U.S. Naval Research Laboratory scientists have assessed ice thickness, strength and other parameters in Alaska’s North Slope in order to determine the evolution and physical structure of ice in the Arctic Ocean
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A Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency program aims to characterize cyber criminals and their strategies and forecast where future attacks could take place, Nextgov reported Tuesday. Aliya Sternstein writes that the Enhanced Attribution
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The White House has published a report that describes how organizations should use big data and algorithmic systems to detect human bias and avoid discrimination. According to a White House blog entry posted Wednesday, the report also
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The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers — on behalf of the U.S. Pacific Command — has partnered with Maldives’ defense force and environmental protection agency to develop an Environmental Sensitivity Index atlas for Laamu Atoll. The Army said Wednesday ESI maps
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The U.S. Army held a two-week training in April at Joint Base Mcguire-Dix-Lakehurst in New Jersey in an effort to help soldiers observe and respond to electromagnetic spectrum and cyber threats in
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U.S. Army Research Laboratory scientists have manufactured a new material for propulsion and lethality applications in an effort to help address the impacts of bullet and shrapnel on humans. Jesse Sabatini, team leader
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NASA has scheduled the launch of two new sounding-rocket missions to take place in 2018 as the space agency aims to explore coronal nanoflares and escaping atoms. The Heliophysics Technology and Instrument Development for Science program
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The North Atlantic Council has approved the requests of Israel and four other non-NATO nations to establish diplomatic missions in the alliance’s Brussels headquarters, Defense News reported Thursday. Barbara Opall-Rome writes a statement
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Some government and commercial security experts who took part in a Small Business Administration-hosted panel discussion Monday said that small businesses should implement programs to protect their critical assets from cyber threats, FedTech Magazine reported Tuesday.
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The Congressional Budget Office Director estimates that the passage of the House Armed Services Committee’s fiscal year 2017 defense authorization bill would reduce the Defense Department‘s net direct spending by up to $206
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