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Nato summit: Turkey pressures US to sell armed UAVs
President Barack Obama's administration favors selling armed unmanned aerial vehicles to Turkey but faces formidable opposition from Congress on the matter, Turkish president Abdullah Gul told reporters at the NATO Summit.
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Air Mobility Command on prowl for handheld, touch-screen devices
The Air Mobility Command wants industry input on handheld, touch screen-controlled devices with which it might equip its personnel, according to a request for information.
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Cargo robots might be up for Afghan tour-of-duty extension
Four Lockheed Martin Squad Mission Support System unmanned ground vehicles might have their Afghan tour of duty extended for a second time in 2012.
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Unconquered territory: DOD searches for ways to deploy mobile devices at the tactical edge
The Defense Department has launched a number of mobile device programs, but the devil is in the details when it comes to deploying handhelds past the wire.
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New northern cyber division has threefold mission
The new Joint Cyber Center includes members from the intelligence, operations, and command and control divisions, and a team from the U.S. Cyber Command.
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DOD achieves record throughput in WGS bandwidth test
Defense Department researchers were able to transmit a 1.3 gigabits/sec carrier signal through the Wideband Global Satcom constellation Hawaii facility in a test designed to determine the full capability that the next-gen satellites can provide to warfighters around the globe.
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White House, not JCS, to coordinate terrorist targets for UAV strikes
White House counterterror Chief John Brennan will coordinate discussions as to which terrorist leaders will be the targets of armed unmanned aircraft strikes, signaling an important change from previous arrangements in which the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff initiated the discussion with other agencies.
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New Army lab does the heavy lifting before the NIE
Aberdeen Proving Ground facility tests and evaluates software and electronics bound for field evaluation.
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Software app keeps smart-phone chatter secure
Several military and intelligence agencies are using an anti-hacking software application that delivers voice encryption to block call interceptions on smart phones.
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NATO inks $1.7B deal for Block 40 Global Hawks
NATO officials have signed a $1.7 billion contract with Northrop Grumman for five Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicles that the alliance plans to use for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance missions.
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China hard at work on offensive cyber weapons
China continues to develop cyber weapons that it is using to carry out computer network intrusions and data theft activities around the globe, according to an annual DOD report.
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Navy plans to pinch pennies on NGEN
The Navy is looking for the best price it can get on the Next Generation Enterprise Network contract.
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Defending mobile networks: An uphill battle against endless threats
COTS solutions are the mainstay of military security, but they bring their own issues.
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Why the US needs a robust cyber arsenal
The United States must find a way to display its arsenal of operational hacking weapons to deter domestic and international cyber threats, says the former vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff.
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Common data sharing essential to AirSea Battle doctrine
The "AirSea Battle" concept championed by top Navy and Air Force brass has a long way to go since there is a noticeable lack of data-sharing protocol between the two military services.
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House rolls back export restrictions on satellites
The House of Representatives has passed an amendment to the 2013 defense authorization bill that would ease export restrictions on commercial satellites and simplify their export to allies and partners.
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Army puts new comms systems to the test at third NIE
Several thousand soldiers participating in the Army's third Network Integration Evaluation under way at the White Sands Missile Range in New Mexico will test at least three key communications systems and evaluate another 36 systems.
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Cybersecurity chief steps down, plans long Harley ride
White House Cybersecurity Coordinator Howard Schmidt plans to step down at the end of May after serving as the Obama administration's point person for efforts to develop a national and international cybersecurity strategies designed to protect vulnerable computer networks.
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Navy to test 4G LTE command and control network at sea
The Navy recently established a year-long pilot program for the Kearsarge Expeditionary Strike Group to test a portable maritime command and control system built around Oceus Networks' Xiphos cellular technology.
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