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Here Come the Drones: FAA Announces Civilian Rules
New regulations allow for wider civilian drone use in U.S. air space, but pizza delivery is still a ways away.
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DARPA's New Search Engine Puts Google in the Dust
After only one year in use, DARPA's Memex search engine has already played a key role in nearly 20 different investigations.
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How a Homeland Security Shutdown Would Imperil US Cyber Defense
An agency official told House lawmakers a partial shutdown at the Department of Homeland Security would do more than just slow a timely response to critical threats.
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The Marines Are Building Robotic War Balls
The future of amphibious assault looks kind of like an explosive inner tube. It’s really a drone.
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'Dramatic Improvement' in US and European Intel Sharing Because of ISIS
The FBI is tracking every ISIS member it knows in the US, but needs Congress to block companies from offering encryption.
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The CIA Is Bringing Amazon's Marketplace to the Intelligence Community
In the coming months, Amazon will launch a separate version of its widely successful commercial cloud marketplace for the intelligence community.
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What a New $35 Million Agency Is Expected To Do for US Cyber Defense
The new Cyber Threat Intelligence Integration Center is intended to coordinate intelligence among government agencies to better respond to cyber attacks.
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Military Looking To Give Troops Super Sensing Abilities
A new DARPA program wants to give soldiers digital ESP.
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White House Project Will Yield Brain-Based Lie Detectors
How near-future advances in functional brain imaging will make enhanced interrogation an obsolete method of obtaining information.
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How US Technology Could Help Ukraine Without ‘Arming’ It
Most of what Ukraine is asking the U.S. for would not be lethal.
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The Department of Homeland Security Is Stepping Up Its Cyber Defenses
White House and Homeland Security officials previewed a series of initiatives fusing cyber defense with real-time intelligence methods already in place.
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Obama Pushes for Greater Intel Sharing in New Strategy
Risky or not, the new national security strategy pushes for greater information sharing between intelligence agencies, at home and abroad.
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Northrop Secretly Building Jet for Air Force Trainer Competition
Northrop Grumman has abandoned plans to jointly pitch the BAE Systems Hawk jet training plane for the U.S. Air Force, instead opting to build a new aircraft.
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Here’s What You’ll Find on the Fighter Jet of 2030
Military leaders reveal their hopes and fears for the 6th Generation fighter they will desperately need.
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The Pentagon Wants To Expand Its Cyber Forces
A $27 million proposal in the FY 2016 budget would fill the ranks of a burgeoning Cyber Command.
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What Military Contractors Can Learn From the Pentagon's 2016 Budget
The Pentagon’s 2016 spending proposal would drive growth in several defense-industry sectors, but budget caps could slow weapon purchases.
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Ash Carter Has One Shot To Keep the Pentagon’s Technology Edge
Carter likely has only one shot to shape the Pentagon budget entirely on his own.
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The Pentagon's Adoption of Cloud Technology Is Finally Taking Off
As the Pentagon transitions to use more cloud-based services, its systems still have a long way to go in improving how they collect, distribute and share information.
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