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Pentagon Grounds Marines' 'Eyes in the Sky' Drones Over Cyber Security Concerns

Pentagon Grounds Marines’ ‘Eyes in the Sky’ Drones Over Cyber Security Concerns

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US Marine Corps 2nd Lt. Michael Francica, with Combat Logistics Battalion 8, Combat Logistics Regiment 2, 2nd Marine Logistics Group, pilots an InstantEye quadcopter during an operations check for Marine Corps Warfighting Laboratory as part of Integrated Training Exercise 3-18 on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center, Twentynine Palms, Calif. on April. 29, 2018. US Marine Corps Photo

The Marine Corps has shelved several new, small drones – at least temporarily – amid a Pentagon ban and assessment on the cybersecurity of commercial, off-the-shelf, unmanned aerial systems, a service spokesman told USNI News on Monday. Read More →

First Marine Battalion Gets 'Eyes in the Sky’ Mini-Drones

First Marine Battalion Gets ‘Eyes in the Sky’ Mini-Drones

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U.S. Marine Corps Cpl. Cullen, Tolmsoff left, and Cpl. Justin Johnson, both with 3rd Battalion, 7th Marine Regiment, 1st Marine Division, pose for a photograph with an InstanEye quadcopter, during a Quads for Squads training event on Marine Corps Air Ground Combat Center Twentynine Palms, Calif., Feb. 28, 2018. US Marine Corps Photo

The first squads of infantry Marines fielding the latest in small, lightweight drones took them to the air this week during a training course at the Marine Corps’ desert warfare training center. Read More →

U.S. Navy Entomologists Take Malaria Fight to Sub-Saharan Africa

U.S. Navy Entomologists Take Malaria Fight to Sub-Saharan Africa

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Lt. Cmdr. Kelly Larson, left, and Hospital Corpsman 2nd Class Edward Lopez test a Togolese villager for malaria during an Africa Partnership Station 2012 in Togo. US Air Force Photo

Recent attacks by sub-Sahara-based terrorist organizations brought into focus the U.S. military’s operations, but less noticed is the Navy’s increasing fight to help save lives in the region.

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Navy Helps Research Malaria Vaccine

Navy Helps Research Malaria Vaccine

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Malaria Public Library of Science Photo

Malaria Public Library of Science Photo

The Naval Medical Research Center, along with other government agencies, have conducted successful trials of a malaria vaccine that promises to provide total immunity to the tropical disease, a researcher at NMRC told USNI News on Thursday. Read More →