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Army bringing Strykers into its tactical battlefield network
Service adds another unit to the satellite-based WIN-T, which reduces reliance on fixed for line-of-sight communications.
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ONR makes a serious game of missile defense, electronic warfare
Strike Group Defender: The Missile Matrix gives sailors realistic lessons in how to respond to incoming threats.
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The Navy's (autonomous) fish called WANDA
NRL is developing an underwater drone with pectoral fins that let it operates in crowded, near-shore environments.
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2016 Defense budget calls for a big, but unlikely, boost in spending
The $585 billion proposal ignores a congressional spending cap while promoting a modernized military.
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DOD engaging industry to help with cloud transition
The department wants to collaborate with commercial providers, establish common security standards and reassess which information needs to be treated as sensitive.
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Meet the robot that learns by watching videos
University researchers, working under a DARPA program, develop a way for robots to turn visual cues into action.
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The accidental hackers: Insiders pose the top threat to DOD networks
A survey by SolarWinds finds that careless or untrained users are the biggest source of threats, and they can do as much damage as any hacker.
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Software bugs causing turbulence for F-35 program
Flaws caused operational tests to be scrubbed and some fixes pushed down the road in order to try and keep the program on schedule.
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Board calls for $125B in DOD spending cuts over five years
The Defense Business Board's plan targets renegotiated contracts, early retirements and IT optimization as sources for the savings.
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Air Force adds funds for developing better GPS equipment
Rockwell Collins gets a $21.8 million modification to speed up development of more powerful, M-Code-capable receivers.
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Lockheed delivers first of Navy's automated aircraft test systems
The enhanced eCASS will allow aircraft carriers to operate more like airports at sea.
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US special forces a step closer to 'Iron Man suit'
Special Operations Command awards a Phase 2 contract for development of a flexible, bulletproof exoskeleton.
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DARPA's Robotics Challenge gets tougher, richer
The teams in the competition are showing a lot of progress, so the research agency has added more difficult tasks—and more prize money—to the upcoming finals.
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Users becoming hackers' favorite path into networks, survey finds
Cisco's annual report says cyber attackers are increasingly letting unwitting users install malware for them.
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Report: US hack of North Korea provided proof in Sony attack
An NSA program to implant "early warning" malware on the networks of foreign adversaries, active in North Korea since 2010, provides another example of offensive cyber operations.
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Air Force's new acquisition plan aims to boost innovation, cut costs
The Bending the Cost Curve program will increase early collaboration with industry while looking for acceptable trade-offs in performance.
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DARPA doubles down on anti-counterfeiting program
The research agency awards two more contracts under the SHIELD program, which aims to ID counterfeit electronics anywhere in the supply chain.
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DISA releases new security guide for cloud computing
The document sets out the requirements for commercial and non-DOD providers, with a goal of streamlining the acquisition process for DOD agencies.
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Navy's new 'beach ball' satellite takes a spin from the ISS
The SpinSat's unique design could pave the way for better control of small satellites.
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Next step for tactical nets: Sensors that know how to share
The Integrated Sensor Architecture lets sensors talk to each other and gives soldiers a common interface regardless of the computing platform.
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