Advanced / Transformational Technology

Spending by the Defense Department in 2024 on the top 100 startups with dual-use and defense technology more than doubled versus 2023 but remains less than 1 percent of the […]

Space Force Space Systems Command (SSC) gave a boost to Boeing‘s [BA] confidence last week, as SSC chose the company over Northrop Grumman [NOC] for a $2.8 billion contract to […]

The Army is working to stand up a new joint interagency task force focused on drones and counter-UAS capabilities, the service’s vice chief said on Wednesday. Gen. James Mingus, the […]

The Army on Tuesday detailed progress in bringing secure M-code GPS capability to commercial chips, including the Qualcomm [QCOM] Snapdragon, citing the effort as critical to enabling assured position, navigation […]

RTX [RTX] is integrating Shield AI’s Hivemind autonomy pilot software into an operational weapon that will allow it to autonomously coordinate and collaborate with other systems equipped with the same […]

Electra has received a small research contract from the Army to mature hybrid-electric propulsion systems the company is developing for its ultra-short takeoff and landing (STOL) aircraft to advance the […]

The U.S. Space Force program executive office for space combat power is soliciting input from industry on the rapid fielding of space based interceptors (SBI), which the Trump administration’s Golden […]

Proliferating systems in the European theater will be vital for bolstering NATO and deterring Russian revanchism, as Ukraine continues to battle Russia in the latter’s latest 2022 invasion of Ukraine, […]

The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) has sped up the start of flight-testing by more than a year of vertical takeoff and landing (VTOL) drones in an attempt to […]

The Defense Department is requesting $13.4 billion in fiscal year 2026 for autonomous systems and autonomy technology, the first time it has ever broken this out as its own category […]