Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Intelligence Community
NGA Gains AI Effort From OSD With Aim To Speed Geospatial Intel To Warfighters
AURORA, Colo.—The National Geospatial Intelligence Agency (NGA) will pick up an ongoing effort to leverage artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning (ML) being applied to geospatial intelligence (GEOINT) with the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNight Vision Advances May Make Their Way Into F-35, Army IVAS
Significant night vision advances over the next several years may filter into programs, such as the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 and the U.S. Army Integrated Visual Augmentation System (IVAS) headset, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBooz Allen Invests In Small Company That Brings Analytics, AI To Tactical Edge
Booz Allen Hamilton [BAH] on Tuesday said it has invested in Reveal Technology, a small company developing visual analytics and artificial intelligence that can rapidly assist squad-level forces with threat […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Advanced Reactor Will Use Domestic Fuel, Program Chief Says
The prototype of a mobile nuclear reactor under development at the Department of Defense will be powered by advanced fuel sourced from within the U.S., the project lead said last […]
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Navy/USMCONR Downs Cruise Missile Substitute In Laser Test
The Navy’s research agency successfully demonstrated a high-energy laser defeating a cruise-missile type target in recent months, the Navy said on April 13. The all-electric high-energy Lockheed Martin [LMT] Layered […]
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SpaceTimeline for Fielding Unified Data Library Uncertain, As U.S. Space Force Continues Prototyping
The timeline for fielding the U.S. Space Force’s (USSF) Unified Data Library (UDL) is uncertain, as the service continues prototyping for UDL to serve as a centralized, cloud-based data repository […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHicks Says RDER Will Help Address DoD’s ‘Complicated System’ For Advancing Promising Tech
Deputy Defense Secretary Kathleen Hicks said Tuesday the new rapid experimentation campaign to address joint warfighting capability gaps is aimed at solving the department’s “complicated system” for transitioning promising new […]
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SpaceChina and Russia Increased Number of Satellites 70 Percent Between 2019 and 2021, DIA Says
Between 2019 and 2021, China doubled its number of satellites in orbit from some 250 to 499, while Russia increased its number of orbiting satellites from about 150 in 2019 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyEpirus Introduces Upgraded Leonidas High-Power Microwave Systems
Epirus on Tuesday unveiled the third-generation of its Leonidas directed energy electronic warfare system, making the system smaller, more powerful and more mobile. Epirus first introduced Leonidas two years ago […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Wants to Harness Commercial Industry Ideas on Debris Removal
U.S. Space Force’s Space Systems Command (SSC) may hold an industry day to hear from commercial companies about possible technologies for space debris removal, the profit potential for such companies […]
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