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Army’s move to Samsung reflects a flexible mobile strategy
The service is adding 7,000 Galaxy Note II smartphones to the Nett Warrior system, but they won’t work like typical smartphones.
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DOD aims for a proactive spectrum strategy
The plan looks to develop flexible, more efficient technologies to meet both military and commercial the demand for bandwidth.
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Zero-day attack targets military via veterans’ website
The drive-by attack, dubbed Operation SnowMan by security company FireEye, has infected VFW.org and exploits a flaw in Internet Explorer.
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Next up for drones: Transformer-style helicopters
DARPA’s ARES would have modules for cargo transport, medical evacuation and ISR.
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Memex: The next generation of deep-Web search?
DARPA wants to develop a broader, deeper search engine to support DOD missions, starting with the fight against human trafficking.
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Army units give thumbs-down to battlefield intelligence system
The Distributed Common Ground System-Army is complex and unstable, and soldiers receive scant training on the system, according to units quoted a memo.
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Air Force HQ completes move to DOD Enterprise Email
The service begins its migration with 7,800 unclassified accounts and 1,300 mobile devices.
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DOD wants a ‘Big Mechanism’ for mining research data
DARPA announces a $45 million program that aims to revolutionize the way research on complex subjects is understood.
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Got a cyber emergency? Call out the National Guard.
Guard units around the country are creating teams that could respond to cyber emergencies they way they respond to floods or hurricanes.
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Battlefield electronics that do their job, then vanish?
DARPA awards BAE a $4.5 million contract under its VAPR program to develop electronics that can melt away.
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Army to expand use of virtual tools, augmented reality for training
Technologies would help soldier and small units prepare for major field exercises.
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3 IT keys to the future for Navy, military
Navy CIO Terry Halvorsen cites three technology areas that can help the military save money while achieving its goals.
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Method of the ancient mariners can improve targeting systems
Northrop Grumman is incorporating Trex Enterprises’ celestial navigation technology — a highly refined version of the technique used by the earliest sailors — into its laser targeting systems to improve their accuracy.
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AFRL’s plan to make smartphones, tablets more secure
The lab announces a four-year program to explore internal CAC authentication, expanded biometrics, near field communications and other innovative steps.
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Army expanding, streamlining tactical network
As communications reach further into the field, the complexity of the network grows. New NetOps tools help simplify operations.
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Pentagon plan calls for smarter, networked drones across air, sea and land
Despite a budget crunch, DOD wants to add autonomy and layers of integration to a growing unmanned force over the next 25 years.
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ARL’s ‘ghost imaging’ cuts through battlefield turbulence
The Army Research Lab uses quantum properties of light to get high-resolution results from low-resolution transmissions.
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Robots to the rescue: Humanoid systems take up DARPA’s challenge
Seventeen teams will test the boundaries of robotics technology in a disaster-response competition.
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Army intell wants to scan social media from 40 countries
The Intelligence and Security Command is looking for the ability to collect and analyze huge data sets of social media and open-source information in up to 66 languages.
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Air Force’s future state: capabilities as a service
The service’s push toward a commoditized infrastructure will rely on standards that will meet info-sharing needs, protect data and systems, and cut costs, Brig. Gen. Kimberly Crider said.
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