to improve efficiency
The Army Signal Corps will move to commercial off-the-shelf systems under new strategy to reduce manpower and improve training.
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Navy picks contractor for C4ISR integration projects
The Navy has awarded a three-year, $139 million delivery order to CACI International to provide an array of communications technology to the Defense Department and other federal entities.
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Two-legged robot almost ready for military duty
Boston Dynamics, the company that developed the quadrupedal BigDog robot designed to carry troops' gear, is putting the finishing touches on a two-legged, headless robot that goes by the name Petman.
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Army streamlines tactical comms capabilities
Open-market technology and pressures on defense spending force changes in tactical combat communications.
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Funding for intelligence programs takes slight dip
Congress appropriated $78.6 billion overall for civilian and military intelligence activities in 2011, a slight decline from the amount spent on the programs in 2010.
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Army creates project office to manage fixed-wing aircraft
The Army has activated a project office specifically to oversee all Army fixed-wing aircraft rather than having them operated independently by individual organizations and major commands.
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Past cyberattacks sought to disrupt U.S. satellite: report
Cyber hackers attempted to gain command of a NASA satellite in 2008, putting the satellite at risk of being destroyed or damaged, according to a draft report by the U.S.-China Economic and Security Review Commission.
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First Android device certified for Pentagon personnel
DISA has approved the Streak 5 mini-tablet for use by the Defense Department, opening the way for other Android platforms in government.
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Civil Air Patrol teams to compete in cybersecurity competition
More than 200 Civil Air Patrol teams will compete in the CyberPatriot IV high school-level cybersecurity challenge beginning Oct. 28 that requires students to defend against a variety computer threat scenarios.
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Reaper UAVs hunt terrorists from base in Ethiopia
The U.S. Air Force is flying armed Reaper unmanned aerial vehicles on counterterrorism missions from a civilian airport in southern Ethiopia against the Somalia-based al-Qaeda affiliate known as al-Shabab.
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Army lists achievements of manned-unmanned aircraft demo
The Army's Manned Unmanned Systems Integration Capability exercise demonstrated the ability of all of the manned and unmanned systems involved to exchange video with each other and also the ability of operators to control the UAS payloads of the larger unmanned aircraft using universal ground stations and remote video terminals.
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Air Force's Hawkins named to lead DISA
Defense Secretary Leon Panetta appoints former vice director to be the new director of the Defense Information Systems Agency.
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Tigershark UAV boasts two drones in one
Known as the Robotic Russian Doll of Death, a new drone heading for testing in 2012 would hide a smaller, warhead missile drone inside, enabling more accurate explosions and limiting collateral damage.
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Don't be misled about Duqu malware
Cyber intelligence experts have issues with some of the claims being made about the Duqu malware.
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Army launches core financial management system worldwide
The Army's General Fund Enterprise Business System is now serving Army organizations and functions around the globe that have nearly 40,000 users.
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Army, AAI collaborate on UAS payload development
AAI Unmanned Aircraft Systems has delivered a small and a miniature UAS to the Army's Communications-Electronics Research, Development and Engineering Center that will be used to help develop various payloads for three classes of the UAS.
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