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Air Force’s infrared satellite system gets to the next step
Lockheed and Northrop deliver the payload for the fourth GEO satellite in the Space Based Infrared System.
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ARL project: Better mileage, more power through supercomputing
Researchers working under an award from DOD's Frontier Project will tap a billion hours of supercomputing time to study—and improve—engine performance.
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DISA's milCloud now offering classified services
The agency has configured its cloud computing service for the Secret IP Router Network.
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Coast Guard to evaluate deploying drones along the coast
The agency plans flight tests to see how SAUS would fare assisting maritime first responders and other operations.
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Navy puts autonomous 'swarmboats' into action
In a breakthrough demonstration, 13 boats operating autonomously or by remote worked together to escort a high-value vessel and surround a mock enemy.
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New technology looks deep to identify counterfeit microchips
The Advanced Scanning Optical Microscope works at the nanometer level to help ensure the reliability of integrated circuits.
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Pentagon launches Insider Threat Program
Several years in the making, the program looks to create an integrated process for keeping classified information under wraps.
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Old school cost-cutting: when reused components work just fine
The Army’s Tactical Mission Command finds that not every part of the Command Post of the Future has to be new.
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Lightning strikes: Air Force center doubles its supercomputing power
Lab at Wright Patterson unveils a 1.28 petaflop Cray XC30, one of the world’s fastest distributed memory platforms.
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Machine would see inside where X-rays cannot
Military researchers want to combine X-ray and neutron radiography in a device small enough for field use.
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In a first, Army and Air Force share one network at joint base
With the implementation in San Antonio of DOD’s first Joint Regional Security Stack, the services and DISA offer a glimpse of JIE’s future.
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With Army's geospatial tool, new terrain is familiar terrain
SAGE gives commanders, engineers and analysts a detailed look at the lay of the land.
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After hacks, Transcom to require contractors to report data breaches
A Senate investigation found that only two of at least 20 successful intrusions traced to China were reported to the Transportation Command.
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Body sensors could improve future soldiers’ performance
A panel of researchers working with the Army discusses the importance of monitoring both physical and psychological stressors.
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Army launches $49.5 million anti-IED challenge
Twenty contractor teams will compete in a program to detect and identify explosives planted in culverts.
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DOD updates DISA's role as the department's cloud broker
Shift reflects a greater openness toward commercial services, while outlining how agencies can procure them.
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Wearable robot will put a spring in soldiers' steps
The lightweight, flexible Soft Exosuit being developed at Harvard can cut down on fatigue and musculoskeletal injuries.
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Researchers 'grow' lasers in chip breakthrough
The DARPA-funded work could cut costs and SWAP for microsystems used in radars, sensors and communications devices.
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Putting powerful analytics into a 'Facebook for terrorists'
Modus Operandi’s semantic technology corrals and analyzes intelligence big data and puts it into a familiar interface.
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Army to spend $23 million on landmine-hunting robots
The service awards a contract for the Autonomous Mine Detection System to detect, mark and neutralize buried explosives.
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