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Enemy inside
This is more serious — and less benign — than “Intel inside”: practically no microchip manufacturing is done in the U.S.; when the Pentagon needs computer chips for its advanced weapons — say, a GPS-guided bomb — it buys the chips abroad; experts are worried that hostile entities will penetrate the chip factory floor subtly and stealthily to introduce flaws onto the chips; trouble is, until the chip actually fails in action, there is no way to detect such flaws; the Pentagon wants the help of business and academia in developing malware detection methods
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AirGATE to deliver RFID-enabled phones to U.S. prisons
There are 120,000 phones in more than 3,100 correctional facilities around the U.S., and inmates complete 750,000 collect calls daily on these phones; the prison authorities want to make sure that they know who makes what phone call, so prisoners will be equipped with RFID-equipped wristbands, and the phones will be equipped with RFID scanners
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Globecomm Systems awarded GSA schedule
A specialist in satellite-based communications solutions receives GSA schedule
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Missile market to grow to $100 billion by 2015; missiles for air defense to account for large share
Iran’s crash program to develop ballistic missiles, to say nothing of its relentless drive to build nuclear weapons, has rekindled an anxious interest in missile defenses; other aerial threats such as cruise missiles and UAVs only add to the drive for better and more sophisticated aerial defenses, offering opportunities for companies and investors
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Broin Companies to build large ethanol facilities in Indiana, Minnesota
Brazil relies on ethanol for a large portion of its fuel needs; in the Midwest they want the U.S. to follow suite
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Crusher, the unmanned ground combat vehicle
We know about unmanned aerial vehicles (UAVs); now we are entering the era of unmanned ground vehicles (UGVs) — and DARPA has an exciting contest program to encourage the development of sophisticated UGVs
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SafeNet shows new line of enterprise Ethernet encryptors
Metro Ethernet is increasingly popular among corporations and organizations, which means that it is used for an ever increasing volume of data — which means that the business of securing the data is becoming more urgent and more lucrative (another reason: Such transmission must comply with ever stricter security and privacy regulations)
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Mid-IR laser products recognized
Mid-IR lasers have several advantages over near infrared technology, and five companies developing useful commercial products based on mid-IR are recognized
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Boston meeting to examine nanotechnology contribution to national security
Nano- and microtechnolgy are developing rapidly, and have already made contributions in many different fields; it makes sense — urgent sense — to see what promise these technologies hold
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BroadWare's video surveillance integrated with Intergraph command and control solution
Integrated technologies will allow for faster and more informed decision making and response in the event of an emergency
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Marketing tool for VoIP: We make it more difficult for the NSA to eavesdrop on you
One thing NSA does not like about Internet-based communication: The packet-based technology makes it more difficult to eavesdrop on suspects
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Innova to strengthen bids for government contracts, explore new markets
A robotics and automation technology specialist teams up with a consulting group as it plans for more government contracts and new markets
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Novel UAV design combines VTOL, conventional aircraft capabilities
Very short take off and landing (VTOL) aircraft have many advantages, but being very fast is not one of them; and innovative UAV developer now offers to combine the characteristics of helicopters and conventional aircraft in a funny looking UAV which may be very useful for a variety of missions
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New device allows seeing through fire, smoke, haze
As emergency units rush to the scene of a disaster, they are often frustrated by the obscuring effects of fire, smoke, and haze — all making informed decision making more difficult; a Pennsylvania company is developing a device to help such first responders see through these obstacles
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The long view
Autonomous Vehicle Technology Vulnerable to Road Object Spoofing and Vanishing Attacks
Researchers have demonstrated the potentially hazardous vulnerabilities associated with the technology called LiDAR, or Light Detection and Ranging, many autonomous vehicles use to navigate streets, roads and highways. The researchers have shown how to use lasers to fool LiDAR into “seeing” objects that are not present and missing those that are – deficiencies that can cause unwarranted and unsafe braking or collisions.
Tantalizing Method to Study Cyberdeterrence
Tantalus is unlike most war games because it is experimental instead of experiential — the immersive game differs by overlapping scientific rigor and quantitative assessment methods with the experimental sciences, and experimental war gaming provides insightful data for real-world cyberattacks.
Prototype Self-Service Screening System Unveiled
TSA and DHS S&T unveiled a prototype checkpoint technology, the self-service screening system, at Harry Reid International Airport (LAS) in Las Vegas, NV. The aim is to provide a near self-sufficient passenger screening process while enabling passengers to directly receive on-person alarm information and allow for the passenger self-resolution of those alarms.
Falling Space Debris: How High Is the Risk I'll Get Hit?
An International Space Station battery fell back to Earth and, luckily, splashed down harmlessly in the Atlantic. Should we have worried? Space debris reenters our atmosphere every week.
Testing Cutting-Edge Counter-Drone Technology
Drones have many positive applications, bad actors can use them for nefarious purposes. Two recent field demonstrations brought government, academia, and industry together to evaluate innovative counter-unmanned aircraft systems.
Strengthening the Grid’s ‘Backbone’ with Hydropower
Argonne-led studies investigate how hydropower could help add more clean energy to the grid, how it generates value as grids add more renewable energy, and how liner technology can improve hydropower efficiency.