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Pilots Cite Drone Visibility Limits In FAA Filings

The Federal Aviation Administration started gathering public input to choose several test sites to begin integrating unmanned aircraft systems in U.S. airspace in March and has since yielded 52 responses, NextGov reports. David Bourdon, a pilot who said he has flown surveillance missions in Afghanistan and Iraq since 2003, said he opposes drone use in [...]

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Boeing Plans To Have Space Taxi Ready Within Five Years; Roger Krone Comments

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Boeing hopes to be able to fly astronauts to the International Space Station on private spaceships as soon as 2015, Space.com reports.  Commercial Transportation-100 is under design to taxi astronauts to and from the space station and other low-Earth orbit locations. The vehicles fall under NASA’s program developing commercially built spacecrafts to replace its retired [...]

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Thad Allen: Border Control Could Benefit From iGoogle-like Tech

April 30, 2012 No Comment

Border authorities should have access to a portal similar to iGoogle that would provide officials with real-time imagery and intelligence, retired Coast Guard Adm. Thad Allen told NextGov. The Coast Guard’s 23rd commandant said an iGoogle-like page would offer authorities intelligence on drug cartels, potential terrorists and additional figures attempting to cross the U.S.-Mexico border.  Part [...]

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DARPA Seeking Gaming Tech For Military Medical Training

April 30, 2012 No Comment

 The Defense Department’s research arm wants gamer-developed mobile applications to help train medical first responders, NextGov reports.  The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency plans to look to the gaming industry for mobile apps that could be used for both medical and scientific training and courses.  According to the solicitation, DAPRA wants U.S. Navy medics and paramedics [...]

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Army Seeking Wind-Detecting Tech for Snipers

April 30, 2012 No Comment

The U.S. Army is seeking wind-detecting technologies that could be used to help snipers improve their accuracy, NextGov reports. Currently, military snipers use handheld anemometers or other methods such as the movement of grass or trees in order to gauge wind speeds.  To improve snipers’ ability to gauge wind speed, the Army wants electronic devices [...]

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Army Issues RFI for Touchscreen Device Gloves

April 30, 2012 No Comment

The U.S. Army wants form-fitting gloves for soldiers that use mobile devices and tablets in the field, InformationWeek reports.  Touchscreen devices react to bioelectrons in the users’ hands and the Army said protective cases soldiers use make it difficult to effectively use fielded devices. According to a request for information on FedBizOpps, the Army plans [...]

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General Dynamics Subsidiary Building New Navy Ship Class; CNO Jonathan Greenert Comments

April 30, 2012 No Comment

General Dynamics’ Bath Iron Works subsidiary is developing a multi-mission destroyer warship for the U.S. Navy that could launch rocket-propelled warheads that can shoot as far as 100 miles, Armed with Science reports.  The shipbuilding subsidiary is developing Zumwalt class destroyers to interoperate with the Naval fleet and conduct land or maritime attacks, the report [...]

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Janet Napolitano: DHS Close to New Biometric Exit System

April 27, 2012 No Comment

The Department of Homeland Security expects to have a new biographic system that provides more functionality between data repositories in place by June, Fierce Homeland Security reports.  Secretary Janet Napolitano told the Senate Judiciary Committee Wednesday that the final plan for the biographic exit program is in the process of being cleared by the Office [...]

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Report: Iran Cyber Threat Perceptions Fueled by House Hearing

April 27, 2012 No Comment

Experts told House lawmakers this week that they believe Iran is a bigger threat than China or Russia, having passed developmental stages for offensive capabilities and moved onto defensive efforts in cyberspace, GCN reports.  Ilan Berman, vice president of the American Foreign Policy Council, told attendees of a joint House Homeland Security Committee subcommittee meeting that [...]

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NASA Developing Deep Space Solar Array Systems; Michael Gazarik Comments

April 27, 2012 No Comment

NASA wants industry to help develop solar array systems capable of powering space vehicles and enabling electric propulsion systems, the space agency announced Thursday. The agency is soliciting proposals from organizations for advanced space technologies that could lead to new approaches for future space missions, said Michael Gazarik, NASA’s space technology program director. Gazarik said [...]

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