Digital Government
Northrop Grumman lands $108 million missile cryptography contract
Firm will provide security updates to intercontinental ballistic missile program.
Digital Government
PayPal cofounder launches venture capital firm, eyes tech start-ups
Peter Thiel’s new effort seeks growth-stage firms that wish to remain private as they mature.
Digital Government
UN investigator decries killer drones
U.S. drone strikes killed at least 957 people in Pakistan in 2010.
Digital Government
Army eyes new first-person shooter game to train soldiers
The branch considers forking over $44.5 million over five years.
Digital Government
Drones have worst accident record of Air Force craft
Global Hawk, Predator and Reaper come under spotlight.
Emerging Tech
Unmanned spacecraft concludes 15-month test flight
X-37B could fill in role of NASA Space Shuttle, Air Force says
Digital Government
Intel agencies want to know how your brain works
The goal is to help analysts make sense of data faster.
Emerging Tech
Air Force seeks scientists to help unmanned aircraft collaboratively track targets
White papers are due July 1.
Digital Government
Venezuela claims to build drones with help from Iran, China
The move comes two months after Iran claimed to recover data from a downed U.S. drone.
Modernization
White House seeks to cut costs of broadband deployment
Goal of executive order is to make construction of networks cheaper
Digital Government
Navy seeks social media tracker to measure reach
Service wants to gauge engagement online.
Modernization
Navy wants to make tactical and commercial handheld devices talk
Service eyes interoperation of phones across various waveforms.
Digital Government
Obama Administration blasts Russia over weapons shipments to Syria
Move could escalate conflict, Secretary of State Hillary Clinton says.
Modernization
Encryption could drive government to break into your cloud
Paper: Law enforcement increasingly will depend on surveillance access to stored records.
Digital Government
Navy: Global Hawk drone crashes in Maryland
Incident occurred during a training exercise.
Digital Government
Biochip could diagnose flu strains in minutes
Brown researchers have developed a new gene amplification process.
Digital Government
CIA’s research investment focus shifts from missiles to big data
One-third of the companies in In-Q-Tel’s portfolio are in Silicon Valley.
Emerging Tech
Pentagon takes nano-approach to eliminating viruses
DARPA wants to microscopically treat diseases.
Modernization
State considers $16.5 million contract for Amazon Kindles
Department officials said other e-readers were unsuitable.
Emerging Tech