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DARPA looks to radio for better network resiliency
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking for radio technology that can withstand the frequent signal degradation that routinely occurs in military operational environments.
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Why your network needs a threat hunter
Proactive hunting can find core security issues much faster than traditional reactive methods and reduce workload on security analysts who must focus on fighting day-to-day fires.
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DOD CIO gets a seat at the table on Pentagon's cloud team
Acquisition chief Ellen Lord has been replaced as the chair of the group overseeing the massive cloud initiative known as the Joint Enterprise Defense Infrastructure.
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Air Force seeks high-performance computing gains
The Air Force Research Laboratory has issued a broad agency announcement to advance HPC capabilities.
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White House names acquisition leaders at DOD, Air Force
The Trump administration announced picks for assistant secretary of defense for acquisition and acquisition head at the Air Force.
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DISA's CFO retires
Sannadean Sims, the Defense Information Systems Agency’s chief financial officer, comptroller, and Resource Management Center director, retired Jan. 3.
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Burden is leaving post as head of Army PEO EIS
After just a year in the role, Brig. Gen. Patrick Burden will step down as the Army’s Program Executive Officer for Enterprise Information Systems to lead a command in Afghanistan.
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DLA turns to analytics to fight fraudulent contractors
The Defense Logistics Agency wants to beef up its Business Decision Analytics tool to catch supply chain fraud and crack down on "CAGE jacking."
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DOD looks to solve battlefield network issues
DARPA is reaching out for help in developing radio technology for the battlefield that increases network reliability.
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Air Force awards 'Gray Wolf' networked missile contract
Lockheed Martin wins a five-year, $110 million Air Force contract to build a "Gray Wolf" missile prototype that can connect with other weapons via a network.
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Air Force bug bounty event pays out $26K
During a live-hacking event in New York City earlier this month, 25 security researchers uncovered nearly 60 unknown vulnerabilities.
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Stronger security via a different chip?
Draper's 'Inherently Secure Processor' tackles cybersecurity from the hardware side.
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Army awards contract for Virtual Patient Simulator System
The Army picks seven companies for a five-year, $186 million contract to supply whole-body simulation devices.
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After exposing DISA data to Russia, contractor agrees to new security controls
Netcracker Technology Corp. signed an agreement to keep U.S. customer data in U.S. systems, settling a case that goes back to the Bush administration.
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Lessons learned from training Army combat units in cyber ops
The Cyber Electromagnetic Activities pilot initiative focused on equipping tactical commanders and brigades with cyber and information operation techniques.
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Modernization in Defense
The journey is one everyone agrees is needed, but the best path and the challenges that presents are not only technology based.
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GAO: Security clearance problems far from fixed
A GAO audit found that many federal agencies have yet to implement years-old recommendations to reform and speed up their security clearance processes.
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Army explores synthetic squad-training environment
The Squad immersive Virtual Trainer would give small units realistic training for shooting, movement, communications, care of wounded and defensive capabilities in a variety of realistic terrains.
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White House unhappy with NDAA's cyber strategy demand
President Trump indicates he's opposed to a congressional demand for a cybersecurity strategy in the 2018 defense bill.
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