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NATO to boost satellite, comms spending
The western military alliance to spend $3.2 billion over the next three years to upgrade satellite communications, cyber defenses.
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China pursues air-launched rockets
New space capability could be used to boost payloads to low-Earth orbit.
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General Atomics claims railgun advance
Electromagnetic modules are said to double energy density for power-hungry kinetic weapon.
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Rad-hard chips could hasten small sats
A payload specialist and chip researcher demonstrate radiation hardened power conversion devices.
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ISR payload demo begins on Global Hawk
Northrop Grumman begins flight tests of the MR-177 imaging sensor on the endurance UAV.
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Mosul battle fuels anti-drone development
Islamic State drone attacks on Iraqi forces have underscored the need for electronic and other countermeasures against short-range drones rigged to drop munitions.
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Laser comms from space gets another test
NASA prepares to demonstrate laser communications in a relay experiment from geosynchronous orbit.
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Artificial Intelligence giving weapons greater autonomy
China is leveraging its advances in artificial intelligence to add unprecedented autonomy to cruise missiles. How will the U.S. respond?
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DARPA licenses emerging chip technology
Flex Logix will license its FPGA technology to the defense agency for use by DoD and other government agencies. Keywords: FPGA, DARPA, Flex Logix, reprogrammable, TSMC, hardware
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DoD ramps micro-drones after successful 'swarm' test
Strategic Capabilities Office and Navy demonstrate adaptive flying, look to scale production
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'Fake news' morphs into information warfare
The seemingly irresistible urge to click on news stories is being leveraging by hackers.
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Russian test reported, but was it ASAT?
Experts suspect the Russians tested a missile defense system.
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'Gap filler' GPS upgrades advance
Lockheed Martin completes design reviews for current, future GPS ground stations.
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Quantum leaps needed for new computer approach
Researchers led by Lockheed Martin and IBM are pushing quantum computing prototypes and military applications.
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DARPA's Tern drone passes milestones
Hardware, software and engine technology for DARPA-Navy ISR program advanced to demo phase.
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DoD hacking effort extended to Army
Expanded cyber effort also included new policy guidance for security researchers probing DoD nets for bugs.
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Equity firm merges Pentagon IT contractors
An equity firm will merge three Pentagon contractors and position the new entity between prime contractors and 'niche players'.
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Better tracking, resilience needed for milsats
An annual space index emphasizes steps for managing increasingly crowded orbital slots.
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Palantir can compete for Army tactical intel upgrade
Federal judge rules Army violated procurement rules in excluding data analytics leader
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DARPA drone sensor array towed by drone ship
DARPA tests sensor array towed by a drone ship. A towed sensor array could bring a six-fold increase in the range of surface-track radar compared to sea-level sensors.
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