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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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Joint U.S.-Japanese Operation Rising Thunder is underway
An increase in participating U.S. personnel significant for the Asia Pacific pivot.
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U.S. tests layered missile defense
The U.S. Missile Defense Agency said it intercepted two ballistic missile targets during a test of a layered missile defense scheme in the western Pacific Ocean.
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Air Force, DARPA partner on hypersonic flight initiative
The joint effort builds on successful X-51A Waverider demonstration.
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Attack submarine Minnesota designed with upgraded warfare capabilities
Newly commissioned vessel is the tenth ship of the Virginia class.
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Navy to increase forward presence in Asia Pacific, Middle East
Additional ships and weapons development will support the Navy forward operations around the globe.
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Marine Corps upgrade helicopters with target system for $34M
Lockheed Martin’s AN/AAQ-30 Target Sight System will be integrated into the AH-1Z Cobra Attack Helicopter.
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Marine Corps deploys upgraded biometric scanner
The Biometric Enrollment Screening Device matches fingerprints, iris images and facial photos.
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Army buys six Shadow drones for $11.8M
The RQ-7B collects intelligence, relays real time video.
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