Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNorthrop Grumman Demonstrates Airborne Gateway To Link Naval Assets
Northrop Grumman [NOC] on Monday said it has successfully demonstrated its airborne data gateway aboard an MQ-4C Triton unmanned aircraft system flying testbed to link various naval assets, including the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyTSA Seeks Feedback On Open Architecture Initiatives
Following the release of its first open architecture roadmap for security detection equipment, the Transportation Security Administration (TSA) last Friday released a Request for Information to better understand the capabilities […]
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Air ForceUSAF Assessing Munitions Inventory and Future Needs
The U.S. Air Force is assessing its inventory of munitions and future needs for high-end conflicts in which the service plans to use the Joint All Domain Command and Control […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNORAD ‘Domain Awareness Gap’ May Feature Relatively Low-Tech Balloons
This week, U.S. Air Force General Glen VanHerck, the commander of U.S. Northern Command (NORTHCOM) and North American Aerospace Defense Command (NORAD), spoke of a “domain awareness gap” in saying […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Exploring Use of Drone Swarms Under AMASS Program
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) is exploring the future U.S. use of autonomous drone swarms against high-tech adversaries under the agency’s Autonomous Multi-Domain Adaptive Swarms-of-Swarms (AMASS) program. Responses […]
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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 […]