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Reducing the manpower required to operate drones is critical for making them more affordable and appealing to the Pentagon at a time when budgets are being cut, a senior Northrop […]

House lawmakers who craft the defense budget are voicing concerns about the Pentagon’s proposal to cancel a variant of the Global Hawk unmanned aerial vehicle. Defense Secretary Leon Panetta and […]

The U.S. Army plans to release a Request for Proposals (RFP) in mid-March for the Jordan JC4ISR Fiber Optic Wide Area Network Program. The RFP will be issued about March […]

Cyber warfare and security systems should be procured outside the traditional acquisition process to allow for quicker fielding to counter rapidly evolving threats, Frank Kendall, the Pentagon’s acting top official […]

Top Pentagon officials have repeatedly stated their intention to emphasize spending on unmanned systems at a time when budgets are tight, but that doesn’t mean all UAVs are being protected. […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] cited its trademarked modular approach as the key reason for prevailing this week in the competition for the Navy’s next generation ship-based tactical network. Northrop Grumman beat […]

The Air Force recently awarded Lockheed Martin [LMT] a five-year competitive contract worth a ceiling value of $94 million to provide technical support of the Distributed Mission Operations Center (DMOC), […]

The Optionally Responsive Space-1 satellite was declared to achieve initial/final operational capability, according to an Air Force statement. Air Force Gen. William Shelton recently declared the milestone for ORS-1 milestone, […]

The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) recently said it plans to award up to $10 million this year for a number of pilot projects under a White House […]