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Pentagon plan calls for smarter, networked drones across air, sea and land
Despite a budget crunch, DOD wants to add autonomy and layers of integration to a growing unmanned force over the next 25 years.
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ARL’s ‘ghost imaging’ cuts through battlefield turbulence
The Army Research Lab uses quantum properties of light to get high-resolution results from low-resolution transmissions.
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Air Force wants new tech for cross-domain, mobile info sharing
The service’s research lab is soliciting ideas through 2018 on multi-level security information sharing, both within the enterprise and out to mobile and tactical environments.
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Air Force lab wants to advance multisource analysis
The lab is looking for automated, real-time analysis of potential threats and activities performed closer to sensors in the field or in the air.
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Army intell wants to scan social media from 40 countries
The Intelligence and Security Command is looking for the ability to collect and analyze huge data sets of social media and open-source information in up to 66 languages.
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Air Force to cut 900 civilian jobs, leave 7,000 others unfilled
Facing the pressures of a tightened 2014 budget, the service said it will use early retirement and voluntary separations reduce the workforce.
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Air Force’s future state: capabilities as a service
The service’s push toward a commoditized infrastructure will rely on standards that will meet info-sharing needs, protect data and systems, and cut costs, Brig. Gen. Kimberly Crider said.
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Tactical apps arrive on Androids in Afghanistan
DARPA’s Transformative Apps program delivers apps built with soldier input to customized mobile devices on the battlefield.
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DOD CIO Awards honor 3 individuals, 3 teams
The 13th annual awards reflect the department’s IT priorities.
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Army crowdsources project to build mobile command center
The Rapid Equipping Force stages a Make-A-Thon with an online community and soldiers at Fort Benning to find a fast way of turning an Army ATV into a battlefield command center.
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Army taking 3D electronic printing to the next level
Researchers at Picatinny Arsenal are exploring ways to print antennas onto a helmet, embed sensors into clothing and print a wing of a UAV — electronics and all — in a single pass
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Marines demonstrate real-time battlefield collaboration
The Agile Bloodhound demo in Hawaii uses smartphones and tablets, along with knowledge discovery and collaboration software, to collect, sort and disseminate information.
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DARPA aims for a breakthrough in field communications
Agency awards a contract to Rockwell Collins calling for a photonics-based radio that could speed communications and information processing in the field while reducing the size of equipment.
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Workaround boosts Teleport satellite access in Pacific
Army/DOD team gives forces access to a satellite that was previously out of reach, as part of DOD’s Network-Centric Teleport system.
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Funding bill backs intell community’s IT consolidation
The House Intelligence Committee approves an authorization bill for 2014 that also would dedicate $75 million to battling insider threats.
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Air Force wants to go lighter on crypto tools in the field
The service is looking for smaller, lighter but still rugged key loading devices, and wants to examine the feasibility of incorporating them into wearable technology.
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GAO upholds parts of BAE jammer protest
Navy told to revisit contract award to Raytheon for next-generation Navy jammer.
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GEOINT tradecraft: 'Human geography'
How new tools like Activity Based Intelligence are helping intel analysts map the “human terrain.”
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Getting a handle on big data
DOD seeks cost savings through big data apps while service providers look to demystify the concept.
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