Advanced / Transformational Technology

As Ukraine continues its NATO-backed defense against Russian forces, U.S. Special Operations Command Europe (SOCEUR) on Nov. 9 conducted the first theater test over the Arctic Circle in Norway of […]

The U.S. Air Force’s innovation arm, AFWERX, is considering hardware and software efforts under the Project Fast Open X-Platform Agile Combat Employment (FOX-ACE) to pass targeting data from Lockheed Martin […]

Hundreds of future satellties under the National Defense Space Architecture (NDSA) may carry GPS-type payloads to complement, improve, and back-up GPS satellites, per the Department of the Air Force Space […]

After conducting another series of unmanned Black Hawk flights using Sikorsky’s [LMT] autonomy software, DARPA’s lead official for the program said he’s “very confident” the technology will transition to the […]

Kratos [KTOS] said on Nov. 3 that it recently flew a production XQ-58A Valkyrie aircraft at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz. for the Block 2 Valkyrie maturation program. The test flight […]

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md.–While the U.S. Air Force has installed the Northrop Grumman [NOC] AN/APG-83 scalable agile beam radar (SABR) on dozens of Air National Guard F-16s, the service also equips F-15E Strike […]

LINTHICUM HEIGHTS, Md.–The Northrop Grumman [NOC] campus here has a more than five-decade history, beginning as Westinghouse, and today developing a variety of systems, including the Electronically-Scanned Multifunction Reconfigurable Integrated […]

On May 5-6, a KC-46A Pegasus tanker assigned to the 22nd Air Refueling Wing at McConnell AFB, Kan., flew more than 24 hours straight–the longest mission in the history of […]

A top U.S. Special Operations Command (SOCOM) official on Oct. 26 highlighted the command’s need for High-Speed Vertical Takeoff and Landing (HSVTOL) systems and SOCOM’s planned shift to a 60 […]

A new report from the Mitchell Institute for Aerospace Studies recommends that the Pentagon require the hardening of the Space Development Agency’s envisioned Transport Layer satellites, which are to be […]