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Air Force charts Wideband Global Satellite future
An Air Force analysis of alternatives considers a future plan for its constellation of Wideband Global Satellites.
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Air Force charts Wideband Global Satellite future
An Air Force analysis of alternatives considers a future plan for its constellation of Wideband Global Satellites.
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Pentagon examines smartphone encryption
Newly developed mobile encryption apps enable secure smart-phone messaging, chat and data sharing.
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Lockheed leverages radar, sensors for Aegis destroyers
Lockheed Martin is hoping the new administration will support efforts to upgrade the radar, sensors and processors used for the combat systems on the ships.
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Air Force explores commercial satellite resiliency
The service is evaluating new ways to protect communications from jamming and interference.
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Army networks its command-and-control systems
Command Post Computing Environment is a developmental effort to synchronize command center mobile and fixed-site applications.
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Army networks its command-and-control systems
Command Post Computing Environment is a developmental effort to synchronize command center mobile and fixed-site applications.
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Navy networks ship’s gunnery systems
An augmented reality helmet fuses information from a ship's gunnery liaison officer and weapons system into an easy-to-interpret visual format for the gunner.
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'Gap filler' GPS upgrades advance
Lockheed Martin completes design reviews for current, future GPS ground stations.
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Navy continues electronic warfare upgrades for ships
A $149 million contract to Lockheed Martin is the latest step in a long-running program to improve the service’s ability to detect and defend against a variety of threats.
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Air Force, ULA agree on the process for certifying Vulcan launch vehicle
The agreement could help streamline the evaluation process; the Space and Missile Systems Center expects to sign similar agreements with SpaceX and Orbital-ATK.
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Navy awards $350M in contracts for Triton UAS program
Northrop is to produce three low-rate initial production systems for the high-altitude surveillance drones, ticketed for persistent surveillance missions in the Pacific.
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Navy selects five to support Maritime Global Command and Control System
The companies will provide systems engineering, software support and other services for GCCS-M, which gives commanders an integrated, multilayered common operating picture.
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High anxiety: US needs resilient satellites, nets to avoid a space crisis
A new assessment highlights the potential for an instability crisis in space as the United States and China vie for the high ground.
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Air Force moves ahead with GPS III preparations
The service gives Lockheed Martin a $395 million contract modification for work on the ninth and tenth of the 32-satellite constellation.
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Pentagon wants an imaging sensor that can think
Under the ReImagine program, researchers seek to develop a programmable array of pixels that can use machine learning to react to what they’re seeing, as a way to improve situational awareness.
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DARPA goes to next phase of Squad X
The research agency awards Lockheed a contract to continue work on bringing a command-and-control view to the squad level.
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DARPA wants air traffic control for low-flying drones
The Aerial Dragnet program calls for identifying and tracking UAS flying below 1,000 feet in urban areas where line-of-sight is not available.
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Air Force exercise lets small businesses test battlefield tech
During the recent Tech Warrior exercise, technologies developed under AFRL’s SBIR program took the field in combat scenarios.
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