GPS

A Falcon 9 SpaceX rocket, stands ready at space launch complex 40, shortly before the launch was scrubbed because of a technical issue at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Cape Canaveral, Fla., Tuesday, Dec. 18, 2018. The payload on the rocket is the U.S. Air Force's first Global Positioning System III space vehicle and the system will augment 31 current operational GPS satellites. (AP Photo/John Raoux)

Space Development Agency looking into alternatives for GPS

SDA Director Derek Tournear said the agency is exploring alternative ways for positioning, navigation and timing that don’t rely on GPS.

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New locality-pay adjustments will impact thousands of federal workers

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.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)In this April 7, 2021 photo, a senior receives the Johnson & Johnson COVID-19 vaccine at the Aaron E. Henry Community Health Service Center, in Clarksdale, Miss. Medicare will require nursing homes to report COVID-19 vaccination rates for residents and staff, the government said Tuesday, in what officials hope will become an incentive to keep giving shots even as the worst ravages of the pandemic ease in facilities across the land.(AP Photo/Rogelio V. Solis)

Federal employees can get time off if they have reaction to COVID-19 vaccine

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AI

Army’s Rapid Capabilities Office emulating industry advancement of AI

The Army’s Rapid Capabilities Office is looking for ways to apply AI and machine learning to signal classification.

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An update on Global Positioning Systems

Booz Allen Hamilton Vice President Thad Allen joins Off the Shelf to discuss the latest developments in the use and protection of Global Positions Systems….

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Threats to critical infrastructure, cyber require partnership with industry

DHS leaders say the public and private sector now more than ever need to work together to protect the country’s critical infrastructure and cyber systems.

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