Advanced / Transformational Technology
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Launches Third Pathfinder Mission to Demonstrate High-Bandwidth Protected Communications
The U.S. Space Force launched Hispasat‘s Amazonas Nexus satellite aboard a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket on Feb. 6 from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station, Fla. The Pathfinder 2 mission is […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDHS Turning To AI-Based Tools For Market Research
The Department of Homeland Security’s acquisition workforce has been using artificial intelligence-based tools to help grasp the state of the commercial market space for various products and is looking to […]
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PentagonDARPA Program Explores Possibility of Scaling Up Quantum Computers
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency’s (DARPA) Underexplored Systems for Utility-Scale Quantum Computing (US2QC) program is exploring the costs and benefits of accelerating the development and scaling up of quantum […]
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Homeland SecurityDHS S&T Plans Remote Identity Tech Demonstration
The Department of Homeland Security this year plans to conduct a demonstration of technologies that can remotely identify individuals online to avoid fraud without requiring them to show up in […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force and Industry Pass L3Harris F-16 EW System in Critical Design Review
The U.S. Air Force, Lockheed Martin [LMT], and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] held a critical design review (CDR) last month for the L3Harris AN/ALQ-254(V)1 Viper Shield electronic warfare system for foreign […]
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Pentagon
Former USAF Acquisition Head Chairing Defense Innovation Board’s Strategic Investment Capital Task Force
Former U.S. Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper is chairing the Defense Innovation Board’s (DIB) strategic investment capital task force to examine ways to spur public-private partnerships to help field […]
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Air ForceAFRL ‘Airlift Challenge’ Seeks New Algorithms for Transportation Planning
The Air Force Research Laboratory’s (AFRL) information directorate in Rome, N.Y., is seeking the online submission of new, artificial intelligence/machine learning algorithms to speed the planning and execution of airlift […]
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Air ForceDARPA and Air Force Finish HAWC Flight Tests, As Hypersonic Missiles Look Closer to Production
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the U.S. Air Force have completed the fourth and final flight test for the Hypersonic Airbreathing Weapon Concept (HAWC) program. The flight […]
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SpaceAFRL Receives NTS-3 Satellite for Testing, Planned Launch Late This Year
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] recently delivered its Navigation Technology Satellite-3 (NTS-3) to the Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) space vehicles directorate’s integration and test building at Kirtland AFB, N.M., AFRL said […]
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Air ForceAFRL Bandit Adversary Air Program Ground Tests New Propulsion System by Blue Force Technologies
North Carolina’s Blue Force Technologies said on Jan. 25 that it has ground tested a “novel carbon fiber composite propulsion flowpath system” for the small business’ Fury unmanned fighter under […]
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