DefenceTalkThe Defense Department awarded contracts to four technology companies to provide services in support of its Joint Warfighting Cloud Capability. The four companies include Amazon Web Services Inc., Google Support Services LLC, Microsoft Corporation and Oracle. “This is a huge day for the department and what we can bring to our warfighters, particularly for areas […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-dod-names-vendors-to-provide-joint-warfighting-cloud-capability-79672/

DefenceTalkNASA plans to send Google smartphones with state of the art 3D sensing technology into orbit to use them as eyes and brains for its newest sci-fi inspired machinery. The gadgets will be installed into hovering robots and boost the agency’s Synchronized Position Hold, Engage, Reorient, Experimental Satellites, otherwise known as SPHERES, on the International […]https://www.defencetalk.com/3d-google-smartphones-to-help-nasa-robots-navigate-in-space-60095/

DefenceTalkA US Air Force research team is in the process of beta-testing Google Glass headsets for possible utilization in battlefield scenarios. The BATMAN evaluation group at the US Air Force’s 711th Human Performance Wing is a highly-distinguished military research and development faction. According to VentureBeat, that unit is interested in Google Glass for its ability […]https://www.defencetalk.com/usaf-researchers-test-google-glass-for-combat-intelligence-missions-59296/

DefenceTalkThe US National Security Agency has tapped into key communications links from Yahoo and Google data centers around the world, the Washington Post reported Wednesday. The Post, citing documents obtained from former NSA contractor Edward Snowden and interviews with officials, said the program can collect data at will from hundreds of millions of user accounts, […]https://www.defencetalk.com/us-taps-links-to-google-yahoo-data-centers-report-49531/