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ULA's Air Force launch contract under scrutiny
The Air Force is considering early termination of a launch support contract option, as Sen. John McCain renews a push to ban use of the Russian-made RD-180 engine.
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Army adds $97M to Shadow drone deal
The service is acquiring more of the catapult-launched ISR unmanned aircraft, which has also been used in concert with Apache helicopters.
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Air Force puts its first cyber weapon system into play
The AFINC creates centrally managed points of entry for a million users at 237 locations around the world.
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Ultra-high-speed chip could make the spectrum feel less crowded
DARPA's analog-to-digital converter can analyze large swaths of the electromagnetic spectrum, keeping systems alter to jamming and other interference.
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Army building an airfield for drone training
The site next to the National Training Center in California will accommodate training on the Gray Eagle ISR aircraft.
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Air Force takes open approach to upgrading its network
The service is adopting open standards via contracts to keep its infrastructure refreshed.
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Software could expose the identity of hackers
Researchers working with ARL use "stlyometry" to sniff out the stylistic fingerprints of code writers.
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Air Force wants sense and avoid technology for large drones
The service is looking for sense and avoid technology for aircraft such as the Predator and Global Hawk that could also be transitioned to smaller drones.
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Service leaders call for more focus on electronic warfare training
EW division chiefs from the military services tell a congressional panel the U.S. needs to keep up with nations such as Russia and China.
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Army adding gigabit wireless to its tactical network
Aruba's Command Post Wi-Fi brings NSA-approved wireless to WIN-T at the battalion level.
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Palm-sized atomic clock could reduce reliance on GPS
A DARPA program is calling for a small, low-power but extremely accurate clock that could maintain location data when GPS goes out.
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Navy awards another deal for electronic warfare upgrades
General Dynamics will perform more work on improvements under the SEWIP program.
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Northrop wins contract for GPS upgrades
The company will support modernization efforts for the embedded GPS/Inertial Navigation System.
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Tern gets closer to extending ships' ISR reach at sea
The DARPA-ONR program to develop long-range, vertical-lift drones for smaller ships moves into Phase 3.
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IG: DOD not keeping track of cloud contracts
Without a standard definition and a comprehensive list of contracts, the department can’t determine if it’s saving money by moving to the cloud, the report says.
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Navy awards large deal to upgrade satellite communications
Raytheon gets a contract that could be worth up to $467 million for Navy Multiband Terminals, which will quadruple capacity while providing anti-jamming features.
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SpaceX lands a rocket upright after orbital flight
The lower stage of a Falcon 9 lands vertically after delivering a payload of satellites into space.
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DISA awards $4.3B in contracts for telecommunications support
Eight companies will compete for work on the Defense Information Systems Network over the next 10 years.
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Army fields robots for chem/bio/nuke detection
Researchers and contractor iRobot enhance the PackBot 510’s detection capability for use in South Korea.
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Army streamlines tactical network with virtualization
Upgrades to WIN-T Increment 1 increase capability while cutting back on the amount of equipment required on the battlefield.
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