Defense Systems
Navy delays final solicitation for NGEN program
The Navy says it will not release its final NGEN RFP on Dec. 21 but will release a new draft.
Defense Systems
Managing the spectrum for electronic warfare
Col. Rod Mentzer, project manager for Electronic Warfare at the Army PEO IEW&S, discusses efforts to manage the spectrum for all electronic warfare technologies and capabilities.
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Debate boils about what's under the RQ-170's hood
As uncertainty continues to surround RQ-170 drone, experts estimate its ISR capabilities and payload.
Defense Systems
Captured RQ-170, real or fake? You decide.
With high-resolution images and video readily available on the Web of the recovered RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned aerial vehicle that went down in Iran last week, experts familiar with UAV design and journalists who cover the aviation beat are at odds over whether the photographic and video evidence displayed with bravado by Iranian officials is indeed the actual so-called “Beast of Kandahar.”
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Army Cyber Command tackles network security challenge
Lt. Gen. Rhett Hernandez on defending-the-network exercises at NIE and developing an offensive Red Team cyber infiltration unit.
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Apache Block III upgrades include UAV link
The Army installed 25 technology upgrades to its Apache attack helicopter in November, one of which enables a pilot in flight to control a drone, access its streaming video and use its sensors for target engagement.
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US weighed 3 options for destroying downed RQ-170
U.S. officials considered a covert raid to either destroy or recover the wreckage of a stealth RQ-170 unmanned aircraft that crashed in the rugged terrain of Eastern Iran last week.
Defense Systems
ViaSat-1 passes data transmission test
Satellite operator ViaSat has transmitted the first data over its high-capacity, Ka-band satellite named ViaSat-1 using the WildBlue high-speed data network.
Defense Systems
Mobile apps could lead to better UAV sensors
DARPA is looking for smartphone application developers to help the military speed the development of sensors for unmanned aerial vehicles.
Defense Systems
Cyber threat information sharing a double-edged sword
Programs that share intelligence about cyber threats represent a great step forward; however, leaks about such information have occurred and must be stopped.
Defense Systems
DISA fund earns 'clean' status in DOD-wide audit
An audit of DISA's fiscal 2011 Defense Working Capital Fund found the fund was financially transparent and accurate. DISA is one of six agencies so far to clear the Defense Department audit, which will be ongoing through 2014.
Defense Systems
Cubic expands mesh network at US bases in Kuwait
Cubic has won a $3.5 million subcontract from ARINC Engineering Services to support the Next Generation Wireless Communications system at three U.S. bases in Kuwait.
Defense Systems
Air Force, Lockheed partner on reusable launch system
Lockheed Martin has won an indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contract potentially worth $250 million over five years to furnish technical support for the Air Force’s Reusable Booster System.
Defense Systems
Navy, Northrop demonstrate manned-unmanned intell sharing
The Navy and Northrop Grumman share sensor data between manned and unmanned helicopters.
Defense Systems
DISA puts finishing touches on GSM, FCSA contracts
DISA is slated to award contracts for the Future Commercial Satellite Communications Services Acquisition and Global Information Grid Services Management programs in early 2012.
Defense Systems
Navy accelerates unmanned aircraft tests
Although the Navy may be late coming to the world of unmanned aircraft systems, it is now pushing the limits of UAS technology from the standpoints of capability and autonomy, Graham Warwick reports in Aviation Week.
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RQ-170 crash might put US sensor technology at risk
U.S. officials have confirmed that an RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned aerial vehicle on a secret mission for the CIA did crash in Iran on Dec. 1.
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DARPA picks winning team in shredder challenge
DARPA announces a winner for its shredded-document challenge, designed to find out more about handling and exploiting sensitive documents.
Defense Systems
Analysis tool helps streamline Australia's defense networks
A commercially developed network analysis tool is helping Australia's military make its networks more efficient.
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