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The Pentagon Is One Step Closer To Awarding a New $11 Billion Health Records Deal
The Defense Department has narrowed down the list of contenders vying for a chance to upgrade its health records system to the tune of up to $11 billion over ten years
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Multiple Companies Protest $1.6 Billion Pentagon Contract
Several companies have filed bid protests citing unfair terms in the Defense Information Systems Agency’s recent $1.6 billion cloud services contract.
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Welcome Back from Your Trip Abroad, Now Hand Over That Bugged Phone
Officials at the Justice and Homeland Security Departments are experimenting with various ways to neutralize foreign spy gear.
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Can Industry Cloud Providers Compete With the milCloud?
The widespread adoption of the milCloud has been slower, and more expensive than what DOD officials would have liked.
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Here Come the Drones: FAA Announces Civilian Rules
New regulations allow for wider civilian drone use in U.S. air space, but pizza delivery is still a ways away.
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DARPA's New Search Engine Puts Google in the Dust
After only one year in use, DARPA's Memex search engine has already played a key role in nearly 20 different investigations.
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The CIA Is Bringing Amazon's Marketplace to the Intelligence Community
In the coming months, Amazon will launch a separate version of its widely successful commercial cloud marketplace for the intelligence community.
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Military Looking To Give Troops Super Sensing Abilities
A new DARPA program wants to give soldiers digital ESP.
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White House Project Will Yield Brain-Based Lie Detectors
How near-future advances in functional brain imaging will make enhanced interrogation an obsolete method of obtaining information.
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Northrop Secretly Building Jet for Air Force Trainer Competition
Northrop Grumman has abandoned plans to jointly pitch the BAE Systems Hawk jet training plane for the U.S. Air Force, instead opting to build a new aircraft.
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Ash Carter Has One Shot To Keep the Pentagon’s Technology Edge
Carter likely has only one shot to shape the Pentagon budget entirely on his own.
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The Pentagon's Adoption of Cloud Technology Is Finally Taking Off
As the Pentagon transitions to use more cloud-based services, its systems still have a long way to go in improving how they collect, distribute and share information.
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Better Simulation Could Save the Military Millions
A new survey reveals how the military is using simulation and obstacles to wider implementation.
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Global Cyber Defense Demand Will Exceed Capability for Years To Come
Despite rising interest, the sort of international cooperation necessary to fight today's mix of criminal, terrorist and state cyber networks is a long ways away.
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Homeland Security To Roll Out Biometrics Along the Border This Summer
The U.S. Border Patrol plans to operate iris and facial recognition services linked to the FBI's massive biometric system by the end of the summer.
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Report Finds VA's Monitoring System Is Not Doing Its Job
The VA's inspector general found that a new system designed to keep close watch on the agency’s IT initiatives needs some monitoring of its own. By Hallie Golden
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Did the White House Use Drone Killing Technology?
Here's how the White House can keep drones off its lawn but you can't off yours. By Patrick Tucker
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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
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DISA Reshuffle Shines a Spotlight on Cyber
The Defense Information Systems Agency looks a little different following a reorganization effort announced Monday. By Frank Konkel
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