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Cal Biesecker
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyMQ-28 Ghost Bat Autonomous Aircraft Will Fire Missile Against Aerial Target This Year
Boeing [BA] and its Royal Australian Air Force (RAAF) partner later this year plan to launch a missile from the MQ-28 Ghost Bat autonomous drone against an aerial target to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyForterra, Overland AI, Scout AI Nab Army Contracts For Autonomous Ground Vehicles
The Army last week said it awarded contracts to three companies to integrate their respective commercially-developed autonomy solutions into existing Infantry Support Vehicles with the aim of delivering prototypes to […]
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PentagonHegseth Directs New Army-Led Task Force To Centralize DoD’s Counter-UAS Efforts
The Pentagon on Thursday evening said it is standing up a new Army-led joint task force that will focus the Defense Department counter-drone efforts and report to the deputy defense […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHundreds Of Switchblades Delivered So Far In First Replicator Tranche, DIU Official Says
The contractor supplying Switchblade loitering munitions to the Defense Department under the first phase of the Replicator initiative has delivered “hundreds” of systems to a customer who has fielded them, […]
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Unmanned SystemsSystem Adaptability Through Tight Industry, Echelon Partnership Key Ukraine War Lesson, SACEUR Says
One key lesson from the ongoing Russo-Ukraine War has been the how Ukrainian forces at the brigade level maintain relationships with industry partners to enable the systems they are using […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySpace Solar Power Company Boosts Funding Round With Lockheed Martin Investment
New Mexico-based startup mPower Technology, Inc., said it has received an investment from Lockheed Martin [LMT] that will help accelerate the company’s efforts to scale production of its solar modules. […]
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SpaceTask Force 66 Chief Touts Commercial Satellite Benefits For Maritime Domain Awareness
Commercial remote sensing data and imagery has proven to be useful in allowing the Navy to alert allies and partners to potential bad behavior in the maritime domain due to […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyMichael Aims To Push AI Use Across Defense Department
As the corporate world increasingly adopts artificial intelligence to become more efficient across its various use cases, the Defense Department needs to be doing the same, Under Secretary of Defense […]
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Business/FinancialTrump Administration Mulls Equity Stakes In Defense Industry, Raising Questions
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick on Tuesday said the U.S. government is considering taking equity stakes in U.S. defense contractors, a move that defense analysts argued raises a raft of issues […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBlue Water Autonomy Raises $50 Million To Build First Long-Range Autonomous Ship
Autonomous ship developer Blue Water Autonomy has raised $50 million in a new funding round the startup is putting toward construction of its first long-range autonomous ship that it plans […]