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Army building an airfield for drone training
The site next to the National Training Center in California will accommodate training on the Gray Eagle ISR aircraft.
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Orbital ATK, SpaceX to develop prototype rocket engines
The Air Force shores up its effort to get a next-generation booster off the ground.
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Air Force looks to 're-define' ISR sensor suites
In a solicitation, the service said it is looking for ISR sensors that are capable of detecting targets obscured by natural or man-made means.
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Air Force wants sense and avoid technology for large drones
The service is looking for sense and avoid technology for aircraft such as the Predator and Global Hawk that could also be transitioned to smaller drones.
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Army adding gigabit wireless to its tactical network
Aruba's Command Post Wi-Fi brings NSA-approved wireless to WIN-T at the battalion level.
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Palm-sized atomic clock could reduce reliance on GPS
A DARPA program is calling for a small, low-power but extremely accurate clock that could maintain location data when GPS goes out.
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NRL tests low-power, long-endurance sail drone
The Naval Research Lab, in partnership with Penn State, tested algorithms designed to increase the endurance of unmanned sailplanes that ride thermals the way some large birds do.
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Northrop wins contract for GPS upgrades
The company will support modernization efforts for the embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation System.
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Navy wants small drones that can see in the dark
The service is looking for small tactical unmanned aerial vehicles capable of providing ISR in both day and night operations in adverse environmental conditions.
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Tern gets closer to extending ships' ISR reach at sea
The DARPA-ONR program to develop long-range, vertical-lift drones for smaller ships moves into Phase 3.
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Navy awards large deal to upgrade satellite communications
Raytheon gets a contract that could be worth up to $467 million for Navy Multiband Terminals, which will quadruple capacity while providing anti-jamming features.
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Three steps the Army can take toward multinational force interoperability
Achieving interoperability among global forces is no small feat; it requires a multi-pronged approach, SolarWinds’ Joel Dolisy writes.
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General Atomics to deliver two Predator drones to Italy
General Atomics announced that Italy has accepted the sale of the two final MQ-1 Predator UAVs in the company’s Predator A product line.
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SpaceX lands a rocket upright after orbital flight
The lower stage of a Falcon 9 lands vertically after delivering a payload of satellites into space.
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DISA awards $4.3B in contracts for telecommunications support
Eight companies will compete for work on the Defense Information Systems Network over the next 10 years.
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Air Force to allow enlisted airmen to fly Global Hawks
In another effort to ameliorate the stress on remotely piloted aircraft crews, the service announced that enlisted personnel will be permitted to fly the surveillance-only aircraft.
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Army streamlines tactical network with virtualization
Upgrades to WIN-T Increment 1 increase capability while cutting back on the amount of equipment required on the battlefield.
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US agrees to sell military comms equipment to Taiwan
The State Department has approved a military sale of shipboard communications equipment to help the country counter potential threats from China.
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Mercury Systems buys anti-tamper developer
Lewis Innovative Technologies develops a range of secure hardware and software used in embedded defense electronics systems.
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