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Army staging largest ever joint-forces network exercise
NIE 16.1 incorporates coalition and other U.S. forces, setting the stage for the multinational Army Warfighting Assessments.
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Orbital ATK to supply boosters for ULA's Atlas V, Vulcan
The expanded partnership could help bring down costs, as ULA faces competition from SpaceX for future Air Force contracts.
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Carlisle: Overworked airmen can't train for future threats
The commander of the Air Combat Command tells a CSIS audience that RPA crew members are doing "zero continuation training because they’re all engaged in the fight."
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New Reaper variant stays aloft longer
The Air Force and General Atomics have successfully fielded an Extended Range version that significantly increases the Reaper’s flight endurance.
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Army awards $72M deal for Saturn Arch anti-IED support
Leidos will support the program, which uses high-powered sensors to detect IEDs and other threats from the air.
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New chamber is a big deal for radio frequency testing in Army vehicles
CERDEC has opened a large anechoic chamber—that is, one that disallows echoes—that will improve RF testing and could be a game-changer for WIN-T
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Chem-bio-nuke teams test briefcase communications system
The portable GRRIP lets response teams set up quickly and send back data and imagery from potential disaster sites.
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Why drones could play a more limited role in future conflicts
Countries like Russia and China have anti-aircraft capabilities that terrorists don’t have, an Air Force official says.
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Navy, Raytheon move closer to airborne EW attack capability
Tests in Alaska demonstrate swappable electronic warfare payloads with a range of over 500 miles.
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As the Arctic heats up, military targets cold-weather tech
DOD is looking for C4ISR, power supplies and other technologies that can function at 60 below zero.
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DOD, intel community building joint space ops center
The center will track military and intelligence satellites, while testing ways to improve operations.
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Stratcom and NRO continue space intel partnership
The heads of U.S. Strategic Command and the National Reconnaissance Office signed a collaborative agreement to ensure continued strengthening of U.S. space enterprise resilience.
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Inmarsat gets $450M satellite contract
DISA awards the company a potentially five-year deal to provide commercial satellite services to the Navy.
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Navy launches 4th satellite in global tactical comms system
MUOS-4 will extend high-bandwidth IP-based communications around the globe.
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Fears rising over traffic jam in space
The commercial satellite industry is increasingly worried about space junk and lack of accurate warnings from DOD satellite trackers.
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DARPA awards $7.9 million deal for spectrum sharing work
Leidos will execute Phase 2 of the SSPARC program, which looks to allow radar and communications systems share bandwidth.
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The Air Force brings the B-52 into the digital age
With Boeing's CONECT communications system, the venerable bomber goes from 'a rotary-dial phone to a smartphone.'
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Creative simulations help test new weather radar
The Air Force is testing updates for C-5 Galaxy color weather radars using the salvaged cockpit of a downed C-5 as a simulator.
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Special Operations looking for additional UAS, training
The command recently issued a solicitation for at least three small UAS to be accompanied with training personnel in operation.
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