Advanced / Transformational Technology

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) plans to re-use algorithms employed in the recent AlphaDogfightTrial (ADT) for research on artificial intelligence (AI)-enabled intelligence, surveillance, and reconnaissance (ISR); electronic warfare […]

The Pentagon on Thursday announced it has awarded $600 million in contracts for 5G pilot programs at five installations, which the department said represent “the largest full-scale 5G tests for […]

A bipartisan national commission charged with making suggestions to advance the nation’s leadership and capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI) and related technologies for national security on Thursday approved dozens of […]

U.S. Transportation Command is mulling the possibility of rocket deliveries and plans to hold a proof of principle with SpaceX as early as next year, TRANSCOM Commander Army Gen. Stephen […]

The Program Executive Officer (PEO) for unmanned and small combatants (USC) said the service is pushing toward 30-day unmanned surface vehicle (USV) transits while laying out his fiscal year 2021 […]

The Pentagon is not considering owning and operating its own 5G network, the department’s chief information officer said Wednesday, clarifying that a recent Request for Information is intended to gather […]

The U.S. Air Force on Sept. 29 awarded a second round of contracts to nine organizations for the service’s Skyborg program–an effort to develop a family of attritable drones with […]

The House Armed Services Committee’s bipartisan Future of Defense Task Force on Sept. 29 released its final report laying out required military capabilities in the coming decades–chief among them artificial […]

The Navy on Monday revealed it designated the U.S. Naval Research Laboratory (NRL) as the Navy’s Quantum Information Research Center, allowing it to engage with organizations to enhance research on […]

The U.S. Air Force is examining possible early retirements for a range of legacy platforms, especially if digitally engineered eSeries systems can readily step in to fulfill the missions of […]