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Patrick Tucker is technology editor for Defense One. He’s also the author of The Naked Future: What Happens in a World That Anticipates Your Every Move? (Current, 2014). Previously, Tucker was deputy editor for The Futurist for nine years. Tucker has written about emerging technology in Slate, The Sun, MIT Technology Review, Wilson Quarterly, The American Legion Magazine, BBC News Magazine, Utne Reader, and elsewhere.

The Bell Textron concept helicopter

Defense Management Defense Contracting Technology

The Army’s Next Attack-Reconnaissance Helicopter Is Coming Into Focus

Bell Textron and Sikorsky will build test models as the service seeks a replacement for the Kiowa and some Apache missions.

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The Bell Textron concept helicopter

Army

The US Army’s Next Attack-Reconnaissance Helicopter Is Coming Into Focus

Bell Textron and Sikorsky will build test models as the service seeks a replacement for the Kiowa and some Apache missions.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin attends a wreath-laying ceremony at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, near the Kremlin during the national celebrations of the 'Defender of the Fatherland Day' in Moscow, Russia, Sunday, Feb. 23, 2020.

Russia Influence Cyber Coronavirus

Russia Pushing Coronavirus Lies As Part of Anti-NATO Influence Ops in Europe

The pandemic has provided the Kremlin with an ample opportunity to target nervous populations with fake news.

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Coronavirus Cyber Adversaries International

Chinese Hackers Attacked Foreign Health Care, Military, Oil Networks as Coronavirus Hit China

In January, the ‘widespread’ assault targeted a vulnerability in virtual desktops, cloud computing, and network applications, FireEye announced.

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In this photo taken Tuesday, March 3, 2020, a worker stands near Chinese national flag and propaganda which reads "Go China" in Beijing.

China Cyber

Chinese Hackers Attacked Foreign Health Care, Military, Oil Networks as Coronavirus Hit China

In January, the ‘widespread’ assault targeted a vulnerability in virtual desktops, cloud computing, and network applications, FireEye announced.

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A screenshot from a video by Emirates Airlines showing the use of FLIR thermal cameras for passenger screening.

Coronavirus Technology C4ISR

Thermal Camera Market Explodes as Coronavirus Spreads

Temperature readers could be coming to a workplace near you.

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Russian President Vladimir Putin, right, visit Russia's largest internet search engine Yandex headquarters in Moscow, Russia, Thursday, Sept. 21, 2017

Russia Technology

Russia Has New Tool For Massive Internet Shutdown Attack, Leaked Documents Claim

Moscow’s latest cyber weapon would target a wider array of devices than previous denial-of-service tools: the growing internet of things

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Coronavirus Defense Workforce

Navy Working to Keep Subs and Destroyers From Becoming COVID-19 Hotspots

Meanwhile, the coronavirus is putting the military health-care system under stress.

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Millie Phaeton wears gloves as she checks her cell phone while volunteering at a food distribution center set up by the Dream Center on Monday in Los Angeles.

Coronavirus Defense Management

Will an App Tell You Who Will Give You COVID-19?

Researchers say a movement-tracking app, like one China deployed, could help slow the spread of the disease.

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Chief of Naval Operations (CNO) Adm. Mike Gilday speaks with Sailors while they wait in the chow line for lunch aboard the Virginia-class fast-attack submarine USS Colorado (SSN 788).

Defense Management

Navy Working to Keep Subs and Destroyers From Becoming COVID-19 Hotspots

Meanwhile, the coronavirus is putting the military health-care system under stress.

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