Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Homeland SecurityMayorkas Launches Initiatives Focused On China Threat, Artificial Intelligence
Homeland Security Secretary Alejandro Mayorkas last Friday announced two new initiatives, one aimed at better positioning his department to deal with threats to the homeland posed by China and the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySASC Cybersecurity Panel Witnesses Push Back Against Suggestion of Pause in Cutting Edge AI Development
The three witnesses at an Apr. 19 hearing of the Senate Armed Services Committee’s (SASC) cybersecurity panel said that a pause in the development of cutting edge artificial intelligence would […]
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WeaponsGreater Load Outs of Advanced Weapons for F-35 to Start This Year with Lot 15
FORT WORTH, Texas–The Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter is soon to have a company-designed weapons rack–“Sidekick”–that will allow the internal carriage of six Raytheon Technologies‘ [RTX] AIM-120 advanced medium range […]
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ArmyArmy Taps BlueHalo For ISV-Mounted 20KW Laser Prototyping Effort
The Army has awarded BlueHalo a potential $75.9 million deal to provide a laser system for its program to integrate a 20-kilowatt laser capability on Infantry Squad Vehicles (ISV), the […]
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Air ForceNorthrop Grumman Announces IVEWS Testing on Path to Fielding
Northrop Grumman [NOC] said on Apr. 11 that its AN/ALQ-257 Integrated Viper Electronic Warfare Suite (IVEWS) for U.S. Air Force F-16 fighters has completed Air Force Laboratory Intelligence Validated Emulator […]
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ArmyBAE Systems Planning To Design Hybrid-Electric AMPV
HUNTSVILLE, Ala. — After providing two hybrid-electric Bradley vehicles for Army testing, BAE Systems has said it’s now planning to design a similar system for its Armored Multi-Purpose Vehicle (AMPV). […]
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SpaceUpdate to Life Cycle Sustainment Plan Needed for Department of Air Force Satellite Control Network, GAO Says
The U.S. Space Force intends to bolster its satellite communications capacity through the use of electronically-steered phased array antennas for the DoD Satellite Control Network (SCN), and a new Government […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAFRL To Issue Multiple Awards Under $400 Million Contract for Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research Program
The U.S. Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) is making awards to multiple companies under a $400 million contract for the Advanced Aerospace Systems Technology Research program. “The primary objective of […]
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Air ForceUSAF Decision May Come This Summer on Gapfiller Tanker Between KC-46 and NGAS
The U.S. Air Force may decide this summer on a buy of up to 75 tankers to fill the gap between the planned fielding of the 179th Boeing [BA] KC-46A […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Space Force Plans to Field Hypersonic Tracking Sensors in 2020s
The U.S. Space Force intends to field “birth to death” tracking of hypersonic missiles for the Missile Defense Agency (MDA) by 2030, Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David Thompson […]