Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyLong-Range Precision Weapons Startup Aventra Exits Stealth
Aventra, a startup focused on low-cost, long-range glide and guidance systems to deliver precision strikes without GPS, on Wednesday emerged from stealth with a $3 million seed round. The funding […]
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SpaceSpace Force to Field First Space Electromagnetic Warfare Tactical Operations Center, As SIPC Stands Up
The U.S. Space Force is to field the first space electromagnetic warfare (EW) tactical operations center in the next few months and, over the next year, make advances in space […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyGE Aerospace, Kratos Begin Altitude Testing For New GEK800 Small Engine
GE Aerospace [GE] and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] have begun altitude testing for their new low-cost GEK800 turbofan engine, designed to power cruise missiles and unmanned platforms in […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBlue Water Autonomy Selects Conrad Shipyard As Focus Shifts To ASV Production
Autonomous surface vessel (ASV) developer Blue Water Autonomy has entered into a production agreement with Conrad Shipyard, signifying that the company is shifting its focus to ship construction. The agreement […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBoeing’s Defense Segment Leveraging Palantir’s Analytics To Improve Operations, Programs
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—Boeing’s [BA] $25 billion defense and space business has signed up Palantir Technologies [PLTR] to provide its Foundry data analytics software that will provide artificial intelligence tools to […]
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Navy/USMCShield AI Flies Hivemind Autonomy Pilot Software On Airbus, Kratos Target Drones
Shield AI has now flown its Hivemind autonomy pilot software on 11 aircraft, adding target drones built by Airbus and Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] to the mix of […]
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Air ForceAnduril Plans First Collaborative Combat Aircraft Flight In Semi-Autonomous Mode
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.—First flight of Anduril Industries’ entry into the Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program is “within spitting distance” of happening and will be semi-autonomous from taxi, to […]
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Missile DefenseL3Harris Talks Alignment with Outline for Golden Dome
U.S. Space Force systems may account for two-thirds of DoD spending on an extensive Golden Dome missile defense architecture, according to an American Enterprise Institute report this month, as DoD […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNorthrop Grumman Selling Microchips, Related Services To Other Defense Companies
Northrop Grumman [NOC] last year began selling products and services from its legacy semiconductor facilities to the rest of the U.S. defense industrial base to expand access to microelectronics used […]
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SpaceAnduril and Impulse Space Plan to Run RPO in Geosynchronous Orbit Next Year
Next year, Anduril Industries and the Impulse Space startup plan to run a geosynchronous Earth orbit (GEO) rendezvous and proximity operations mission using Anduril’s mission data processor (MDP) and long-wave […]