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China Is Building a $46B Railroad Through Pakistan's Insurgency
A new 1,500-mile network of highways, rails and oil pipelines will run through one of the world’s most dangerous regions, Pakistan’s volatile Balochistan province.
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The Russian Weapon That Could Tip The Balance in the Middle East
Moscow’s recent decision to ship the very mobile and lethal S-300 missile system to Iran is a big deal for these three reasons.
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The Army Is Sharing Its Top Cyber Warriors With Hollywood and Wall Street
A new public-private program wants to 'marry-up' cyber soldiers with a civilian career to defend against online threats.
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Pentagon To Recruit Thousands For Cybersecurity Reserve Force
Military leaders want private sector and National Guard cyber professionals at the ready in case of a national network emergency.
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New Pentagon Chief Carter to Court Silicon Valley
The Pentagon wants to partner more with Silicon Valley tech firms, but can radically different cultures find common ground?
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The Navy is Preparing To Launch Swarm Bots Out of Cannons
The military’s swarm robots move from sea to air with a new program to shoot drones.
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The Pentagon's Cartographers Won't Be Robots Anytime Soon
Machines are increasingly taking on routine scanning tasks, but are still no match for human analysts.
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Pentagon Seeks Sensors That Last for Years
Reducing battery drain by a factor of 1,000 will enable true “persistent surveillance.”
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New Tech Will Allow Navy To Target with Jamming Pods
Faster datalinks will allow the Navy’s EA-18 Growler to pinpoint insurgents with weapons-quality accuracy.
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US Hospitals Could Save Billions If They Took This Lesson from the VA
Most hospitals don’t have good ways of measuring the complex costs associated with an individual patient’s stay in the hospital. The VA is one surprising exception.
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A Global Consensus on Cyber Security Is Gaining Momentum
Here’s what to look for in two meetings that will explore how states with limited capacity can draw upon technologically sophisticated countries.
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Can Facial Recognition Technology Help US Spies Predict China's Next Island?
The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency is using technology akin to facial recognition to track and predict China's strategy for militarizing a region known as Mischief Reef.
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How the NSA Is Using the Cloud To Thwart the Next Snowden
In a post-Snowden world, is it really a good idea to have analysts swimming around in one vast ocean of NSA secrets and data?
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The Army Wants Robot Four-Wheelers and Decepticons
The service is outlining a multi-decade plan for autonomic and robotic systems.
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These Human Rights Activists Want To Ban 'Killer Robots'
A new report, released in advance of a major UN meeting next week, implores countries to stop developing deadly autonomous machines before it’s too late.
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The Army Expands Its Use of Cloud Computing
IBM is beefing up its cloud computing services with the Army to expedite the service's nearly 40 million logistics data transactions per day.
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The Russian Hackers Taking on the Kremlin
Their name is 'Humpty Dumpty — and they're getting past telecommunications firewalls.
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Snowden's Leaks Forced the DEA To End Its Own Mass Surveillance Program
By exposing the NSA’s spying programs, fugitive leaker Edward Snowden forced the Justice Department to shut down a separate phone-surveillance operation.
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6 Facts About the Future of the Air Force
Air Force officials wanted to reconstitute the force as the war in Afghanistan wound down. Here's why that will have to wait.
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