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Pentagon's rapid plan for maintaining air superiority
DARPA’s system of systems approach looks to do away with long development cycles.
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SpaceX launches protest of Air Force rocket contract
The commercial space company says the Air Force's sole-source award to United Launch Services should have been competed.
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Navy forms team to boost shipboard cybersecurity
SPAWAR creates the Cyber Readiness Team to address the risks often caused by legacy software.
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Navy advancing carrier-based drone program
NAVAIR issues a draft RFP to the four companies already working on designs for the UCLASS system, which the Navy expects to be operational by 2020.
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Marine Corps helicopters to get next-gen mission computer
Northrop Grumman’s open-architecture FlightPro will have advanced multi-core processors, graphics and video capabilities.
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Critical military satellite systems are vulnerable to hacking
Military operations, navigation systems and flight safety controls could be at risk, according to analysis by IOActive.
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Air Force's BATMAN team testing Google Glass
Researchers developing medical app for smartphones, tablets and Google Glass to be used by pararescue jumpers.
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Air Force: Pilots will fly by remote on many future missions
RPA vector report covers current operations and a future vision for remotely piloted and autonomous systems.
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Navy awards $46M support contract for Naval Electronic Surveillance Systems
Serco will provide technical support at SSC Pacific’s Security Systems Branch.
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Army awards Exelis five-year deal for battlefield radios
The company will provide radio appliqués for the Soldier Radio Waveform under a contract potentially worth $988 million.
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L-3, Intelsat demonstrate anti-jam technology for military satellites
The demonstration is part of an Air Force effort to leverage commercial technologies to provide anti-jam satellite communications.
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Pentagon wants teamwork out of drones
DARPA’s program could let unmanned aircraft work around the contested airspace and spectrum likely in future conflicts.
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Air Force's unmanned 'shuttle' breaks orbital endurance record
The X-37B spacecraft’s secret mission could involve testing new space surveillance technology.
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Air Force names 12 winners of NetCent-2 awards
Companies are eligible for individual awards under the $5.8 billion contract.
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Pentagon plans to seed ocean floor with payloads waiting to be activated
Upward Falling Payloads would be remotely launched to disrupt and monitor enemy ships.
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DARPA taps Boeing to build satellite-launching aircraft
The ALASA program seeks to cut the costs of launching small satellites into space with a reusable launch vehicle.
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Navy’s high-flying Triton drone completes initial flight tests
The unmanned aircraft will add over 2.7 million square miles of ISR coverage.
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The future of satellites: What are the options?
From reusable launch vehicles to high-throughput satellites and hosted payloads, DOD looks to meet rising demand while cutting costs.
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Air Force gives flight to advanced targeting pod
Sniper ATP-SE now provides additional networking capabilities for ground forces.
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