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Academy teams do battle in cyber exercise
The Service Academy Cyber Stakes, hosted by DARPA, raises the skills of cadets and midshipmen.
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DOD reaches $40.5M enterprise deal for Adobe products
The three-year agreement allows Army, Air Force and DISA to standardize tools.
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Army wants to mine social media in Europe
Analysis of social media and open-source information would help monitor extremist activities.
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Army units give thumbs-down to battlefield intelligence system
The Distributed Common Ground System-Army is complex and unstable, and soldiers receive scant training on the system, according to units quoted a memo.
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Army CID warns of benefits website scam
Fraudulent website posing as the official Army benefits site targeted Army Knowledge Online accounts.
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Check Out This Video of Army Trucks That Drive Themselves
The prototype Army trucks 'dealt successfully with all of the real-world obstacles that a real-world convoy would encounter,' testers said. By Rebecca J. Rosen
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Army National Guard Recruiters Collected $29M in Fraudulent 'Bounties'
The state-administered Guard Recruiting Assistance Program was cancelled in 2012 when the fraud came to light. By Charles S. Clark
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Army Commanders Slam New Communications System
Fifteen of fifteen company commanders surveyed found the new communications system distracting and said they would not take it to war. By Bob Brewin
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Space squadron shuttles wideband satellites, boosting comm power
The 3rd Space Operations Squadron’s relocation efforts are optimizing the military’s wideband communications constellation
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System can make military convoys autonomous
TARDEC and Lockheed Martin demonstrate driverless system that handles traffic, tight turns and other aspects of an urban environment.
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The Army Wants More Smartphones on the Battlefield
Army Chief of Staff Gen. Ray Odierno says the Army shouldn't have to rely on heavy, bulky communications equipment. By Bob Brewin
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Tactical radio testing gets ULTRA streamlined
New facility combines three organizations, helping to ensure interoperability and integration for new systems.
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Mobile campus lets soldiers in Afghanistan continue their education
The Deployed Digital Training Campus delivers college and other courses to a networkede system via satellite.
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Army to expand use of virtual tools, augmented reality for training
Technologies would help soldier and small units prepare for major field exercises.
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The Future of the Army: Less Soldiers, More Robots, More 'Lethality'
In the future, an Army brigade might have 3,000 human troops instead of 4,000, but a lot more robots. By Alexis C. Madrigal
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Army strikes deal for inflatable SATCOM antennas
The five-year, $400 million contract gives the Army, Marines and other commands access to the easily deployed devices.
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Smaller Army aviation fleet will stress sensors, drones
Budget cuts will force the Army to reduce its aviation fleet while upgrading sensors.
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Army expanding, streamlining tactical network
As communications reach further into the field, the complexity of the network grows. New NetOps tools help simplify operations.
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Odierno: We Left Iraq in Good Shape
The former Iraq war commander criticizes ‘Monday morning quarterbacks,’ saying the U.S. military left Iraq in a position to succeed, but now is ‘not the time’ to send U.S. troops back. By Stephanie Gaskell
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