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DOD steps up the search for electronic warfare tools
The military services are looking for innovative ways to improve EW capabilities and blend them with cyber operations.
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DARPA awards 9 contracts for Squad X program
The program is beginning work on bringing an operational picture down to dismounted soldiers and Marines.
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Starting up a network is getting easier for the Army
The Initialization Tool Suite gives commands a faster, streamlines way to start up a network and keep it up to date.
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Air Force looks to double its number of drone squadrons
The five-year plan would also add up to 3,500 airmen, expanding the unmanned aircraft program to meet rising demand.
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ONR taking virtual training to the next level
The BEMR Lab in San Diego is developing new "mixed reality" capabilities to improve training on a variety of platforms.
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JUPITR integrates all threats into one early warning system
An Army team puts chemical-biological and force protection sensors into one operational picture for base protection, which saves time in analyzing and responding to threats.
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Army rolls out online crypto storefront for tactical communications
The Web-based Key Management Infrastructure replaces a manual system that involved carrying keys to soldiers, even those on the battlefield.
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Program would improve 3D imaging by going flat
A new DARPA program would replace the heavy telescopes used in LIDAR systems with lightweight, inexpensive flat optics.
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Army teams up with robot vehicles
CERDEC researchers demonstrate how autonomous ground vehicles can work with soldiers to establish beyond-line-of-sight communications.
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Army command takes tactical network to the next level
The I Corps, which covers the Pacific theater, is using WIN-T Increment 2 to make Strykers into mobile headquarters.
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GAO: DARPA needs to put more of its ideas into the hands of users
The watchdog says the Pentagon's research arm doesn't put enough focus on transitioning its technologies to military users.
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DARPA looks to build a foundation for systems-of-systems
The CASCADE program aims develop new mathematical that would enable complex, dynamic systems that aren’t currently possible.
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Air Force adds 10 companies to $10B cybersecurity program
The 10 large companies will join six small businesses in competing for work under the five-year deal.
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Army looks outside the box in its Cyber Innovation Challenge
The service will use Other Transaction agreements, which operate outside normal procurement rules, to work on prototypes with non-traditional vendors.
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Army testing high-bandwidth tactical network
The Mobile User Objective System, a satellite network for all of the military services, is 16 times faster than the current Ultra High Frequency satellite system.
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Pentagon spending $100M to encrypt tactical communications
DISA awards Northrop Grumman a contract to install programmable encryption devices for the Joint Battle Command-Platform.
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DOD's anti-phishing policy disables links in outside emails
In an attempt to prevent potential breaches, DOD won’t let users click on HTML links in emails that come from outside the .mil domain.
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ONR adds $11M to tablet-controlled autonomous helicopter program
Aurora Flight Sciences will continue tests on the AACUS program, in which unmanned rotorcraft deliver supplies to small units in dangerous environments.
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Air Force to ID targets by their vibrations
The VIBE program will use laser-Doppler technology to identify factors such as engine type and engine speed, even the number of cylinders a vehicle has.
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Mind-reading computer could boost ISR image analysis
Researchers in ARL's MIND Lab use an EEG to let a user communicate with a computer with thoughts alone.
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