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Navy makes enterprise push for cloud computing

The Navy will begin moving its systems that host publicly releasable information to commercial cloud service providers as a first step toward eventually deploying most of its systems to the cloud environment, said Navy CIO Terry Halvorsen.

Northrop wins Navy tactical data link contract

The U.S. Navy has awarded Northrop Grumman a five-year, $80 million contract to upgrade and enhance a tactical data link communication processor that furnishes critical information about friendly and enemy activity during combat operations

New manual offers 95 rules for cyber warfare

The effort to create a legal framework for cyber warfare has taken a giant leap with the creation by international legal scholars of 95 rules set forth in a manual designed for international distribution and use that can be applied to cyber dust-ups around the globe.

Navy, Virginia Tech partner on robotic jellyfish to monitor seas

That thing you see in the ocean one day might not really be a monster jellyfish that mutated into the size of a human being but rather the outcome of a university project to develop a autonomous robot for the U.S. Navy.

SPAWAR Charleston taps 15 companies for $900 million in C5ISR services

The Space and Naval Warfare Systems Center Atlantic, Charleston, SC, awarded 15 companies contracts for “decision superiority” services—including interoperable command, control, communication, computers, combat systems, intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (C5ISR) systems—that could potentially be worth about $900 million.

DISA moves to develop an ISR cloud with large object data storage contract

The Defense Systems information Agency's Enterprise Services division has awarded Alliance Technology Group, Hanover, MD, a $45 million contract to provide the agency with large data object storage (LDOS) technology to develop an intelligence, surveillance, reconnaissance (ISR) cloud that requires the storage of huge amounts of data in a secure environment with access across networks.

German researchers successfully transmit a quantum key from a fast-moving object

Researchers at the German Aerospace Center (DLR) have managed to transmit a quantum key from a fast-moving object, opening up new possibilities in cryptography.

Cobra Judy Replacement radars almost ready for strategic deployment

Raytheon reports that the Cobra Judy Replacement (CJR) program surpassed expectations during its first tests against a live rocket launch on March 19. From approximately 100 miles off the Florida coast, X- and S-band radars integrated onboard the USNS Howard O. Lorenzen successfully acquired and tracked both stages of an Atlas V rocket launched from Cape Canaveral and collected all associated data.

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