Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Navy/USMCHouse Authorizers Look To Slow LUSVs And Retiring Ships
The House Armed Services Seapower and Projection Forces subcommittee’s mark of the FY 2021 defense authorization bill would limit the Navy’s speed in producing unmanned vessels and limit retiring vessels […]
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Air ForceHASC Subcommittee Seeks More Answers on F-35 Program in FY ’21 NDAA Mark
The House Armed Services Committee is demanding more answers and increased certification from the Pentagon on the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter in its version of the fiscal year 2021 defense […]
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PentagonGriffin, Porter Stepping Down As Pentagon’s Top Technology Officials
The Pentagon’s top two technology officials are stepping down from their positions effective July 10, a defense official confirmed to Defense Daily on Tuesday. Mike Griffin, the Pentagon’s under secretary […]
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Air ForceAir Force Begins SATCOM Upgrades for Presidential Aircraft Fleet
The Air Force and L3Harris Technologies [LHX] have begun to install satellite communication upgrades for the service’s presidential and executive aircraft, and expect to complete fielding in August, about 16 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAurora Flight Sciences Awarded by DARPA to Design X-Plane Without Moving Control Surfaces
Boeing [BA] subsidiary Aurora Flight Sciences was selected by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) as the first awardee in a potential X-plane project designed to explore the use […]
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PentagonElectronic Warfare Dominance, Hypersonics Among Top Priorities In Fiscal 2021 for Pentagon R&D Arm
Accelerating electronic warfare (EW) dominance, nuclear modernization, hypersonics, the development of fully networked command, control, and communications (FNC3), and test and evaluation infrastructure are the top priorities in fiscal 2021 […]
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CongressHouse Panel’s NDAA Mark Calls On Pentagon To Establish Directed Energy Working Group
Lawmakers are looking to establish a new working group at the Pentagon to better coordinate development of directed energy (DE) capabilities across the services. The House Armed Services Subcommittee on […]
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CongressHouse Panel Seeks Deputy SecDef Oversight, Board Of Directors For Joint Artificial Intelligence Center
The House Armed Services Subcommittee on Intelligence and Emerging Threats & Capabilities is calling for the Deputy Secretary of Defense to handle oversight of the Pentagon’s Joint Artificial Intelligence Center […]
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Navy/USMCMarines Considering Land-Based Hypersonic Weapons
The Marine Corps is in discussions with the Defense Department’s research community to potentially field land-based hypersonic weapons in the future, according to a senior official. “I haven’t given up […]
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Business/FinancialLockheed Martin Ventures Invests In Augmented Reality Company Red 6
Augmented reality startup Red 6 on Thursday said it has received a strategic investment from the ventures unit of Lockheed Martin [LMT], funding that will allow the small California-based company […]