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The Intelligence Community Wants New COVID-19 Tracking Tools
A call has gone out for contactless testing, contact tracing without smartphones, mutation mapping, and more.
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New Air-Ops Software to Get 5G Test Outside Las Vegas
The Air Force will build a 5G network at Nellis AFB, the latest U.S. base to host experiments with the next-gen comms gear.
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Trump’s Social-Media Order Is a Gift to Disinformation Bots, Experts Say
But much of the order may be legally unenforceable.
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How COVID-19 Kicked a USAF Software Team Into High Gear
The programming group that makes tools for the Air Force's developers is now posting about 10 upgrades per day.
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A Medical-Delivery Drone Service Gets US Approval Amid Coronavirus
ZipLine, whose drones have delivered more than 100,000 packages in Africa, will begin flights in North Carolina.
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DARPA Funds Earthworm-Inspired Soft Robot to Dig Tunnels
As part of the Underminer program, General Electric’s innovation arm is perfecting a soft robot to boost battlefield operations.
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How the Pandemic Is Helping The Military Prep For World War III
A local coronavirus response functioned as a crucial test of a new data network concept intended to deter Russia and China.
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DOD’s Top Scientist Shoots Down Airborne Lasers for Missile Defense
What’s needed, Griffin says, is more research into how to use weapons of various strengths in other kinds of combat.
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What Google’s New Contract Reveals About the Pentagon’s Evolving Clouds
For one thing, it disproves fears that the massive JEDI contract meant one company would get all the work.
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The Pentagon's $800M Effort to Embed AI In Decisions in 'All Tiers'
That's the goal of a five-year task order from the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center to Booz Allen Hamilton.
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How AI Will Soon Change Special Operations
A new SOCOM office is pursuing tools to understand and influence populations, clear rooms with robots, and spot new forms of jamming.
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Air Force Leaders Fret As Another Satellite Maker Declares Bankruptcy
Service leaders are asking for Congressional help in shoring up the defense industrial base.
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Iran Is Increasing Its Military and Cyber Activity, Report Says
After a big drop in April, Iran’s conventional military activity is up. Cyber operations never slowed down.
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Pentagon Task Force Turns to Data to Shape COVID-19 Response
The group aims to use models and information to judge risks to the Defense Department and its missions.
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New START Treaty Looks Dead in the Water
Unless Trump leads, observers say hopes for renewing the arms control deal with Russia, or a bigger one with China, will expire next year.
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Pentagon Wants Help With Its Predictive Aircraft Maintenance AI
Among other things, the Joint Artificial Intelligence Center needs someone to format data about H-60 helicopters in a way that an AI can learn from it.
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FBI Got Everything It Asked for in DNC Investigation, Refuting ‘Missing Server’ Myth
New transcripts released by the House intelligence committee shed light on Russia’s interference in 2016 election.
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COVID-19 Is Accelerating Trends in the US-China Relationship
Economic analysts see a closing window for U.S. policymakers to engage with Chinese counterparts on areas of mutual interest and benefit.
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Pentagon, Senators Blast FCC Decision to Let Company Share GPS Spectrum
Space Force chief, Pentagon tech leaders, and the Armed Services chairman led calls to reconsider the controversial license for Ligado.
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