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More intel resources needed for cyberspace, says head of Air Force ISR
The Air Force is developing ways to apply intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance capabilities to cyber operations.
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Reserves will play a larger role in cyber defense
The Air Force is looking to its Reserves to augment its strength and capabilities amid budget and cyber pressure.
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AeroVironment wins $4.2M Switchblade order
An extension to an existing AeroVironment contract with the Air Force includes engineering services, operational Switchblade systems and operator training.
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Budget pressure drives Air Force UAS overhaul
Interoperability will enable fewer personnel, fewer unmanned aircraft to do more, ISR PEO says.
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Air Force takes aim at DART intell system expansion
NCI and partner Raytheon will upgrade the Air Force's Distributed Common Ground System's analysis and reporting capabilities.
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3 reasons the Air Force is buying fewer UAVs
The Air Force will buy fewer unmanned aerial vehicles, but fly more missions.
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UAV data analysis remains daunting challenge
The Air Force has upwards of 70,000 persons working to process all of the data and footage it is gathering from unmanned aerial vehicles in an effort to detect patterns worth exploiting in the pursuit of insurgents in Afghanistan and other global hot spots.
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Air Mobility Command to purchase iPads for flight crews
The Air Mobility Command might purchase as many as 18,000 Apple iPads to replace paper charts and technical manuals used by its flight crews.
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Top Air Force weapons acquisition official to leave in March
The top weapons acquisition official will return to private industry.
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Air Force takes hard look at structure as budget crunch looms
The Air Force must overcome a number of challenges it faces in ISR, including data processing and training.
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NATO finds funds for ground surveillance system
NATO has found a funding solution for its Alliance Ground Surveillance system intended to help its member nations deploy joint intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance assets.
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Northrop Grumman gets contract for BACN payloads
The Battlefield Airborne Communications Node payloads will be for two existing Block 20 Global Hawk aircraft.
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Air Force emphasizes skills training for cyber personnel
The Air Force has revised how it trains its cyber personnel by creating a training regime designed to update and improve skills throughout the course of a person's career.
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Greater UAV autonomy needed: former ISR chief
Finding ways for unmanned aircraft to process more sensor information on board will provide substantial benefits, says the Air Force's former Deputy Chief of Staff for Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance.
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Air Force likely to retire Block 30 Global Hawks
The Air Force is likely to retire its fleet of Block 30 RQ-4 Global Hawk high-altitude unmanned aerial vehicles, a surprising turn of events considering the Global Hawk was on the verge of replacing the five-decade-old U-2 manned spy plane program.
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Obama nominates chiefs for policy, readiness, acquisition
The president nominates three senior Defense Department officials to fill key management positions.
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Air Force to award NETCENTS 2 in 2012, official says
The long-delayed NETCENTS-2 contract vehicle is set to be awarded this year, says the Air Force's acquisition chief.
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LightSquared asserts latest GPS tests rigged
LightSquared and a former FCC chief engineer said Jan. 18 that the Global Positioning System test devices that were used recently to test the company's new network were rigged by makers of GPS receivers and government end users to produce "bogus results."
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Boeing gets nod for two more WGS satellites
The Air Force has authorized Boeing to develop and launch the eighth and ninth Wideband Global Satcom satellites.
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