Advanced / Transformational Technology
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ArmyDynetics Receives $130 Million To Build 100kw Laser For The Army
Dynetics has received a $130 million deal to develop and test a 100 kilowatt laser for the Army, the company said Wednesday. The Army has tapped the company and a […]
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ArmyArmy Awarding Next Synthetic Training Environment OTAs In June, With Goal To Field Final Capability By FY23
The Army is readying to award development contracts in June for its new networked training capability, the Synthetic Training Environment (STE), as officials look to deliver an initial system in […]
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PentagonDoD’s Lord Says Next F-35 Lot Contract Expected to Be Awarded By July
The Defense Department and Lockheed Martin [LMT] are continuing negotiations for Lot 12 of the F-35 Joint Strike Fighter, with plans to award a contract within the next two months, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyGulfstream Developing Artificial Intelligence for Future Special-Mission Airplanes
SAVANNAH, Ga. — General Dynamics [GD] Gulfstream is developing artificial intelligence and a data concentration network for the G500 as options for future special mission aircraft manufactured here, executives told Defense […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Weapons Buyer: Cutting Turkey From F-35 Could Cause Two-Year Program Delays
The F-35 Joint Strike Fighter program could suffer delays should the United States and Turkey fail to come to agreement on the ongoing dispute regarding Ankara’s decision to buy the […]
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Navy/USMCDARPA And Marine Corps Cancel ARES Program For Cost Growth, Delays
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) and the Marine Corps have canceled the Aerial Reconfigurable Embedded System (ARES) program because of cost overruns and schedule slips. Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk […]
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Navy/USMCNavy Planning More Autonomous Platform Experiments, Standing Up USV Test Group In San Diego
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md. –The Navy is increasing the number of experiments with autonomous platforms, as the service looks to invest over $1 billion in unmanned technologies, to better understand the […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Air Force Officials Say F-35 Will Take Years to Meet Cost Per Flying Hour of F-15EX
Defense officials told lawmakers May 2 that while they continue to drive down the sustainment cost of the F-35A Joint Strike Fighter, it will be “multiple years” before it can […]
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Congress2020 Candidate Moulton Calls for New Arms, New Arms Control and New Alliances to Counter China
The United States must consider investing in next-generation technologies over legacy programs, developing new arms control policies for autonomous systems and building fresh alliances to counter China in the decades […]
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ArmyBoeing Finished Six Wind Tunnel Tests on Compound Apache in January
In January, as planned, Boeing [BA] completed a series of six wind tunnel tests on a 30 percent scale model of an AH-64E Block II compound helicopter, which the company says […]