The concept designs of three companies that have acknowledged their interest in the U.S. Air Force vision for MQ-Next all feature flying wings–a nearly 550 year-old concept, first pondered by Leonardo da Vinci around 1485 and most notably realized in the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-2 stealth ...

The National Security Commission on Artificial Intelligence (NSCAI) is urging Congress to retain provisions in the final version of the next defense policy bill to establish a new committee with Pentagon and Intelligence Community officials to guide AI development priorities, as well as bolstering ...

The Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) held a virtual discussion on Sept. 15-16 with allied nations on ethical principles for the use of AI. The debut Partnership for Defense (PfD) meeting defense included representatives from the United States, Australia, Canada, Denmark, ...

A U.S. Air Force goal for 220 bombers–75 re-engined Boeing [BA] B-52Hs and 145 Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth aircraft–could change, Air Force Global Strike Commander Gen. Timothy Ray said on Sept. 14. “220 is a living number,” Ray told a Mitchell Institute for ...

The Navy’s top acquisition official said the Navy will be ale to pay for the new unmanned systems in part by gaining efficiencies across platforms to tie unmanned plans and systems together. “Resources are an important consideration. Requirements without resources are hallucinations,” ...

The Joint Staff is preparing to deliver a new, Joint Warfighting Concept (JWC) to Defense Secretary Mark Esper by the end of the year–a concept that will heavily rely on artificial intelligence (AI), according to Air Force Gen. John Hyten, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff and ...