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Dempsey's low-key style good sell for JCS role
President Obama's appointment of Army Gen. Martin Dempsey May 30 to serve as the chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff wraps up a major reshuffling of his administration's national security team.
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Giant airships would keep longer watch over troops
The Army has partnered with contractors to develop giant airships with advanced surveillance capabilities -- one of which boasts the ability to stay aloft for as long as three weeks at a time.
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Cobra Judy Replacement ship fails Navy inspection
The Navy's Board of Inspection and Survey found multiple inconsistencies with the ship slated to replace the current Cobra Judy System, which is scheduled for decommission in 2012.
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DISA headquarters move to improve IT, tighten security
The Defense Information Systems Agency plans to use its move to Fort Meade, Md., as required by the Defense Department's Base Realignment and Closure Act, to make a number of key enhancements to its high-tech equipment and IT security functions.
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Navy has some clever ideas for future robots
While the Navy has not been as gung-ho about robots as the Army and Air Force, it certainly envisions a greater role for robots in its future fleets and capabilities, Chief of Naval Operations Adm. Gary Roughead said May 17 at the Ocean Tech Expo in Newport, R.I.
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Don’t miss your chance to help build a UAV
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is calling on anyone interested in helping design a small, next-generation unmanned aerial vehicle to log on to a special website and participate with others in the effort.
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Budget cuts will degrade U.S. power, Gates says
Shrinking defense budgets in the years ahead will result in a smaller military and less influence in the world, said Defense Secretary Robert Gates May 24 in a speech at the American Enterprise Institute.
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Army field evaluations to include battle phones
The Army plans to put its prototype operating system of a smart phone known as the Joint Battle Command-Platform to test during the upcoming Network Evaluation Integration at White Sands Missile Range, N.M.
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Air Force seeks even smarter space satellites
The military is seeking a more grown-up version of its current satellites, one that can take care of itself, according to a new solicitation request.
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Military follows commercial lead in immersive tech
The defense industry is doing its best to try to keep up with immersive, interactive technology developments in the commercial home entertainment industry that are happening at an extremely rapid pace.
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Tech allows drone video feeds through eyepiece
New technology developed by a retired soldier allows for live viewing during combat of drone feeds via a tiny eyepiece.
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Was a stealth Chinook used in bin Laden raid, too?
It might be possible that a stealth MH-47 Chinook chopper, treated to reduce noise, infrared signals and radar, was used in the raid on Osama bin Laden’s Pakistan compound in addition to the modified Blackhawks.
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Norway hit by cyberattack after Libya F-16 strike
The Norwegian military reports that a serious cyberattack followed the country's participation in a bombing run in Libya in March.
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DOD posts open-source development manual
The Defense Department hopes a new guide for using open-source technology will encourage developers to opt for open-standards options instead of proprietary tech.
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Military review ongoing, even as Gates is set to retire
A review of the U.S. military's missions and capabilities is unlikely to be finished before U.S. Defense Secretary Robert Gates leaves next month.
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RQ-170 made frequent flights over bin Laden compound
In the months preceding the May 2 raid, the CIA reportedly flew dozens of missions with high-altitude unmanned stealth aircraft over the compound in Pakistan where Osama bin Laden was killed to obtain high-resolution video that satellites could not provide.
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Navy to reconfigure 8 Fire Scouts bought from Army
Purchased from the Army, the Navy wants to have the unmanned helos up in the air by 2013.
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U.S. cybersecurity plan includes military option
The Obama administration's new cybersecurity strategy announced May 16 does not rule out a military response in the aftermath of a major cyberattack.
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DARPA at work on resilient cloud for military missions
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is looking to develop a resilient cloud computing services infrastructure to support various military missions.
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