An offer for Turkey to buy Patriot missile defense batteries has officially expired following the delivery of Russian-made S-400 air-to-air defense systems in July, one government official confirmed Aug. 22. The Defense and State Departments had hoped for Ankara to procure the Raytheon [RTN]-made ...

The Army is looking to build a new technology architecture that will allow soldiers to function as “integrated weapons platform,” with plans to start soliciting industry applications solutions in January and deliver an initial baseline version of the system in early 2021.  Officials detailed ...

The findings of an Air Force study on its advanced battle management system (ABMS) concept has been delayed for several months, a senior service official said Aug. 20. The Air Force had hoped to complete an analysis of alternatives (AoA) for ABMS by this summer and write up a report, but the ...

The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) has announced the successful flight demonstration of a new robotically manned air platform whose technology could pave the way for more optionally manned aircraft in the future. The laboratory and DZYNE Technologies Inc. successfully completed a two-hour ...

DARPA has tapped BAE Systems to continue working on a project to develop a machine learning-powered tool to provide military space operators with better situational awareness capabilities, the company said Tuesday. BAE’s work on the second phase of the Hallmark Tools, Capabilities, and ...

DARPA has conducted the second test for its program to test experimental “swarming” technology with air and ground robots for potential future missions in urban environments, the agency said Wednesday. The latest test for the OFFensive Swarm-Enabled Tactics (OFFSET) program took place in June ...