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17
Sep

Defense secretary urges Pentagon employees to report any cases of “Havana Syndrome”

September 17, 2021
Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/news/havana-syndrome-defense-department-pentagon-employees/ By OLIVIA GAZIS, ELEANOR WATSON SEPTEMBER 16, 2021 / 1:03 PM / CBS NEWS A new memo issued Wednesday by Secretary of Defense Lloyd Austin urges all Pentagon employees and contractors to report suspected cases of “Havana Syndrome,” the mysterious neurological illness that emerged years ago among U.S. personnel in Cuba. The memo, which refers to...
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11
Sep

Pentagon taps industry for nuclear-powered propulsion for its satellites

September 11, 2021
Source: Defense News https://tinyurl.com/7p3p4v3a By Nathan Strout WASHINGTON — The Department of Defense is looking to industry for nuclear-powered propulsion technology to drive its spacecraft, freeing them from the low-energy limitations of current electric and solar-based propulsion systems. Those traditional systems have largely served government space systems well. Once they reach their intended orbit, most satellites don’t...
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02
Jun

DoD agencies to invest more than $1 billion in low-Earth orbit space technologies

June 2, 2021
Source: Space News https://spacenews.com/dod-agencies-to-invest-more-than-1-billion-in-low-earth-orbit-space-technology/ by Sandra Erwin — May 30, 2021 Technologies developed by SDA, MDA and DARPA are expected to transition into larger Space Force programs WASHINGTON — The Biden administration’s defense budget proposal for fiscal year 2022 seeks more than $1.2 billion  for military space systems in low-Earth orbit.  According to budget documents released May 28, nearly...
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28
Apr

US Army Explores Equipping Robots with Living Muscle Tissue

April 28, 2021
Source: Defense One https://www.defenseone.com/technology/2021/04/army-explores-equipping-robots-living-muscle-tissue/173559/ BY BRANDI VINCENT, STAFF CORRESPONDENT, APRIL 22, 2021 A scientist from the Army Research Lab gave a glimpse into its early work with biohybrid robotics. Looking to pave the way for the production of nimble robots that can move more like living creatures than bulky androids, Army Research Laboratory scientists are...
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18
Mar

Ligado Cleared to Press On…For Now

March 18, 2021
Source: Ligado Cleared to Press On…For Now March 16, 2021 By Dawn M.K. Zoldi (USAF, Ret.) When most were focused on the transition of power in the White House, the day before the Inauguration and the very last day in office for the outgoing party, the FCC denied a petition to stay (delay) the Ligado Networks...
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10
Jan

NTIA, Pentagon Move to Tackle 5G Interoperability Complexities

January 10, 2021
Source: https://www.nextgov.com/emerging-tech/2021/01/ntia-pentagon-move-tackle-5g-interoperability-complexities/171291/ By BRANDI VINCENT JANUARY 8, 2021 The aim would be to accelerate the production of an “open 5G stack ecosystem.” The Commerce Department’s National Telecommunications and Information Administration wants feedback on the potential of a new “5G Challenge” it may create to promote interoperability in the burgeoning realm—and support the Defense Department’s ongoing military...
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22
Dec

The military is scrambling to understand the aviation crash risk from a new 5G sale

December 22, 2020
Source: https://www.defensenews.com/2020/12/21/the-military-is-scrambling-to-understand-the-aviation-crash-risk-from-a-new-5g-sale/ By: Valerie Insinna and Aaron Mehta, December 21 at 5:00 AM WASHINGTON — As part of a broader move to boost the 5G industry in the United States, the Federal Communications Commission on Dec. 8 began auctioning a portion of C-band electromagnetic spectrum, a move the committee’s chairman, Ajit Pai, celebrated as “a big day for...
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18
Dec

Pentagon puts 5G at center of US military’s communications future

December 18, 2020
Source: https://www.lightreading.com/aiautomation/pentagon-puts-5g-at-center-of-us-militarys-communications-future/d/d-id/766232 News Analysis MIKE DANO, Editorial Director, 5G & Mobile Strategies 12/18/2020 US military officials are in the early stages of developing a unified, comprehensive, interoperable wireless networking system that would basically connect everything owned and operated by the Pentagon. Commanders envision the system connecting “sensors with shooters across all domains, commands and services.”...
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09
Nov

Army Wants Smaller Brigades, Stronger Divisions & Lots Of Robots

November 9, 2020
New technologies and organizations will give soldiers an edge, Maj. Gen. Patrick Donahoe said, but tanks and foot troops will still face brutal close combat. Source: https://breakingdefense.com/2020/11/army-wants-smaller-brigades-stronger-divisions-lots-of-robots/ By  SYDNEY J. FREEDBERG JR.on November 06, 2020 WASHINGTON: The Army wants the first casualty of the next war to be a robot, not a human being. But no...
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05
Nov

New Spectrum Strategy Reveals DOD’s Plan to Master Airwaves

November 5, 2020
Source https://www.defense.gov/Explore/News/Article/Article/2404027/new-spectrum-strategy-reveals-dods-plan-to-master-airwaves/ NOV. 3, 2020 | BY C. TODD LOPEZ, DOD NEWS Short of face-to-face conversation, wired internet or telephone land lines — a mystery to many young Americans — nearly every form of communication the Defense Department uses today, especially on the battlefield, is wireless. Some U.S. adversaries are working very hard to cut off that form...
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