Defense Systems
ONR makes a serious game of missile defense, electronic warfare
Strike Group Defender: The Missile Matrix gives sailors realistic lessons in how to respond to incoming threats.
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DOD leaders take their place in the Fed 100
FCW's annual list honoring people doing great things in public-sector IT includes 22 Defense Department honorees.
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The Navy's (autonomous) fish called WANDA
NRL is developing an underwater drone with pectoral fins that let it operates in crowded, near-shore environments.
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Lockheed delivers first of Navy's automated aircraft test systems
The enhanced eCASS will allow aircraft carriers to operate more like airports at sea.
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Simulations to help Marines think on their feet
ONR puts out a call for simulation systems that help teach decision-making at the squad level, an area that has been overlooked by researchers.
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Navy launches third satellite for global communications system
MUOS will eventually be a five-satellite constellation forming a smartphone-like network for secure, high-bandwidth communications.
Defense Systems
Navy looks to upgrade infrared imaging platform
In search of better ISR, the Navy wants to enhance imaging systems mounted on shore-based maritime vessels.
Science & Tech
Hagel Visits Navy’s Newest Warship That Will Carry the F-35
The USS America is steaming the California coast for sea trials. By Marcus Weisgerber
Science & Tech
The Technology That Just Found the Missing AirAsia Plane
This is how rescue crews found a missing plane on the ocean floor. By Patrick Tucker
Defense Systems
Navy's new 'beach ball' satellite takes a spin from the ISS
The SpinSat's unique design could pave the way for better control of small satellites.
Science & Tech
The Very Real Future of Iron Man Suits for the Navy
Exoskeleton technology for dismounted soldiers is limited by power constraints that don’t exist on ships. By Patrick Tucker
Defense Systems
Navy adds 2 vendors to $2.5 billion CANES contract
CGI Federal and DRS Technologies, which protested after being left off the original award, can now bid for work on the Navy’s next=generation shipboard network.
Science & Tech
The F-35 Has To Phone Texas Before Taking Off
Recent tests revealed the F-35 flies well enough, but not without calling Texas first. By Patrick Tucker.
Defense Systems
NRL demos super-fast ship-to-shore wireless system
The TREC system hits 720 megabits/sec close to shore and holds a still-solid signal more than 22 miles out to sea.
Threats
The US Navy Joins the Search for AirAsia Flight
Two Navy ships -- the USS Fort Worth and USS Sampson -- are aiding the Indonesian-led search effort. By Eric Katz
Business
How the Navy Plans To Keep Its Most Ambitious Young Sailors
The Pentagon's manpower system is drifting away from the expectations of its service members and the Navy's unorthodox methods may be the answer. By Jesse Sloman
Defense Systems
Navy's new underwater drone looks and swims like a fish
The GhostSwimmer, developed under the Silent NEMO project, can run silent, run deep.
Business
Bid Protest Slows Navy's $2.5 Billion Upgrade for Shipboard Networks
A recent GAO report says the Navy unfairly changed the price on bids to upgrade the nation’s surface warship fleet. By Frank Konkel
Defense Systems
7 breakthrough technologies from 2014
These DOD technologies and projects started making the transition this year from research to reality.
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