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How can cyber upgrades help satellite connectivity for small devices?

Cyber upgrades will allow ground-based operators to identify and share data on enemy missile launches faster.

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Air Force strengthens ground control data for satellites with cyber upgrades

Cyber upgrades will allow ground-based operators to identify and share data on enemy missile launches faster.

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Navy improves P-8A surveillance plane, drone integration

The Navy and Boeing are modernizing software systems for the P-8A Poseidon surveillance aircraft to link with manned and unmanned systems.

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Air Force upgrades F-22 sensors, weapons software

Software and hardware upgrades will enable the F-22 to fire a wider range of weapons and prepare for next-generation sensors.

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Navy acquires new software for submarine sonar

The Navy is procuring upgraded software for sonar systems engineered to improve mine detection and covert tracking ability.

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Navy decreases hardware footprint of mobile command centers

The plan is to upgrade the Deployable Joint Command and Control system to combine multiple computing resources into a single source.

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Rad-hard chips could hasten small sats

A payload specialist and chip researcher demonstrate radiation hardened power conversion devices.

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Army EMARSS connects with ground-based intel

An emerging Army surveillance plane networks on-board sensors with a ground intelligence system.

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Navy extends laser sea mine detection technology

Northrop Grumman Airborne Laser Mine Detection System uses laser light pulses to map bodies of water potentially holding mines.

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Air Force: cyber modernization key to multi-domain war

Air Force leaders look to cyber modernization to improve sustainment and foster multi-domain warfare ability.

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Army: modern soldier weapons need software development

A new “Software Solarium” aims to share information and strengthen the service’s focus on software dependent weapon systems.

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Special Ops Command advances new helo terrain-avoiding radar

The Silent Knight Radar gives helicopters and increased ability to maneuver, comprehend targets and coordinate navigation between air-and-ground operation.

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Hughes offers 360-degree helicopter combat connectivity

A new SATCOM terminal for helicopters is designed to enable rotary aircraft to communicate the beyond-line-of sight communications.

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Army tests new drone-control technology

The Army and Textron Systems are upgrading drone control technologies and expanding them to individual soldiers on the move.

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Laser comms from space gets another test

NASA prepares to demonstrate laser communications in a relay experiment from geosynchronous orbit.

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DARPA Discovers "GPS-Like" undersea drone connectivity

Emerging DARPA technology connects undersea drones with low-frequency sonar.

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Navy tests new stealth F-35C upgraded Helmet Mounted Display

Pilots using the new 3 HMD will be able to see sensor information, targeting data and other flight data directly from a helmet visor.

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Air Force to defend B-52 with laser weapons

An Air Force Research Lab program is testing experimental versions of an externally-mounted laser pod that can track and destroy attacking enemy missiles.

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Air Force tests massive B-2 sensor upgrade

New Air Force sensor technology and software will permit the stealth aircraft to evade advanced air defenses.

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Army integrates new WIN-T software interface

Software enhances connectivity between nodes on the WIN-T network and connects far ranging vehicles to the Tactical Operations Center.