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NASA's New Super-Fast Solar Ship May Have Just Revolutionized How We Explore Space
Instead of a traditional, chemical propellant, it’s powered by photons from the sun and can travel nearly 64,000 miles per hour.
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The F-35’s Terrifying Bug List
The Pentagon’s top testing official has weighed and measured the F-35 and found it wanting.
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These Are the New Weapons the Pentagon Chief Wants for Tomorrow's Wars
Defense secretary lays out his vision for the next decade’s killer capabilities in 2017 budget preview.
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USAF Stands Up Space Mission Force to Counter Russia, China
The service is reorganizing for battle in space, but threats may be progressing faster than fixes.
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US Homeland Security's $6B Firewall Has More Than a Few Frightening Blind Spots
A recent audit revealed the National Cybersecurity Protection System—aka EINSTEIN—does not scan for 94 percent of common computer vulnerabilities. But that's not all of its shortcomings.
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The Obama Administration’s Encryption Views Are All Over the Map
Some government officials are focused on catching criminals, while others worry about empowering hackers.
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Refugee or Terrorist? IBM Thinks Its Software Has the Answer
A new tool to turn unstructured data into actionable intelligence could change the way law enforcement fights terrorism, and challenge the data-collection debate.
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ISIS Communications App: Much Ado About Not Much
The group’s “secure messaging app” doesn’t work. Ghost Security Group backtracks on previous claim.
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The Middle East's Quietly Rising Cyber Super Power
Israel now has more than 300 cybersecurity companies, exports totaling $6 billion, and 20 percent of the world’s private cyber investment dollars.
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Look Who's Worried About the NSA's 96 Percent Retention Rate
It might seem counterintuitive that someone maintaining a workforce of 30,000 coders and analysts is concerned about too much loyal talent.
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With Lockheed Deal, Leidos Is Now the Government's Largest IT Provider
The merger creates an IT business with a $10 billion portfolio and contract holdings across every facet of federal government.
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Russian Scientists May Have Solved One of the Major Barriers to Light-Based Computers
A new cooling method opens a door to optical chips far faster than today’s electronic ones.
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Old American Warplanes Still Scare North Korea
The B-52 bomber might be more than 50 years old, but when it flies near the Korean peninsula, Kim Jong-un’s government pays attention.
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US Approves $2B in Bombs for Iraqi F-16s
Five months after Iraq began flying its F-16 fighter jets against ISIS, the Obama administration has approved a $2 billion cache of guided bombs and missiles that will make them far deadlier.
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What's Known About China's Shadowy New 'Combat' Force
On the last day of 2015, China overhauled the way its military was structured, creating a new force that's received very little attention in the foreign press.
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Pentagon Eyes Laser-Armed Drones to Shoot Down Ballistic Missiles
The high-flying aircraft would be the unmanned successors to the Air Force’s missile-zapping jetliner.
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This Is The Most Important Technology On the F-35
Cognitive EW, currently in its infancy, may one day help justify the Joint Strike Fighter’s enormous cost.
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The US Thinks China May Have Stolen Military Robot Designs
U.S. officials have ordered an investigation into whether China might be gaining an unfair competitive advantage in the robotics race.
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Army Testing Robo-Parachutes That Don’t Need GPS
The military needs what goes up to come down without the global positioning system.
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