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The Debate Behind U.S. Intervention in World War II
73 years ago, President Roosevelt was mulling a third term, and Charles Lindbergh was praising German air strength. A new book by Susan Dunn looks at the dramatic months leading up to the election of 1940.
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Army CIO touts network security
Lawrence says consolidation effort will help stave off cyberattacks.
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Navy and Lockheed Martin demo UAS common control system
The new system allows operators to manage multiple UAS platforms simultaneously.
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DISA to negotiate $427M enterprise storage contract
The service will support all DISA supported CONUS and OCONUS sites.
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Raytheon wins Navy contract to provide multi-INT surveillance system
Persistent Surveillance System designed to provide real-time decision-making for warfighters.
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General Dynamics Advanced Information Systems attains top process rating
GD-ASI focused on continual, quantitative process improvement.
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Re-thinking cyber training for officers
A proposed curriculum for training next-gen leaders of our cyber forces.
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Pentagon works to update cyberspace operation strategy
Cyber initiative group focuses on multilevel, holistic collaboration.
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Next generation MUOS-2 military satellite communication to launch in July
MUOS is designed for the mobile warfighter while retaining interoperability with legacy users.
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Armament Software Engineering Center gets Level 5 CMMI rating
Software development for U.S. weapons systems focuses on optimization.
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DISA awards $16M contract to secure mobile capabilities
Secure collaboration and information-sharing goal of management software and application store.
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Dempsey says cyberattacks are the new normal
Joint Chiefs Chairman Martin Dempsey lays out U.S. strategy as threats mount.
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DISA to award $450M for commercial cloud services
The Defense Information Systems Agency seeks commercial IaaS proposals.
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DARPA targets simulation capabilities for battle nets
The research agency seeks existing tech to test contested environments.
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Are NSA's capabilities outclassed by GCHQ?
Edward Snowden's leaked documents also cast an eye on data collection by British intelligence. What will surface next?
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GA-ASI improving Predator B to increase NATO interoperability
GA-ASI partners with RUAG Aerospace Services to meet international airworthiness requirements for remotely piloted aircraft.
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The military cloud: Balancing security and accessibility
DOD weighs security and accessibility concerns as it gets ready to send sensitive data into the cloud.
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Navy awards HP another bridge contract on the way to NGEN
The contract adds an extension in case the government has not fully transitioned services.
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Army publishes plans for thin-client computing
CIO/G-6's Thin/Zero Client Computing Reference Architecture is the second of five planned RAs for service-wide IT solutions.
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