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Senior Army acquisition official resigns
Michael O'Neill abruptly resigned from his position as assistant secretary of the Army for acquisition.
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Dempsey says military must adjust to viral reality
President Obama's nominee for the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Gen. Martin Dempsey, said June 1 that U.S. armed forces must be able to adapt to viral events such as the so-called Arab Spring.
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Subcommittee puts Emarss in a funding tailspin
The House Appropriations defense subcommittee has proposed cutting $524 million from a key manned aerial reconnaissance program operated by the Army.
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Army readies on-demand imagery tool for battlefield use
The Army will deploy this summer in-theater DARPA's Heterogeneous Airborne Reconnaissance Team system to enable soldiers to download on-demand video from the service's aircraft onto mobile computing devices.
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Army to fuse aerial intell into common ops view
MUSIC will bring together manned and unmanned aircraft systems to share a visual operational picture among pilots, UAS operators and troops on the ground.
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Dempsey's low-key style good sell for JCS role
President Obama's appointment of Army Gen. Martin Dempsey May 30 to serve as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff wraps up a major reshuffling of his administration's national security team.
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Giant airships would keep longer watch over troops
The Army has partnered with contractors to develop giant airships with advanced surveillance capabilities -- one of which boasts the ability to stay aloft for as long as three weeks at a time.
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Is the Army trading its robots for mules?
Pack-bearing robots aren't working out in tests, so the Army is considering a return to a proven older method of the four-legged variety.
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Army eager to learn lessons from upcoming battlefield tests
Field evaluations will set the stage for the planned deployment of the Army's long-awaited software-defined radios, mobile tactical communications and networking systems.
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Army field evaluations to include battle phones
The Army plans to put its prototype operating system of a smart phone known as the Joint Battle Command-Platform to test during the upcoming Network Evaluation Integration at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
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Chiarelli/Lawrence push Army to redouble efforts to achieve network flexibility
The Army must have a network that is flexible enough to meet constantly changing requirements and emerging technologies, officials say.
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Defense cuts may motivate branches to work together on IT
The need to be more efficient and innovative could lead to improved cybersecurity and information sharing across DOD, officials said.
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Army enterprise e-mail faces sharp funding dropoff
A House subcommittee hesitates to fund e-mail migration until the Army shows its homework.
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Military follows commercial lead in immersive tech
The defense industry is doing its best to try to keep up with immersive, interactive technology developments in the commercial home entertainment industry that are happening at an extremely rapid pace.
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Tech allows drone video feeds through eyepiece
New technology developed by a retired soldier allows for live viewing during combat of drone feeds via a tiny eyepiece.
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DOD deploys high-tech tools to boost intell collaboration
Lynn Schnurr, Army intelligence CIO for the deputy chief of staff and director of the Intelligence Community's Information Management Directorate, discusses the Defense Intelligence Information Enterprise and the obstacles to sharing intell information.
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Navy to reconfigure 8 Fire Scouts bought from Army
Purchased from the Army, the Navy wants to have the unmanned helos up in the air by 2013.
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Army radio program sparks Nunn-McCurdy breach
Army's Joint Tactical Radio System Ground Mobile Radio program triggers the Nunn-McCurdy breach.
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Army believes rewards outweigh risks with smart phones
The notion of a smart phone falling into enemy hands won't stop future widespread distribution of the devices to soldiers.
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