Defense Systems
Army developing a power-generating backpack
The Energy Harvesting Backpack would cut down on batteries while helping soldiers avoid fatigue and injury.
Defense Systems
Robo Raven: A drone that actually does fly like a bird
ARL is developing an unmanned system with flexible, flappable wings that could do things other UAS can't.
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Uncluttering the spectrum by putting it on the map
DARPA's RadioMap program, which will give users visibility into the radio spectrum, moves into Phase 3.
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Army awards $662M deal for new recon aircraft
Leidos will outfit the Airborne Reconnaissance Low-Enhanced (ARL-E) systems with new sensors to help commanders keep tabs on their operational environments.
Defense Systems
Army CID issues warning on Internet extortion, blackmail
The information given up on social media and dating sites, as well as through data breaches, can be used against you.
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Army opens a mobile app store
The Training and Doctrine Command’s site will host existing applications and facilitate the creation of new ones.
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Army taps supercomputing to speed development of new systems
With "physics modeling" the Army and the rest of DOD can do more rapid prototyping to keep up with emerging threats.
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Marines award $73.2M deal for backpack electronic warfare devices
The Modi II from Sierra Nevada Corp. can jam IED detonation signals and disrupt enemy communications.
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Missile-defense aerostat goes rogue, brought down in Pa.
The blimp-like craft broke free from its mooring at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Md., causing outages as its tether hit power lines.
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Navy awards $879M contract to expand its EW fleet
Boeing will deliver 15 EA-18G Growler electronic warfare aircraft under terms of the deal.
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Army bringing green energy plans to forward bases
The service wants to make forward operating bases more efficient, less reliant on resupply missions.
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Cyber warriors take to the battlefield
Armed and in full camo, an Army team gives a mission force valuable real-time information during a recent exercise.
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Navy wrapping up its switch from BlackBerry to Apple, Android
The transition for shore-based mobile users on NMCI and ONE-Net is to be completed by the end of January 2016.
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DISA mulls small businesses for National Gateway Center support
The agency is looking for engineering and hardware and software services in support of its cross-domain messaging system.
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Navy is on to the next phase of laser weapons
ONR awards Northrop a potentially $91 million contract to develop a more powerful directed-energy system.
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Army unsheathes Excalibur supercomputer
The 3.7 petaflop Cray Xc40 machine greatly boosts processing power at the Defense Supercomputing Resource Center.
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'Bioscavengers' could stop nerve agents in their tracks
The Defense Threat Reduction Agency is looking to protect warfighters from nerve agents like sarin before those agents can do any damage.
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Hacker suspected of giving US info to ISIS is arrested in Malaysia
The stolen information on over 1,300 military personnel and government employees was released to encourage ISIS sympathizers to carry out attacks.
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Lockheed turret can give jets a 360-degree laser weapon
The prototype, developed for DARPA and AFRL, neutralizes of effect of turbulence that would limit lasers to firing only straight ahead.
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Digital battlefield system puts multiple nations on the same page
The Army’s ASCA takes language out of the equation when coalition forces call for artillery support.
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