Researchers from the Naval Research Laboratory, Virginia Tech and the University of Pennsylvania are collaborating to demonstrate autonomous technology for firefighting robotics systems. NRL said Tuesday that its autonomous research lab is working with the Navy Center for Applied Research
MoreThe Federal Communications Commission is planning to pursue a frequency-sharing plan to let the public use Defense Department spectrum that resides in the 3.5 gigahertz band, CNET reported Monday. Dara Kerr writes the
MoreA new MeriTalk survey commissioned by EMC Corp. has identified federal healthcare as a prime market for big data technologies, prompted by mobile and machine-to-machine tools. Two out of three federal executives
MoreSenior U.S. and Japanese officials have reached a bilateral agreement on nuclear materials disposal and nuclear energy research at the Nuclear Security Summit held in The Hague, Netherlands early this week, Nextgov
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Government agencies have started moving to the newer versions of Microsoft‘s operating systems before the software company ends security support of its legacy platform on April 8, Nextgov reported Monday. Aliya Sternstein writes
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has initiated a program to develop approaches for fixing software flaws by using big data analytics principles, GCN reported Monday. DARPA intends for the Mining and
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Teri Bristol, a 21-year veteran of the Federal Aviation Administration, has been named the Air Traffic Organization’s chief operating officer after serving in an acting capacity since December, AINonline reported Monday. Bristol, who served
MoreThe White House is testing mobile devices manufactured by LG and Samsung in order to replace Blackberry mobile devices currently in use, the Wall Street Journal  reported last Thursday. Will Connors writes
MoreThe U.S. Army worked to implement information technology systems with controls that auditors believe will work as the branch prepares to go through an audit ahead of its goal to have audit-ready
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Rep. Mike Rogers (R-Mich.) has suggested the U.S. provide countries that could be embroiled in the Crimean crisis with tools to defend themselves against Russian’s expansion efforts. The House Intelligence Committee chairman
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