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DARPA goes rugged with battlefield communications
The Defense Department's research arm is developing new methods to provide cell tower-grade communications to warfighters, even in remote combat areas and military zones.
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Army to evaluate tactical comms network at upcoming exercise
The Army's WIN-T program is using recent exercises in New Mexico to ready itself for a major evaluation this spring.
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Budget pressure drives Air Force UAS overhaul
Interoperability will enable fewer personnel, fewer unmanned aircraft to do more, ISR PEO says.
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Navy UAS programs focus on operational deployments
The Navy's unmanned aerial system programs are taking off with its UCAS-D aircraft readying for carrier trials and maritime surveillance aircraft preparing for flight tests.
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Marines to upgrade tactical unmanned aircraft
The Marine Corps is adding capabilities to its fleet of unmanned aerial systems, including the deployment of an unmanned cargo helicopter.
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Army wants to extend UAS endurance, add weapons
The Army's top unmanned aircraft systems will receive upgrades that emphasize increased endurance and weapons capability.
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Rapid app response support teams to entrench with Marines
The Marine Corps is fleshing out a service-oriented-architecture approach to help provide its deployed forces with rapidly developed command-and-control applications.
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Snakebots would assist with rescues, bomb searches
Scientists at Georgia Tech are looking closely at how snakes move in order to make robots capable of conducting searches for survivors in collapsed buildings and other critical surveillance missions.
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DARPA-created contacts would give warfighters new view of old data
The Defense Department's research and development arm is hoping to supply warfighters with science-fiction grade contact lenses, which would allow them to magnify distant objects and overlay their vision with battlefield information.
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Army networking efforts begin to see results
The Army's new acquisition and evaluation process is beginning to show results as the service rolls out new systems to troops.
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Thank DARPA for hardened Android OS
If not for the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency's Transformative Apps program, the military might not be heading the government's mobile charge. But luckily it is, and with a renewed focus on ensuring connectivity and security in the field.
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DISA mobile management office to include online app store
The Defense Information Systems Agency has a new program office that offers mobile device management services and is also seeking industry input on its plans to run an online applications store.
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Air Force emphasizes skills training for cyber personnel
The Air Force has revised how it trains its cyber personnel by creating a training regime designed to update and improve skills throughout the course of a person's career.
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DISA pushes new capabilities to the tactical edge
DISA is changing the way it provides network and communications services to warfighters.
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Army improves battlefield command and control technologies
The Army is developing and improving a number of command and control technologies to help make its warfighters more effective in the field.
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DOD's network infrastructure needs streamlining: official
DOD's deputy CIO says military networks must be trimmed and allowed to share data to achieve true efficiencies and interoperability.
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DARPA's Galileo aims for closer look at space satellites
DOD is developing new ways to get high-resolution images of spacecraft as part of a plan to build new satellites in orbit from parts salvaged from deactivated crafts.
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Army seeks new technology submissions for fall NIE
The Army has issued a sources sought document to attract new technologies for inclusion into this fall's Network Integration Evaluation.
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Army sets tone for government's mobile enterprise with Android
The Army's trail-blazing mobile device efforts could potentially reach across the entire federal government.
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DISA certifies Android mobile system for some DOD smart phones
DISA approved a mobile management system that allows users of Dell smart phones to securely access critical data and applications.
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