Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU Selects Teams To Help INDOPACOM With AI Solutions To Track “Blue Objects”
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Wednesday said it selected 10 teams to provide prototype solutions to meet the challenges of tracking and coordinating activities of friendly forces in support […]
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Unmanned SystemsVatn Systems Raises $60 Million To Scale Undersea Vessel Development And Manufacturing
Autonomous underwater vehicle (AUV) developer and manufacturer Vatn Systems on Wednesday said it has raised $60 million in a funding round the Rhode Island-based startup will use to expand its […]
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ArmyDoD CTO: Army’s Goal For 90 Percent Commercial Solutions Is Possible, Wants More New Entrants
The Pentagon’s chief technology officer has said the Army’s push to buy 90 percent commercial solutions is likely a long-term but achievable goal. Emil Michael, under secretary of defense for […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAnduril, GKN Team On British Army Autonomous UAS Project
Anduril Industries and Britain’s GKN Aerospace on Tuesday signed an exclusive teaming agreement to pursue a United Kingdom project to develop an unmanned collaborative combat platform that would team with […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAcquisition Data Insights Firm Pryzm Expanding With $12 Million Seed Round
Pryzm, a small software firm developing products to help contractors capture business with the federal government and help government customers better track and manage their programs, spending and vendors, has […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Eyes First Flight Of Project Talon Next Year
Northrop Grumman [NOC] used its Beacon autonomous testbed, announced in June, to accelerate development of the Project Talon autonomous drone offering for the U.S. Air Force’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) […]
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Business/FinancialNorthrop Grumman Conducts Static Test Of New SRM In Promontory
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Thursday conducted a static test of a new solid rocket motor (SRM) in Promontory, Utah, under the company’s Solid Motor Annual Rocket Technology Demonstrator (SMART Demo) […]
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Business/FinancialStalker XE Block 25 And Alta X 2.0 Drones Part Of Skunk Works Test Of Artificial Intelligence Re-Planning
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works division said on Thursday that it used artificial intelligence to demonstrate how one drone facing fuel problems could return to base while another unmanned aerial […]
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PentagonPentagon To Spend $1 Billion On Rapidly Delivering Over 300,000 Small Drones By 2028
The Pentagon has detailed plans to spend just over $1 billion in the next two years to rapidly deliver more than 300,000 small one-way attack drones. A new Request for […]
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SpaceNRO Extends Work For HawkEye 360, Capella, ICEYE And Umbra
Herndon, Va.’s HawkEye 360 said on Wednesday that it has received a follow-on 23 months of National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) funding for work with the agency’s Commercial Systems Program Office […]