Advanced / Transformational Technology

Last month, the Energetics Technology Center (ETC) briefed 15 House members on its proposal to revitalize and revolutionize energetics for the U.S. military, including a ramp-up of production and use […]

General Dynamics Land Systems [GD] will publicly showcase a version of its Tracked Robot X-Ton, or TRX, robotic vehicle outfitted with a short-range air defense (SHORAD) payload for the first […]

The Department of the Air Force’s fiscal 2024 budget requests $243 million for a Long-Range Kill Chain program. The $243 million “is provided by the Space Force to the National […]

The U.S. Air Force fiscal 2024 request of $429 million in research and development for Over-the-Horizon Backscatter radar (OTH-B) includes an add-on for the detection of stratospheric balloons and unidentified […]

U.S. Air Force leaders, including Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall and the head of Air Combat Command, Gen. Mark Kelly, are emphasizing non-kinetic means to counter advanced integrated air defense […]

A new company that is developing low-cost electric seagliders for commercial and defense markets on Wednesday said it has received a strategic investment from Lockheed Martin’s [LMT] venture arm, raising […]

The Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider is to incorporate advances in low-observable (LO) maintenance to ensure the next generation bomber is ready to fly consistently when it reaches the field […]

The U.S. Air Force’s planned Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) may leverage the Royal Australian Air Force’s (RAAF) use of Boeing‘s [BA] MQ-28 Ghost Bat, Air Force Gen. Kenneth Wilsbach, the […]

The Defense Department’s new Office of Strategic Capital (OSC) has stood up its first program designed to leverage private capital to help drive investment in critical technologies for national defense […]

The U.S. Space Force is requesting a $1.1 billion increase over last year’s appropriated amount for lower orbit missile tracking systems–the so-called “resilient resilient missile warning/missile tracking” architecture. The service’s […]