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Navy forms team to boost shipboard cybersecurity
SPAWAR creates the Cyber Readiness Team to address the risks often caused by legacy software.
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Navy advancing carrier-based drone program
NAVAIR issues a draft RFP to the four companies already working on designs for the UCLASS system, which the Navy expects to be operational by 2020.
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Air Force wants 'mini crypto' devices for battlefield ops
The service issues an RFP for NSA-certified modules that can be embedded in small communications devices.
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DARPA calls for new cutting-edge technologies
Tactical Technology Office to focus on systems engineering, manned/unmanned teaming and autonomous systems.
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Navy awards $46M support contract for Naval Electronic Surveillance Systems
Serco will provide technical support at SSC Pacific’s Security Systems Branch.
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Navy building one system for all records, task management
The DON TRACKER will eliminate duplication for shore-based commands.
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Army awards Exelis five-year deal for battlefield radios
The company will provide radio appliqués for the Soldier Radio Waveform under a contract potentially worth $988 million.
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Coast Guard wants marine drones for persistent surveillance
Unmanned marine vehicles go for months, being used to detect poachers, smugglers and icebergs.
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Navy’s new airborne command and control post arrives
The E-2D Advanced Hawkeye is a key to network-centric battle groups.
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Marines get a YouTube channel for training
The Corps’ Systems Command launches a channel dedicated to training videos and other information about their increasingly complex gear.
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Army HR command sets up cyber branch
The Cyber Electromagnetic Branch is intended to help cultivate talent for the service’s expanding cyber operations.
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Air Force names 12 winners of NetCent-2 awards
Companies are eligible for individual awards under the $5.8 billion contract.
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Air Force completes rollout of medical messaging system
MiCare gives airmen and their families a secure online portal for many medical services.
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Rob Carey leaving DOD after 31 years
Carey, DOD principal deputy CIO and a former Navy CIO, is headed to the private sector.
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Watch: Big Dog robotic mule gets a head-arm
Four-legged robot is now capable of throwing heavy objects.
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DIA issues call for bids on $6 billion E-SITE contract
The contract will provide worldwide IT services and support for the defense intelligence community and its partners.
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DARPA developing ‘radical’ copter/plane hybrid
The VTOL Experimental Plane program, which just awarded four contracts, looks to greatly improve both hovering and cruise efficiency.
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Watch: How Marines use small drones for situational awareness
Engineers and Marines demonstrate how they get "over the hill" reconnaissance.
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DOD expanding use of commercial cloud
Nine more providers are lined up to deliver services, CIO Teri Takai tells a House subcommittee.
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