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George Leopold

George Leopold is a contributing editor for Defense Systems and author of Calculated Risk: The Supersonic Life and Times of Gus Grissom."Connect with him on Twitter at @gleopold1.
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Needed: U.S. machine intelligence strategy

A CSIS report calls machine intelligence a strategic technology requiring a national strategy that would advance and guide future development.

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Navy looks to harden legacy software

An Office of Naval Research initiative seeks to secure commercial software widely used across DOD

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DARPA hypersonic effort accelerates

The research agency awards contracts to demonstrate a hybrid hypersonic engine.

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Space awareness, persistence emerge as priorities

Experts urge space council to shift from expensive strategic platforms to agile tactical sensor networks.

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Air Force launches GPS terminal upgrade

New ground stations will leverage jam-resistance signal dubbed M-Code.

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DARPA funds new electronics revolution

The research agency fleshes out its ERI effort with research funding for chip materials, design and next-generation architectures.

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DARPA looks beyond Moore's Law

Chip effort targets reconfigurable devices as scaling runs out of steam.

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Joint STARS gets communications upgrade

Northrop Grumman will upgrade the Joint STARS surveillance plane's tactical radios.

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Geospatial agency app store connects app developers & users

National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency wants to speed development & delivery of mobile apps.

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DARPA targets big data with graph processor effort

Chipmaker Intel Corp. and four others will develop a graph analytics processor to help find relationships in big data.

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Boeing to demo DARPA space plane

The XS-1 hypersonic vehicle would demonstrate cheaper, quick-turnaround satellite launches to low-Earth orbit.

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Doubts raised about N. Korean role in hack

Analyst asserts speculation about a state-sponsored ransomware attack distracts from real problem: weak cyber defenses.

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In-Q-Tel invests in secure cloud app delivery

Startup's virtual desktop platform could help ease DOD shift to the cloud.

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Fake Russian EW attack unmasked

A forensic investigation concludes that a Russian "electronic bomb" attack on a U.S. Navy ship was nothing more than information warfare.

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Joint DOD office enlists in avionics effort

The Joint Tactical Networking Center will collaborate with an industry consortium forging avionics software standards.

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Asia will surpass the U.S. in C4ISR spending by 2025

The global C4ISR market led by electronic warfare spending is forecast to grow by 4 percent annually as regional powers look to protect expanding forces.

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Navy readies swarming micro-drones

CICADA, essentially a flying circuit board, is being readied for further testing.