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DISA rolls out new classified smartphone system

The new version of DMCC-S improves interoperability, boosts graphics and sound, and adds a mobile device management system.

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Navy forks over $9.1 million for XP support

Deal covers 100,000 computers still running the OS, which Microsoft debuted in 2001 and stopped selling in 2010.

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DOD set to 'double down' on geospatial intelligence

Speakers at the GEOINT symposium talk about the value, but also the challenges, of "creating coherence out of chaos."

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Navy boosts Raytheon's contract for Next Generation Jammer

The $13 million contract modification support development of the service's next electronic warfare weapon.

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Humans, computers and the quest for Sensing as a Service

At the GEOINT symposium, AFRL’s Steve Rogers talks about the gap between automated systems and true autonomy.

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DISA: We need industry more than ever

A panel of agency IT leaders says the "old days of us against you are over."

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Navy making faster work of software upgrades

Sometimes little things, like “eradicating” XP, make a difference.

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DISA's 5-year plan focuses on joint environment, cyberspace operations

The strategy for 2015-2020 also calls for streamlining networks and supporting anytime/anywhere access for warfighters.

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Air Force awards $145.4M to keep BACN flying

Northrop Grumman will continue to support the system that lets Global Hawks act as all-purpose, around-the-clock communications nodes.

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Ever-widening OPM hack includes security clearance database

Hackers apparently from China took highly-detailed SF-86 info on military and intelligence personnel.

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Air Force accelerates development of military GPS receivers

The service has awarded Rockwell Collins another contract modification to speed development of the high-powered, jam-resistant devices.

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Air Force looking for low-cost, disposable attack drones

By relaxing its usual requirements, the service is hoping to make UAS inexpensive enough so that their loss could be "tolerated."

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Army gets OK for next stage of tactical network

Increment 2 of the Warfighter Information Network – Tactical, being built by General Dynamics, will go into full-rate production.

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Syrian Electronic Army claims hack of Army, Stracom websites

The sites were forced offline after being defaced by a group demanding an end to U.S. training of rebel fighters in Syria.

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South Korean team wins DARPA Robotics Challenge

Team KAIST's DRC-Hubo hit the ground running while some other robots just hit the ground.

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A breakdown on the hack of 4 million federal employee records

It apparently came from China and affected nearly every federal agency, although uniformed military personnel are in the clear.

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DARPA's robotics rumble arrives

Twenty-five disaster-response robots, representing the state of the art in robotics technology, are ready to run a two-day gauntlet.

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ISIS fallout: Satellite intel contract hits its ceiling 3 years early

DISA's contracting organization raises the ceiling on a $286.5 million deal for intelligence services while it makes plans to re-compete the contract.

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The elements of a lighter, faster command post of the future

The Army is adapting commercial technologies to make its deployed communications hubs easier to ship, set up, tear down and use.

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Army kicks in retention bonuses for cyber warriors

The bonuses, ranging from $7,900 to $50,400, are another step toward establishing a career management field for cyber, the Army says.