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Lawmaker fumes over DOD effort to trim report length
A new Defense Department rule restricting the length of reports to Congress has raised some ire on Capitol Hill.
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C-130 might get maritime ISR makeover
Lockheed Martin plans to offer a maritime surveillance version of its C-130J Super Hercules transport aircraft to customers around the globe
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Biometrics now way of life in Afghanistan
Gathering biometric data from the people of Aghanistan is now standard practice and has become a staple of U.S. and coalition counter-insurgency efforts in the country.
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Army awards $358M contract for upgraded RQ-7B Shadow drones
The Army and Marine Corps are scheduled to get upgraded RQ-7B Shadow unmanned aircraft with universal ground control stations.
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3 file protests against NetCents 2 small biz awards
Three small businesses have filed protests on the Air Force’s NetCents 2 Application Services Small Business contract.
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Legislative action needed now on cybersecurity, says US cyber chief
Congress must take action to establish the roles, standards and authorities that will guide government agencies responsible for defending U.S. infrastructure and computer networks from cyberattacks, says the head of the U.S. Cyber Command.
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What's delaying the DOD's cyber warfare rules of engagement?
The Defense Department is several months behind its self-imposed deadline to establish a final version of its rules of engagement for cyber warfare.
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Unmanned ground vehicles show their stuff at Robotics Rodeo
The Army offered a variety of vignettes for unmanned ground vehicles in its third Robotics Rodeo.
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Inmarsat bullish on demand for UAV data relay
Satellite service provider Inmarsat doesn’t foresee a dip in demand for satellite data relay from military unmanned aerial vehicles, despite the drawdown of U.S. and coalition forces from Southwestern Asia.
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BRAC costs continue upward spiral
The Defense Department’s 2005 round of the Base Realignment and Closure Act so far costs 67 percent more than originally planned, with up-front costs ballooning from $21 billion to $35 billion, reports GAO.
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SOCOM picks contractor for signals intelligence receiver
The Special Operations Command has awarded contract for the development of an operational prototype of a signals intelligence receiver that warfighters can carry into battle and configure to different missions.
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Company that failed before gets half-billion-dollar contract from DISA
DISA is defending its decision to award a $578 million contract to Red River Computer.
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Air Force wants collision-avoidance technology for drones
The Air Force is seeking information on industry qualifications and capability concepts as a precursor to issuing a request for proposals for its Airborne Sense and Avoid Program for unmanned aircraft.
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AF Weapons School grads part of military's cyber elite
In June a half dozen airmen graduated from a cyber warfare course taught by the Air Force's elite Weapons School at Nellis Air Force Base.
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Army selects contractor for tactical intel project
The Army has selected a contractor to support its Vigilant Pursuit system.
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France moves to boost cyber warfare skills among officer corps
As part of an effort to strengthen cyber defense and cyber warfare skills among young army officers graduating from France's Saint-Cyr Coëtquida, the institution's new chairmen of cyberdefense has identified three key objectives and four teaching themes to catapult skills beyond their present level.
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'Fog Computing' would snare those who leak classified docs
Computer scientists at the DARPA have developed a new plan for identifying those who are leaking classified information that focuses on spotting them while they search the Web and then providing them with decoy documents that they release without authorization.
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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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Simple spoofing technology can turn our own UAVs against us
A research team from the University of Texas at Austin's Radionavigation Laboratory recently demonstrated to federal officials that anyone with $1,000 and technological know-how can take over a drone for nefarious purposes, potentially leading to the United States facing attacks from its own drones.
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