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DARPA asks public to vote on combat vehicle design
DARPA is using crowdsourcing techniques to design a next-generation combat vehicle.
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Fight brewing over DOD budget cuts
The U.S. public overwhelmingly wants defense cuts, but the Defense Department says that's dangerous.
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Transparency can't shine without context
The Obama administration, Congress and watchdog groups want more transparency, but transparency can still leave much of the public blind.
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DOD wounded by lax information security, WikiLeaks
A senior Defense Department official has told a Senate committee that the Pentagon's search for speed, agility in regard to sharing documents within its ranks backfired.
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U.S., South Korea hammer out Global Hawk sale
The United States and South Korea have reached a tentative agreement for the sale to the latter of four Global Hawk unmanned surveillance aircraft.
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Satellite 2011 to offer updates on milsat programs, trends
The Satellite 2011: Celebrating 30 Years! conference kicks off March 14 at the Walter E. Washington Convention Center in Washington, D.C. Defense Systems' staff plans to report on a number of key sessions related to military satellite communications from the conference.
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Army must cure mobile radio's failure rate
The Defense Department's weapons tester told Congress this week that the Army's Ground Mobile Radio in development failed 72 percent of the time in tests conducted in 2010.
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D.C. goes public through social networks
The hub of governmental power earns the top spot of being connected through Facebook, Twitter and chat rooms.
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DARPA takes aim at lighter optics
Program leverages new production techniques to make lighter lenses for military optics gear.
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More action needed around cyber defense
Acts of cyber aggression are advancing in frequency and complexity at a pace that is far outstripping advances in defense and intelligence.
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Cyber warfare just one of many defense factors, group says
Many countries around the world are establishing new organizations to tackle threats in cyberspace although the main threat to their infrastructure comes primarily from civilian or group hackers and not other nations' intelligence or military agencies.
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Top 20 defense contracts highlight trends in weapons, IT services
Washington Technology's annual roundup of defense contracts includes 20 contracts with ceilings that total $161 billion.
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Army acquisition chief calls for best contracting process, tech
Growth in Army capabilities must come without an increased price, an Army acquisition official says.
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Army schedules new round of tests for battlefield network
Upcoming tests will set stage for deployment of tactical battlefield communications and networking architecture.
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Army combat vehicle to serve as acquisition test case
Government overseers question if Army officials will successfully carry out reforms on buying weapons systems.
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DARPA probes director's connection with contractor
Regina Dugan, director of Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, founded one of the 14 companies awarded a $400,000 agency contract.
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Unmanned aircraft system new arsenal in battling pirates
ScanEagle unmanned aircraft system is a new tool in the escalating war against pirates.
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Coast Guard receives final order of aircraft C4ISR system
Lockheed Martin Corp. has delivered the last of nine roll-on, roll-off mission system pallets to the Coast Guard for use with its Medium-Range Surveillance Aircraft.
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Investigators look into plans for cyberattack on Quantico base
U.S. law enforcement agencies are investigating the possiblity that a worldwide hacking collective known as Anonymous has plans to disrupt activities at the Marine Corps Base at Quantico, Va., in protest over the rough treatment of Army Pfc. Bradley Manning, a suspect in the Wikileaks scandal, reports Joseph Menn at FT.com.
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