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Navy seeking players to go up against its SIGINT team
The service is looking for specialized personnel to assist and train special operators in signals intelligence for a real-life training scenario.
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DARPA developing a prosthetic hand with a sense of touch
The agency begins work on the HAPTIX program, which plans to add sensory perception to a dexterous artificial limb.
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Researchers add more core technologies to Squad X program
DARPA has announced plans to explore additional interest areas as part of a program to take tactical communications to the squad level.
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Budget requests reveal military's R&D priorities
From cyber to lasers and dual manned/unmanned systems, the military services focus on the future.
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Navy’s S&T strategy: Lean on technology
The Navy sets forth its science and technology plans for the near- and long-term.
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Navy outlines plans for tech-centric weapons systems
At the Naval Future Force Science and Technology Expo, ONR highlights its funded and unfunded New Starts for 2016.
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Strategic Command adds Germany to its space surveillance network
The alliance of nations and international organizations will share data on objects orbiting the Earth.
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SpaceX drops lawsuit, as Air Force continues ULA contract
An agreement will let Elon Musk's company compete for future military launches while the service maintains its current contract with ULA.
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Army goes open source with forensic analysis tool
ARL has released Dshell, which it has used for five years to understand compromises of DOD networks, to GitHub.
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Army blends intelligence into its battlefield network
The Army is upgrading WIN-T to include intelligence and C2 capabilities, with medical and logistics systems to come.
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Pentagon issues call for drones that hunt like a pack of wolves
DARPA is advancing its CODE program to develop collaborative autonomy for UAS.
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Navy launches third satellite for global communications system
MUOS will eventually be a five-satellite constellation forming a smartphone-like network for secure, high-bandwidth communications.
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Army’s inflatable antennas make light work of satcom in the field
The GATR antennas weigh 80 percent less than typical satellite dishes and provide secure, high-bandwidth communication in remote and austere environments.
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Air Force puts $50M more into airborne communications system
Northrop Grumman’s BACN system bridges the gaps in air and ground communications.
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Navy looks to upgrade infrared imaging platform
In search of better ISR, the Navy wants to enhance imaging systems mounted on shore-based maritime vessels.
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Army lab is engineering better batteries
ARL chemists are using new methods and materials to make a battery that is lighter and more efficient.
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NGA goes open source with a public geospatial tool kit
NGA and DigitalGlobe have created a new cloud-based analytic tool for processing large troves of geospatial data.
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Air Force looks to speed development of modernized GPS gear
Service gives L-3 Communications an extra $8.5 million to accelerate work on the Military GPS User Equipment program.
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Pentagon wants fast, bird-like UAS for urban missions
A DARPA program is looking to develop smaller drones, functioning like birds or even insects, that could operate in tight spaces.
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Combined sensor system detects, locates enemy fire at bases
The Serenity Payload system combines visual and audio sensors for 360-degree surveillance coverage.
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