Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Unmanned SystemsAFRL to Test Multiple Skyborg Prototypes This Year
Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) Commander Brig. Gen. Heather Pringle and Air Force program executive officer for aircraft and advanced weapons Brig. Gen. Dale White are leading an effort this […]
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Business/FinancialAEI Merges Portfolio Companies NuWave, PCI To Scale-Up Data Analytics Platform
The private equity firm AE Industrial Partners (AEI) on Tuesday said it has merged two of its data analytics and advanced information technology portfolio companies, NuWave Solutions and PCI Strategic […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyU.S. Air Force Continues Gray Wolf Low-Cost Cruise Missile Effort
While the U.S. Air Force said this month that it had, for the first time, flight tested collaborative weapons under the service’s Golden Horde program–one of three service Vanguard efforts, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAI Commission Begins Deliberating Final Report, Keeps Recommendation For White House Leadership
U.S. leadership in artificial intelligence will require a whole of government approach that is centered in the White House and includes oversight from the vice president and permanent day-to-day leadership, […]
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Air ForceAir Force Looks to Mid-2022 for First Flight of B-21 Raider
The U.S. Air Force Rapid Capabilities Office (RCO) is looking to mid-2022 as the first flight for the Northrop Grumman [NOC] B-21 Raider stealth bomber. The Air Force had said […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyWhite House Releases Implementation Plan To Secure 5G
The White House on Friday issued its national strategy for how the U.S. will implement and lead efforts to secure fifth-generation wireless infrastructure, technology seen as underpinning future prosperity and […]
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Air ForceRoper: F-35 Program at an ‘Inflection Point,’ as Air Force Looks to Reduce Flying Hour Cost to Bank for Future Systems
The program for the Lockheed Martin [LMT] F-35 fighter, managed by the F-35 Joint Program Office (JPO) at Naval Air Station Patuxent River, Md., is at an “inflection point” in […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Looks to Bolster ‘Orbital Warfare’ Capabilities
U.S. Space Force Vice Chief of Space Operations Gen. David “DT” Thompson told an Association of Old Crows virtual event on Jan. 13 that the Space Force is looking for […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Advancing Effort To Arm DDG-1000 With Hypersonic Missiles, Develop Larger VLS
A Navy official recently confirmed the service is advancing efforts to arm the three-vessel Zumwalt-class DDG-1000 destroyers with hypersonic weapons, as directed by Congress. The fiscal year 2021 Defense Authorization […]
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Air ForceBiden Transition Team Speaks with Roper About Possible Role
The transition team of President-elect Joe Biden has reached out to U.S. Air Force acquisition chief Will Roper about a possible role in the new administration, but Roper is so […]