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By Geoff Fein The Navy is expecting to issue a request for proposals in spring ’09 to develop the Next Generation Enterprise Network (NGEN), the follow-on to the Navy Marine […]

The Department of Homeland Security’s (DHS) Science and Technology (S&T) branch this week will begin its first demonstration of an integrated standoff explosives detection architecture under a multi-year program created […]

In the immediate aftermath of Hurricane Ike, the Navy flew one of its two Global Hawk Maritime Demonstration (GHMD) platforms to take pictures of damaged areas and search for survivors, […]

iRobot (IRBT) Sept. 8 acquired Nekton Research LLC, an unmanned underwater robot and technology company based in Raleigh-Durham, N.C. Nekton has been instrumental in shaping the underwater marketplace during the […]

In the coming year, the Navy is planning to outfit its surface fleet with the latest in commercial satellite communications (SATCOM) terminals to increase the amount of data transferred to […]

While the Navy snagged support from a key Senate panel last week for its new plan to build one more DDG-1000 destroyer before restarting production of the older DDG-51s, a […]

The Defence Science and Technology Organisation (DSTO) this week is conducting an international experiment in Sydney to develop technology for detecting new generation radar systems. The Minister for Defence Science […]

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems (SPAWAR) in San Diego recently signed a three-year Cooperative Research Agreement (CRADA) with Ohio-based Sypherlink to find ways to rapidly share information across hastily […]

Northrop Grumman [NOC] recently said it has agreed to acquire 3001 International, Inc., a provider of geospatial data solutions for domestic and international government intelligence, defense and civilian customers. Terms […]