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For DOD, building the cyber force is a team game
The cyber force is only halfway towards its personnel goal, but members are making marginal strides in training, recruitment and defining roles in the emerging operational domain.
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Lockheed Martin begins layoffs at NORAD
Pink slips come in advance of GAO ruling on contract protest.
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Air Force wants common tools for pay-as-you-go cloud
The service wants to establish standard processes that could work for all the military services in support of the JIE.
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Revamped Air Force Materiel Command goes for agility
Amid a changing threat landscape, AFMC has revised its vision and mission statements to better reflect goals.
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GAO warns DOD of 'fragmented' approach to commercial satellites
A scattered procurement process leaves the military without a good accounting of its resources, and could be leaving money on the table, the report says.
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Launch failure delays SpaceX's shot at military launches
Elon Musk said the June 28 explosion of a Falcon 9 rocket would delay the inaugural launch of the Falcon Heavy booster ticketed to compete for launches of U.S. military satellites.
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Air Force, Northrop demo an open system for manned, unmanned aircraft
The tests show how a B-2 stealth bomber, Global Hawk and other nodes can work together.
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Air Force to offer $15K-a-year bonuses for drone pilots
The proposed changes also include stepping up training of new pilots.
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Latest GPS IIF satellite makes it into orbit
While delays hold back development of the next-generation GPS III, the Air Force is keeping the current constellation up to date.
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Air Force team develops innovative RPA collaboration system
The Web-based Surveillance Intelligence Reconnaissance Information System revamps the way remotely piloted aircraft crews collaborate.
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'Space Pearl Harbor' debate rages
Policy analysts argue over how U.S. strategy should evolve to deal with asymmetric threats that could leave low Earth orbit unusable.
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Air Force wants to target APTs with transparent computing
MIT researchers will explore a new approach to defending against advanced persistent threats under a $7 million contract.
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Will SpaceX explosion impact Air Force launch competitions?
The company recently was green-lighted to compete for future launches of military satellites.
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Air Force awards deal to fix some Global Hawk software
The $16.2 million contract modification to Northrop Grumman is intended to correct deficiencies in ground station software.
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Bill would mandate a streamlined satellite program
An amendment to the Senate intel bill would put into law what the military has been trying to do anyway.
Science & Tech
Robots Won't Be Taking These Military Jobs Anytime Soon
A chief Air Force scientist says that there’s no way to automate drone-based intelligence collection without a major technological breakthrough.
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Humans, computers and the quest for Sensing as a Service
At the GEOINT symposium, AFRL’s Steve Rogers talks about the gap between automated systems and true autonomy.
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Airborne 'stealth launch' of CubeSat said to be underway
DARPA and the Air Force are readying a program to launch small, inexpensive satellites on short notice.
Business
America’s Drone Pilot Shrink Says They Need a Vacation From War
The men and women fighting America’s drone war can’t go home, no matter where they are.
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