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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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Air Force looks to Dell, Microsoft & GDIT to accelerate massive cloud migration
$1 billion enterprise services deal said to be among largest U.S. cloud contracts.
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DARPA hypersonic effort accelerates
The research agency awards contracts to demonstrate a hybrid hypersonic engine.
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Concerns mount over spread of hypersonic technology
RAND study calls the emerging missile capability "destabilizing.”
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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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U.S. expands role of ground robots for dismounted soldiers
Portable UGV's get smaller, networked for dismounted soldiers
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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.
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