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Navy purchases more electronic jammers to fight IEDs
The Navy plans to purchase additional countermeasure transmitters for the Counter Radio Controlled Improvised Explosive Device Electronic Warfare program.
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Navy selects contractor for tactical data link work
The Navy has awarded a new contract for tactical data link radios to support U.S. and coalition forces.
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Navy adds 12 new contractors to C5ISR program
Twelve will provide command, control, communications, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance services to U.S. Navy.
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X-47B to undergo lengthy testing before autonomous carrier landing
The Navy plans to conduct a battery of tests on its X-47B before it attempts the unmanned aircraft's first completely autonomous aircraft carrier landing scheduled for some time in 2013,
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UCLASS requirements approval expected soon, Navy says
The Navy expects formal approval of the requirements for its unmanned carrier-launched surveillance strike (UCLASS) aircraft in early fall.
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Ball Aerospace tests SATCOM on-the-move antenna
Ball Aerospace and Technologies has successfully demonstrated its Mobile Multifunction Low-Cost Array system, a prototype X-band SATCOM on-the-move, phased-array antenna.
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DOD to expand database on human research
A Defense Department initiative on medical research is looking to solve a problem shared by a lot of government agencies -- how to make use of the vast amounts of data generated by its programs.
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Military services mull future of large UAVs
For manufacturers of large unmanned aerial vehicles, there was only a hazy picture of what direction that market will take at the recent Association of Unmanned Vehicle Systems International's Unmanned Systems North America 2012 conference.
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Portable intel station would meet needs of small ships
The needs of smaller vessels in the U.S. Navy fleet for video sharing capabilities might be met in the future by a portable video-sharing station.
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Navy to install data gateway on ships
The Office of Naval Research has created a “network bridging system” designed to move data between combat system that controls weapons and sensors and the command and control network on Navy ships.
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Navy qualifies more contractors for SeaPort-e
SeaPort-e got a little bigger on July 12 when the Navy added 385 contractors to the already 2,501 on the huge multiple award contract
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Navy SEALs need more drones for Afghan mission
The Defense Department wants congressional approval to transfer as much as $641 million in funding for ISR to priorities such as funding to improve the use of Boeing's ScanEagle drone to support Navy SEALs in Afghanistan.
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Navy's Triton UAV fleet key to rebalancing Pacific
The U.S. Navy's MQ-4C Triton Broad Area Maritime Surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle made its first official appearance June 14, and that is just the beginning.
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Navy, Boeing demo satcom for F/A-18 Super Hornet aircraft
The Navy and Boeing recently wrapped up an in-flight demonstration of a satellite communications system that potentially would enable F/A-18E/F Super Hornet aircrews to conduct two-way voice and data communications with SATCOM-enabled air, sea and land command centers.
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Wireless rechargers would make powering up simpler for soldiers
Army researchers are working diligently to develop a way for troops to wirelessly recharge all of the location and communications gear they wear into battle by outfitting them with wireless chargers.
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Navy to unveil first MQ-4C, stays course after UAV crash
The Navy and contractor Northrop Grumman will unveil the first production version of its MQ-4C Broad Area Maritime Surveillance unmanned aerial vehicle June 14 despite the recent crash of one of its demonstrators on Maryland's Eastern Shore.
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Large Navy UAV crashes on Maryland's Eastern Shore
A large unmanned aircraft operated by the Navy crashed June 11 on Maryland's eastern shore.
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Navy wants help boosting coastal surveillance
The Navy wants industry and other interested parties to submit ideas for new systems and technologies for use in shore surveillance and amphibious operations.
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