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DISA to start enforcing email storage limits

If DOD Enterprise Email users haven't cleaned out their inboxes lately, now would be a good time.

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Navy adds $29M worth of radios for global satellite system

The latest batch of Digital Modular Radios from General Dynamics will work with the Mobile User Objective System.

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Researchers show how to take out drones with loud noises

A team from South Korea's KAIST found that sound can disrupt gyroscopes commonly used on unmanned aerial vehicles.

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Report: US suspects Russia in 'most sophisticated' Joint Staff hack

The hack that shut down the staff's unclassified email system got around security measure in a way the government hadn’t seen before, officials said.

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At Black Dart, military takes the battle to drones

The large-scale exercise, involving all the military services, industry and some allies, seeks to refine defenses against a growing threat.

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Project aims to shine light on data as it travels the Internet

DARPA and the Air Force Research Lab give Georgia Tech $4.2 million to develop ways of tracking data, with an eye toward detecting APTs.

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Internet of Things would speed care to wounded soldiers

The Defense Health Agency is developing clothing-embedded biosensors that will give medical teams a heads-up on the nature and extent of injuries.

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Report: Attacks will happen, so reduce the time to detection

Cisco's mid-year threat report says attacks are becoming too sophisticated to prevent all of them. Organizations need to focus on finding them sooner.

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Navy's reign in patent rankings continues

Researchers earned rights for projects ranging from predicting pirate attacks to ensuring better health for deployed troops.

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Army WAVES off the mobile disconnect

The software connects disparate radios, phones and PCs, enabling communications between U.S. military, coalition and emergency response units.

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Leidos-led team wins $4.3B DOD health records contract

The long-awaited deal calls for the overhaul of the Defense Department’s health system.

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Survey: Shadow IT haunts DOD networks

Sixty-three percent of IT pros in the department said unauthorized apps and services are used, and 70 percent expect the practice to grow, a Solar Winds survey found.

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Satellite-launching drone program enters next phase

DARPA awards Boeing $6.6 million to continue developing the reusable, hypersonic Experimental Spaceplane.

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Dell releases family of secure, fast wireless firewalls

The SonicWALL TZ series taps the speed of 802.11ac wireless to add deep packet inspection at line speed.

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With new night-vision goggles, soldiers don't need a scope to aim

The system wirelessly connects the goggles with a weapon-mounted sight, allowing soldiers to shoot from the hip or around corners without exposing themselves.

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Air Force wants common tools for pay-as-you-go cloud

The service wants to establish standard processes that could work for all the military services in support of the JIE.

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IARPA wants an early warning system for cyber attacks

The agency is looking to combine internal and external sensors and monitors to try to identify attacks in their early stages.

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Army's new command-posts-to-go support expeditionary maneuvers

Engineers design three mobile command posts that get forces up and running quickly.

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Lockheed's $9B Sikorsky buy expands its work on future aircraft

The purchase of the world's largest helicopter manufacturer aligns the company with the military's plans for vertical-lift and autonomous vehicles.

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Air Force, Northrop demo an open system for manned, unmanned aircraft

The tests show how a B-2 stealth bomber, Global Hawk and other nodes can work together.