The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency has conducted tests on a prototype of its Persistent Close Air Support system onboard an A-10 Thunderbolt II to demonstrate air-ground coordination during close air support operations. DARPA said Thursday
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency is conducting two technology demonstration efforts for unmanned aircraft system capabilities developed under the Tern program. DARPA said Thursday its SideArm and Towed Airborne Lift of Naval Systems portions of the Tern program
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Maj. Gen. Stephen Denker — formerly director of air, space and cyberspace operations at Headquarters Air Force Space Command — has been assigned to the position of deputy director at the National Reconnaissance Office. The U.S. Air
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The FBI is collaborating with FireEye to investigate the cyber attack on healthcare provider Anthem Inc. perpetrated by what U.S. government officials believe to be state-sponsored hackers based in China, Bloomberg reported Thursday. Michael
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Director of National Intelligence James Clapper said the government will soon have persistent monitoring technology available for intelligence agents using satellite platforms and other systems, Breaking Defense reported Thursday. Colin Clark writes
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Three Republican lawmakers have called on House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio) and Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) to approve a proposal to keep federal spending for fiscal year 2014 at $967 billion,
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For years, the concept of cybersecurity centered on protecting computer networks from malicious outsiders bent on sneaking past or breaking through firewalls and gaining access to sensitive systems. But recent events in
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