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Army awards $72M deal for Saturn Arch anti-IED support
Leidos will support the program, which uses high-powered sensors to detect IEDs and other threats from the air.
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Chem-bio-nuke teams test briefcase communications system
The portable GRRIP lets response teams set up quickly and send back data and imagery from potential disaster sites.
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As the Arctic heats up, military targets cold-weather tech
DOD is looking for C4ISR, power supplies and other technologies that can function at 60 below zero.
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DOD, intel community building joint space ops center
The center will track military and intelligence satellites, while testing ways to improve operations.
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DARPA gives helicopters robotic legs for landing in rough spots
The agency and Georgia Tech researchers would improve the ability to land on rugged terrain or storm-tossed ships.
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Navy launches 4th satellite in global tactical comms system
MUOS-4 will extend high-bandwidth IP-based communications around the globe.
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DARPA awards $7.9 million deal for spectrum sharing work
Leidos will execute Phase 2 of the SSPARC program, which looks to allow radar and communications systems share bandwidth.
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OPM, DOD to spend up to $330M on ID protection
The 21.5 million people affected by the hack of OPM databases will receive up to three years of credit monitoring and identity services.
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DARPA's Gremlins could cut the costs of attack drones
The program would employ cheap UAS that would be launched from a plane, carry out their missions and then drone home.
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The Air Force brings the B-52 into the digital age
With Boeing's CONECT communications system, the venerable bomber goes from 'a rotary-dial phone to a smartphone.'
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DOD, Silicon Valley to partner on flexible electronics
The $171 million initiative will be led by the FlexTech Alliance, a consortium of 162 companies, universities, and non-profits.
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Navy makes largest federal purchase of solar power
A new 210-megawatt facility will provide up to a third of the power for 14 installations in California.
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DARPA hires SRI to spearhead data privacy program
The company gets an $8.5 million contract to find a better way to protect data while sharing it.
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Researchers take high-bandwidth communications to the South Pole
With MUOS, developed by AFRL, the Navy and Lockheed Martin, researchers send the first voice-and-data communications from Antarctica.
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Air Force puts 22 companies on $490M Agile Acquisition contract
The five-year deal covers work at Eglin Air Force Base to develop new systems and modify existing ones.
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Project to add autonomy to existing aircraft takes next step
In Phase II of DARPA's ALIAS program, Sikorsky will demonstrate the ACES system with a Black Hawk helicopter and a fixed-wing aircraft.
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Air Force wants to meld humans and machines for ISR analysis
AFRL hires researchers to find ways to bring humans into the analytics loop via cognitive systems.
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Pentagon plans to boost drone flights by 50 percent
DOD will supplement Air Force crews with Army, Special Forces and contractor teams to cover more territory, a Wall Street Journal reports says.
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The key to stronger communications? Vacuum tubes.
DARPA is looking for ways to make a new generation of vacuum electronics devices that will open up a new area of the electromagnetic spectrum and be harder to jam.
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DARPA calls for 'revolutionary' software development
The agency wants ideas that challenge accepted norms and could guarantee trustworthy systems.
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