As the U.S. Air Force briefs Pentagon officials and congressional members on the Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) fighter, the initiative’s classified details may be the special sauce that gives the program traction, Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper said on Nov. 24. “I feel ...

The new director of the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) on Tuesday detailed his priorities for the office with a focus on balancing targeted investments in emerging AI developments for warfighting and ensuring all organizations are capable of taking advantage of the latest ...

General Atomics has received a $93 million deal to work on a program for DoD’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center (JAIC) developing an AI-enabled “Smart Sensor” for unmanned aircraft systems. JAIC has partnered with the Air Force for the Smart Sensor program, which will look to support the ...

A top Navy official said the service plans to deploy the first conventional hypersonic weapons on Ohio-class submarines by 2025 before adding them to newer Virginia-class vessels starting in 2028. The weapons, called Conventional Prompt Strike (CPS) capability, are scheduled to be deployed first to ...

Lockheed Martin [LMT] will be integrating Magnetic Anomaly Detection-Extended Role (MAD-XR) systems on six Navy MH-60R helicopters as part of a new subcontract announced with CAE. The integration will give the MH-60R the ability to detect submarines and could be used for navigation in a GPS-denied ...

A report on the Senate Appropriations Committee’s (SAC) fiscal 2021 defense appropriations bill asks the U.S. Air Force to submit an acquisition strategy early next year for the Advanced Battle Management System (ABMS). While the Air Force fiscal 2021 budget requested $302.3 million for ABMS, ...