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Army looks to integrate micro drones
Barclay stresses combined operations as a way to stretch procurement dollars.
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Next-gen Gray Eagle UAS aces flight tests
Improved Gray Eagle doubles mission flight time, payload capacity.
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UAVs adapt to austere times with greater efficiency
The Pentagon is proceeding with a wide array of unmanned vehicle programs despite deep budget cuts
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Online educational tools prepare specialists for deployment
An arsenal of online educational tools are preparing personnel for deployment.
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Demand grows for tactical unmanned aircraft
The military services and industry are accelerating deliveries of small and medium-class unmanned aerial vehicles in response to a growing demand for their presence on the battlefield.
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Special Operations Forces take surveillance arsenal to war
New tools and equipment help safeguard elite and redeploying troops in Afghanistan.
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Ground sensors play key role in battlefield snooping
New efforts seek to fuse systems for faster force reaction, greater situational awareness
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Ruggedization required for mobile devices on the network
Stringent military certification requirements are keeping rugged versions of civilian smart phones, tablets, notebooks and other handheld computers in the pipeline.
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Small, tactical systems fill aerial coverage gap
The Defense Department is sending more small unmanned aircraft to the war zone to plug gaps in intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance coverage.
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Army solicits soldier feedback on smart-phone technologies
In a departure from the military's use-it-and-like-it mindset, the Defense Department is studying the human factors involved in outfitting troops with smart phones.
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Unmanned aerostats furnish vital geospatial intelligence
The Army is receiving vital intelligence from tethered aerostats with reconfigurable sensor payloads that can stay aloft for weeks or months.
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Warfighters reap benefits of LIDAR mapping technology
Light detection and ranging technologies are yielding data flows that are orders-of-magnitude quicker, more accurate and clearer than traditional geospatial mapping tools.
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Greater cooperation needed to defeat cyber enemies
The U.S. Strategic Command Deputy Commander urges the integration of net-enabled operations to thwart cyber enemies at the Networkcentric Warfare 2009 conference.
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Elder: Disputes hinder net-centric efforts
Air Force Lt. Gen. Robert Elder wants military officials to end intramural disputes over how cyberwarfare is conducted.
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Africom builds cooperation with collaboration
Challenges inherent in Africom’s mission — focused more on promoting regional security than warfighting — call for a somewhat different structure and create a challenge for Africom’s C4 operations.
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