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Navy test replicates UAV landing on carrier
The successful test of a carrier touchdown of an F/A-18D surrogate aircraft, which replicated maneuvers of unmanned aerial vehicles, is another step closer to the 2013 goal of an autonomous landing of a UAV on an aircraft carrier, the Navy says.
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Employees need regular refresher in cybersecurity
We need to get in front of computer users on a monthly basis to reinforce basic and fundamental aspects of cybersecurity.
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Navy, Marine Corps begin UAS cargo tests
The Navy and Marine Corps are moving forward on the first of two UAS tests.
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Senate questions need for two airship programs
The Army and the Air Force both have programs in the works for high-altitude, persistent surveillance airships, and the Senate Armed Services Committee wants to know the rationale for having seemingly duplicate programs under way.
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Army Signal Regiment transforms training, operational strategies
The Army Signal Regiment is looking to transform the way it trains and equips soldiers in the era of cyber warfare.
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Drone attacks: Acts of war or old-fashioned policing?
While the United States says flying an unmanned aerial vehicle over a foreign nation is not necessarily an act of war, there is no doubt that a UAV attack committed by another government on U.S. soil would be seen as one.
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IT exchange program with private-sector moves forward
The Defense Department is implementing a new pilot program that will give federal IT employees a chance to experience private-sector work.
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DOD rule would shield unclassified info from cyberattack
Military contractors would face new requirements for protecting unclassified information from cyberattack under a draft rule published June 29 in the Federal Register.
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Wireless-by-satellite venture might cause GPS interference
A wireless-by-satellite network start-up has been blocked from starting business by the FCC on the grounds that its planned operations could knock out 500 million GPS receivers used by the first responders, airlines and others.
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Army's software-defined radios to test new waveforms
New software allows radios to support battalion-level communications.
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Air Force launches ORS-1 prototype satellite
The Air Force launched the ORS-1 prototype June 30 after a mere 30 months of development and testing.
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Panetta's agenda: Keep U.S. military strength intact
Incoming Defense Secretary Leon Panetta has stated publicly that he will not allow a gutting of the U.S. military by expected budget cuts.
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Army CIO outlines AKO phase out
The Army CIO proposes to gradually decrease funding for the service's multipurpose online portal over the next five years.
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Effective cyber defense requires new processes
The rapidly evolving dynamics of cyber warfare will require the U.S. military to adjust its approach to defense, officials say.
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Hackers steal personal military data in Gannett breach
A breach of Gannett Government Media in early June resulted in the pilfering of personal data of members of the U.S. military, which is highly sought-after by cyber criminals.
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Cyber weapons development: Why it is problematic
Cyber weapons development is problematic for venture capital investors because the proposed capabilities might already exist but are not known outside the classified environment.
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Hackers launch wave of attacks on al-Qaeda websites
Anonymous hackers have launched a series of sophisticated denial-of-service assaults on Islamic Jihadist websites that have crippled such groups' efforts to use the Internet as a communications medium.
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Gates' legacy lies in practical military tech
Defense Secretary Robert Gates, who leaves his Cabinet position June 30, spent most of his tenure popping the military's fantasy bubbles that inhibited durable technological and martial innovation.
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How ready are we for cyberspace?
With little definition of the man-made terrain of the cyber domain and little known about the policies that govern it, one military officer has some suggestions for starting to defend cyberspace.
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