Advanced / Transformational Technology
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PentagonPentagon To Roll Out Document This Spring Detailing New Joint Data Structure Requirements
As the Pentagon gets set to release requirements for the new Joint Warfighting Concept later this spring, the vice chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff said Wednesday a separate […]
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Navy/USMCCNO: Lasers On Carriers, USVs May Defend Against Chinese Missiles
The Navy is considering basing laser weapons from aircraft carriers and unmanned surface vessels (USVs) to help protect naval groups from Chinese missiles in the future, the service’s top officer […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon’s Financial Management Office Cutting Down On Improper Payments With AI, New Tech
The Pentagon’s push to integrate emerging technologies in its financial management and budgeting process has resulted in finding $4 billion in dormant contract obligations to shift toward higher priority items […]
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Air ForceBAE Systems Highlights Flight Testing of Software for Future EC-37B Compass Call
BAE Systems said this week that it “successfully flight tested” the company’s Small Adaptive Bank of Electronic Resources (SABER) technology to move toward a “critical software upgrade” for Air Force […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAir Force Halts ARRW Launch Sequence During First Planned Booster Flight Test
The U.S. Air Force halted the launch sequence for the first planned booster flight test of a prototype Lockheed Martin [LMT] AGM-183A hypersonic Air-launched Rapid Response Weapon (ARRW) aboard a […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAFWERX Invests in Nap of the Earth Flight with Vy 400 VTOL
AFWERX is working with Transcend Air through a new contract that will explore “nap of the earth” flight with high-speed vertical take-off and landing (VTOL) aircraft, according to an April […]
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SpaceLockheed Martin to Use ABL Space Systems’ RS1 Rockets for Rapid Launches
Lockheed Martin [LMT] may buy up to 58 RS1 rockets by El Segundo, Calif.-based ABL Space Systems, which has aimed to build low-cost launch vehicles and systems for small satellites. […]
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Air ForceSixth Flight Test of XQ-58A Valkyrie Features First Weapons Bay Release
The Air Force Research Laboratory (AFRL) on March 26 conducted the sixth flight test of the Kratos [KTOS] XQ-58A Valkyrie drone at Yuma Proving Ground, Ariz.–a demonstration that featured the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySikorsky Conducts Autonomous Test Flight Of Black Hawk Under Pilot Supervision
Sikorsky [LMT] said this week it recently demonstrated an autonomous test flight of a UH-60 Black Hawk with an onboard pilot supervising using co-piloting technology on a tablet. Igor Cherepinsky, […]
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Air ForceAir Force Completes First Military Transport of eVTOL Aircraft Inside C-130
The Air Force transported an electric vertical take-off and landing (eVTOL) aircraft from Springfield, Ohio to Austin, Texas on March 23 and 24 inside an HC-130J Combat King II as […]
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