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Army News

April 2021

JUST IN: Army Holding Tech Demos Using Jet-Powered Spy Plane

By Mandy Mayfield
The Army is conducting a number of technology demonstrations for its new intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance aircraft, a service official said April 29.
Global Defense Market

April 2016

Intelligence System Moving to the Cloud

By Yasmin Tadjdeh
As more engineers transfer defense networks to cloud computing, developers of a decades-old intelligence system are embracing the move.
Research and Development

March 2016

Pentagon Coming to Terms With Technological Realities

By Sandra I. Erwin
Pentagon expect to increase use of deep-thinking computers and artificial intelligence
Global Defense Market

January 2016

Agency Provides Open Data for Disaster Response

By Allyson Versprille
The government’s leading agency for geospatial intelligence is looking to make more information publicly available during disaster relief operations, said one official.
Intelligence and Surveillance

January 2016

Drone Glut Leading to Data Storage Issues

By Yasmin Tadjdeh
Over the past decade and a half, unmanned aerial vehicles have been used extensively to collect intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance information.
Global Defense Market

November 2015

At Halifax Forum, Cautious Optimism About U.S.-China Relations

By Yasmin Tadjdeh
HALIFAX, Canada — As the United States continues efforts to strengthen its relationship with China, it is proceeding cautiously, leaders said Nov. 21.
Aviation

September 2015

Northrop Grumman Proposes to Accelerate JSTARS Deliveries

By Allyson Versprille
SAVANNAH, Ga. — Northrop Grumman says its proposed Joint Surveillance Target Attack Radar System (JSTARS) aircraft could be ready to begin service in 2021, three years faster than the current Air Force plan.
Infotech

August 2015

Data Glut Forces National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency to Transform

By Stew Magnuson
The word “open” is not often used to describe U.S. intelligence services. But that is the buzzword at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency since its new director Robert Cardillo took over in 2014.
Counterterrorism

April 2015

Big Data Helping to Pinpoint Terrorist Activities, Attacks (UPDATED)

By Yasmin Tadjdeh
Governments and groups across the globe are using these slip-ups, and other pieces of information gleaned from the internet, to gain a better understanding of what terror organizations, such as the Islamic State, may be planning.
Intelligence and Surveillance

February 2015

Air Force to Divest U-2, Global Hawk Block 40 Should Sequestration Return

By Sarah Sicard
The Air Force wants to keep both its U-2 spy planes and Global Hawk Block 40 unmanned aerial vehicles, but if sequestration returns in fiscal year 2016, it will not be able to afford either aircraft, the service's deputy chief of staff for intelligence, surveillance and reconnaissance said.