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Sign of the times: cyber's bigger role in Air Force's Red Flag
Cyber specialists test their capabilities during the service’s principal air-to-air combat training exercise.
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Air Force fires back at IG over Reaper buys
The service says that the DOD Inspector General's report on purchases of the unmanned aircraft used out-of-date information.
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US indicts four for hacks of Army, tech company networks
Information stolen in the hacks includes Army helicopter training software, confidential data and source codes.
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NGA enlisting help for a classified spectral library effort
The agency is looking to fulfill a small business set aside for a database of the surface reflection measurements for certain materials.
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Navy tracks how solar events can disrupt satellite navigation
Coronal mass ejections can affect WAAS and other electronic systems in wide-ranging ways.
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Air Force looks to open up control of airborne sensors
The ISTAC program would allow third parties, not just the pilot, to control advanced targeting pods.
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GAO: Data center savings underreported by billions
Despite meeting savings goals from consolidation, DOD and other agencies have had trouble in measuring and reporting the full amount saved.
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Air Force awards $40 million for electromagnetic research
River Research Institute, a non-profit organization, will conduct basic, applied and advanced research to improve C4ISR capabilities.
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Defense Department unveils newest acquisition initiative
Better Buying Power 3.0 calls for renewed focus on innovation and dominant capabilities.
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Stratcom signs space data agreement with U.K., Canada, Australia
The Combined Space Operations initiative will share space situational awareness information and resources among the allies.
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Navy's Triton UAV takes its first cross-country flight
The unmanned maritime surveillance aircraft has flown from California to Maryland for the start of operational testing.
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Navy looks for layered 'fishing nets' of cyber defense
ONR official also calls for more automated cyber tools that can provide proactive detection and defense.
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Watch: Synthetic vision to allow pilots to fly 'blind'
A DARPA video shows helicopter pilots using real-time visualizations to navigate and avoid obstacles.
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Intelligence agencies getting on board with IC ITE
With the foundation set, the initiative is also looking to improve enterprise management and develop new capabilities.
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Air Force wants a better way to map and analyze its networks
The MAMA program seeks increased mission assurance by analyzing network traffic flows and associated metadata.
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Army awards $7.2 billion deal for integrated intelligence support
Twenty-one contractors will have to compete for individual task orders to support intelligence, information operations.
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Army turns to industry for better cyber capabilities
The Contracting Command is seeking white papers from contractors that can develop new cyber capabilities and approaches.
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Navy hires Lockheed for next phase of SEWIP
Lockheed Martin receives up to $147 million for low-rate initial production of the upgraded electronic warfare system.
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DARPA to hunt for space and time vulnerabilities of software algorithms
The STAC program is looking for techniques to find flaws in algorithms that could leak information or enable denial of service attacks.
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