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FILE - In this Thursday, Nov. 15, 2012 file photograph, an Israeli soldier looks at the Facebook page of the Israel Defense Force, at the IDF spokespe...
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Israeli military plans clampdown on Facebook, other social media 

130514-N-ZZ999-004 ATLANTIC OCEAN (May 14, 2013) An X-47B Unmanned Combat Air System (UCAS) demonstrator launches from the aircraft carrier USS George...
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Navy's X-47B drone completes first carrier takeoff 

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Military shows off world's first crowdsourced tank design

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The building housing “Unit 61398” of the People’s Liberation Army is seen in the outskirts of Shanghai, Tuesday Feb. 19, 2013. Cyberattacks that stole...
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China says US-based hackers target its websites

Part of Bit9's blog about the hack.
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Hackers breached security firm Bit9, then attacked its customers

Navy binoculars
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Navy plans binoculars that scan enemy's face from 600 feet

Biofilm
Phanindhar Shivapooja and Qiming Wang
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Material will allow ships to shake off scum

Computer keyboard
Reuters file
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Iran beefed up cyber capabilities after Stuxnet: US general

he ACTUV robot ship is designed to track enemy submarines for up to 90 days at sea.
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Watch a futuristic robot ship track enemy subs

Image of water, looking up.
DARPA
innovation

Navy wants drones stashed on the seafloor

Lantos Technologies demonstrated its 3-D ear scanning technology at CES 2013 in Las Vegas.
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3-D ear scanning enables custom headphones

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Gary McKinnon, in July 2005, making his way into a London courthouse.
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UFO hacker won't be tried in Britain for Pentagon, NASA crimes

Image of test flight
U.S. Army
innovation

Black Hawk helicopter flies all by itself

Smart material
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Military

Nanotech 'second skin' could protect soldiers from chemical threats

Image of UAV targeted by ADAM
Lockheed Martin
innovation

Ground-based laser zaps rockets in tests

Iron Dome
Amir Cohen / Reuters
defense

How Israel's 'Iron Dome' intercepts incoming rockets in Gaza conflict

President Barack Obama, on Nov. 14, 2012.
AP / Charles Dharapak
cybersecurity

Obama signs security cyber-operations guidelines: official

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Operation Supply Drop
Operation Supply Drop
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For troops at war, relief arrives in a package of video games

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U.S. Navy / Mass Communication Specialist Seaman Scott Youngblood
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Navy robot boat missiles sink attack swarms

Military

Military looks at lasers for hack-proof radio

One of the recurring challenges for the military is to send a message without anyone else listening in. Communicating via a laser...