Science & Tech

Moscow to Weave AI Face Recognition into Its Urban Surveillance Net

City authorities say the planned system will have access to all 160,000 existing cameras.

Defense Systems

DISA looks to upgrade VPN offerings

The agency is working toward automated provisioning for VPN services through Storefront.

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Air Force to try again on JRSS migrations

The Air Force hit pause on standing up and migrating to the Joint Regional Security Stacks after suffering connectivity problems but will reboot in 2019.

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Army awards ground intel support contract

CACI International books a $413 million contract to support one of the Army’s main ground intelligence platforms.

Defense Systems

Rising Star: Capt. Keely J. Carrigan

Operations Flight Commander, 707th Communications Squadron, U.S. Air Force

Defense Systems

Navy declares EMS a full-fledged warfighting domain

The Navy announced it has elevated the electromagnetic spectrum to a battlespace domain, joining cyber, land, sea, air and space.

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Army looks to replace WIN-T

Leaders of the Army's Network Cross-Functional Team highlighted a two-year plan to design a new integrated tactical network through experiment and rapid prototyping.

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Police-Grade Surveillance Technology Comes to the Playground

After Parkland, schools are installing gunshot-detection systems typically used in cities like Oakland and Chicago. But are they worth the expense?

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Navy awards 'C5ISR' tech services contract

The Navy picks three small businesses for a potential five-year contract to support combat direction and so-called “C5ISR” platforms.

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California Is Automating Cyber-Threat Information Sharing

The state wants to add every city and county government to its automated threat feed program in the next three to four years.

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Navy sticks with SAIC for C4ISR system contract

Science Applications International Corp. wins a recompeted $861.1 million Navy "C4ISR" system production and delivery contract.

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The US Military Just Partially Banned Geolocatable Cellphones. That's a Start.

The consequences of Internet-of-Things insecurity on national security should now be clear.

Defense Systems

Air Force outlines five-year, $25M SIGINT research project

The Air Force is seeking proposals across a wide range of sub-disciplines.

Defense Systems

Navy: Final NGEN services solicitation coming soon

The Navy has set the date to release the final solicitation for its multi-billion dollar NGEN services recompete as multiple teams wait in the wings.

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Army awards $249M waveform services contract

The Army chooses five companies for a $249.6 million contract to support efforts in the development of a waveform environment.

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DHS Aims to Turn Mobile Devices into No Phishing Zones

The Homeland Security Department and 16 other agencies are upgrading their mobile device security.

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CIA Official: Cloud Is More Secure Than Old Tech, Less 'Soul-Crushing'

Is cloud more secure than traditional government data centers? The CIA seems to think so.

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NSA ‘Systematically Moving’ All Its Data to The Cloud

The National Security Agency has moved most of its mission data into the Intelligence Community GovCloud.

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US Navy Wants a Next-Gen Supply Network — and Fast

An accelerated-acquisition office is seeking industry's best ideas for keeping track of parts and repairs ashore and at sea.

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Most Major US Agencies Are Now Feeding the Federal Cyber Threat Dashboard

So far, 20 of 23 major agencies are plugged into the dashboard. The last three should be on by the end of July.