Pentagon puts $44m into handheld translators
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Disperse at once or we fire &lt;beep&gt; Have a nice day The US Navy is putting $44m-plus into "PhraselatorÂ®" Machine Based Language Translation tech, designed to overcome language barriers using "phrase recognition and generation" algorithms.â¦
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The communications industry spent &#36;704,000 on 450 trips for lawmakers on two congressional oversight committees, their families and staff members in the past four years, a watchdog group reported.
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The military needs the power to run electronic gear such as radios, night vision goggles and satellite-navigation tools.
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Rheinmetall, the German auto parts and defence technology specialist has said it had won a contract worth 40 million euros (51 million dollars) to supply the Kuwait government with naval defence weapons systems.
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Initiative focuses on popular scripting language with the aim to improve security.
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A new cell phone is loaded with software that turns text on photographed documents into speech
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David Wiesen's hand moved quickly to tap out a series of dots and dashes. "CQ," he tapped in international Morse code that translated roughly to "Anyone want to talk?"
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The US Air Force has awarded a $500m, six-year contract to Microsoft Corp and Dell Corp, to update and consolidate 38 software licenses across multiple sites on more than 525,000 machines.
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The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency awarded an $8.9 million contract to three vendors last week to build a prototype for low-flying unmanned aerial vehicles that can work with Army ground combat vehicles to scout ahead of American forces.
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Microsoft-endorsed Open XML Translator project releases downloadable ODF converter.
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A US company has received more than $1bn in funding to build prototype unmanned fighter aircraft for the American military.
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Military research and industrial design bring power-saving PDA to troops in the field.
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Motorola Israel Ltd. said Monday it will provide the U.S. Postal Service with new hand-held scanning devices under a three-year deal worth about &#36;300 million.
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Congress yesterday authorized an additional  $70 billion in emergency funds to pay for the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan through early next year, including nearly $24 billion for the Army and Marine Corps to repair and replace worn-out equipment.
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The defense-related work is estimated to be worth $200 billion.
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Faced with the challenge of expanding the U.S. Army in wartime, the military is testing an incentive program that pays enlistees up to $40,000 toward a home or a startup business after their commitment
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The U.S. Navy will soon announce  whether Lockheed Martin Corp. or Raytheon Co. will build a $6.4  billion communications system to beef up satellite services for  U.S. troops, the White House and State Department, a spokesman  said on Tuesday.