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AFRL tool makes suite work of intelligence analysis
The integrated software, called ERNEST, combines and streamlines many of analysts’ routine tasks.
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How big data is paying off for DOD
There’s no silver bullet to handling huge sets of data, but the military is finding ways to put analytics to use.
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Budget pressures push Air Force to mull commercial satellite tracking
Intelsat and others will study commercial provisioning of satellite tracking services under an Air Force contract.
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Air Force awards deal for next-gen 3D radar
Raytheon wins a $19.5 million contract to get started on the first three of what could be 35 systems, which will form the backbone of ground-based air defense.
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Air Force's secretive unmanned shuttle to use NASA's hangars
The X-37B unmanned mini-shuttle, which just returned after 22 months in space, will use former shuttle processing bays.
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Air Force’s infrared satellite system gets to the next step
Lockheed and Northrop deliver the payload for the fourth GEO satellite in the Space Based Infrared System.
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Air Force fires back at IG over Reaper buys
The service says that the DOD Inspector General's report on purchases of the unmanned aircraft used out-of-date information.
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ATK enters competition to replace Russian rocket engine
Solid-rocket booster manufacturer would compete with a United Launch Alliance-Blue Origins team for new Atlas V engine.
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Navy tracks how solar events can disrupt satellite navigation
Coronal mass ejections can affect WAAS and other electronic systems in wide-ranging ways.
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Air Force looks to open up control of airborne sensors
The ISTAC program would allow third parties, not just the pilot, to control advanced targeting pods.
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Old school cost-cutting: when reused components work just fine
The Army’s Tactical Mission Command finds that not every part of the Command Post of the Future has to be new.
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Air Force awards $40 million for electromagnetic research
River Research Institute, a non-profit organization, will conduct basic, applied and advanced research to improve C4ISR capabilities.
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Stratcom signs space data agreement with U.K., Canada, Australia
The Combined Space Operations initiative will share space situational awareness information and resources among the allies.
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Navy's Triton UAV takes its first cross-country flight
The unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft has flown from California to Maryland for the start of operational testing.
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Intelligence agencies getting on board with IC ITE
With the foundation set, the initiative is also looking to improve enterprise management and develop new capabilities.
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ULA, Bezos join forces on new rocket engine
A commercial aerospace venture backed by Amazon.com founder Jeff Bezos will work with the United Launch Alliance to develop a new engine for Atlas and Delta rockets used to launch many military satellites.
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Army launches $49.5 million anti-IED challenge
Twenty contractor teams will compete in a program to detect and identify explosives planted in culverts.
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Air Force wants a better way to map and analyze its networks
The MAMA program seeks increased mission assurance by analyzing network traffic flows and associated metadata.
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Army awards $7.2 billion deal for integrated intelligence support
Twenty-one contractors will have to compete for individual task orders to support intelligence, information operations.
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