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Secretive Pentagon Office Reveals New Technologies

Valerie Insinna

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

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Secretive Pentagon Office Reveals New Technologies

In his first appearance in front of lawmakers, the director of the Pentagon’s shadowy Strategic Capabilities Office (SCO) unveiled a number of technology initiatives that had not previously been disclosed to the public, including a mobile, ground-based version of a fighter jet radar that can defend forward-deployed troops and a prototype system that uses open source data to give commanders a more complete operational picture.SCO has started 15 projects since the office was founded three years ago, its director William…

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