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Navy, Raytheon in final phase of destroyer software project
The Navy has awarded Raytheon a $254 million contract modification to complete software development for the DDG 1000 destroyer program.
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Military pushes for more capable sensor inputs for UAVs
Warfighters continue to press for more imagery from a broader range of high-resolution sensors.
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Army seeks hand-launched aerostats for squad intell
The Army's Rapid Equipping Force has issued a request for information for small hand-launched aerostats that would give infantry squads another method to conduct reconnaissance in their immediate areas of operations.
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DOD enterprise strategy to drive further consolidation
The Defense Department has released a new document that outlines its enterprise IT strategy that seeks to save up to $5.2 billion during the next five years through infrastructure consolidation and increased use of enterprisewide services.
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Army Rangers take smart phone to Afghanistan
The Army's 75th Ranger Regiment will have as part of its gear in Afghanistan an Android GD300 smart phone that will be paired with the Joint Tactical Radio System AN/PRC-154 Rifleman Radio.
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Iran claims it hijacked RQ-170 by GPS tampering
Iran claims its electronic warfare specialists were able to reconfigure the Global Positioning System coordinates in the U.S. RQ-170 Sentinel that it says it captured Dec. 4 and guide the UAV to a safe landing.
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LightSquared demands investigation into lower-band test leaks
LightSquared is demanding an investigation to determine the source of possibly leaked data from recently completed Global Positioning System (GPS) interference tests conducted by the U.S. government that evidently contradict more favorable test results recently touted by the company.
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3 reasons UAVs excel at nuclear spying
The ability of unmanned aerial vehicles such as the RQ-170 Sentinel captured by Iran earlier this month to conduct nuclear surveillance greatly outstrips that of satellites and manned spy planes, and therefore it's little surprise the United States has chosen to employ UAVs in that role and risk their possible loss.
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Defense authorization measure clears House
A controversial defense funding bill goes to the Senate.
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US Forces-Afghanistan buys tactical comms units
PacStar will deliver 675 of its mobile tactical communications units to Afghanistan for use by U.S. military forces under a $12.2 million contract with U.S. Forces-Afghanistan.
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Analysis tool would scan military e-mail for insider threats
A project funded through the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency would identify the most serious insider threats to security by scanning all user e-mail messages, text messages, logins, file transfers and Web browsing on military networks.
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DARPA builds space-based telescope for missile tracking
DARPA is developing technology that would provide persistent, tactical, full-motion video surveillance of Scud-class missiles from satellites in geosynchronous orbit.
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Army tactical apps held up by security issues
The Army has developed about 80 digital applications for soldiers to use at the tactical level, but solders won't get those apps until the service forms a network security policy to accommodate them.
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Predator C Avenger bound for testing in Afghanistan
The Air Force has ordered a single Predator C Avenger for deployment to Afghanistan as part of a procurement effort to meet an urgent request from Secretary of Defense Leon Panetta to field reconnaissance and strike assets in theater.
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US to Iran: Return the downed RQ-170 UAV
President Barack Obama has asked Iranian officials to return the sophisticated RQ-170 Sentinel that crashed in that country on Dec. 4.
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Army IT Day to focus on building the warfighter enterprise
The topics for the Dec. 14 event will include the Army's Network of 2020, how the NIE is accelerating capabilities delivered to the warfighter, defending the network and the transition to DISA-provided e-mail.
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US military needs versatile weapons systems: JCS chairman
The U.S. military needs flexible, versatile weapons capable of handling multiple missions in the years ahead in light of soon-to-occur major defense spending reductions, said Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff Gen. Martin Dempsey.
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Apache Block III upgrades include UAV link
The Army installed 25 technology upgrades to its Apache attack helicopter in November, one of which enables a pilot in flight to control a drone, access its streaming video and use its sensors for target engagement.
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Captured RQ-170, real or fake? You decide.
With high-resolution images and video readily available on the Web of the recovered RQ-170 Sentinel unmanned aerial vehicle that went down in Iran last week, experts familiar with UAV design and journalists who cover the aviation beat are at odds over whether the photographic and video evidence displayed with bravado by Iranian officials is indeed the actual so-called “Beast of Kandahar.”
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