Advanced / Transformational Technology
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ArmyArmy To Explore Industry’s Exoskeleton Technology Offerings
The Army is looking to industry for exoskeleton technologies that would assist soldiers with carrying heavy cargo on the battlefield, with plans to hold tests with users in late 2019 […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologySikorsky Using Raider to Refine Future Army Attack Aircraft Design
WEST PALM BEACH, Fla. — Sikorsky [LMT], now testing its S-97 Raider compound helicopter weekly, has transitioned the aircraft to a team focused on creating the company’s Future Attack Reconnaissance […]
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ArmyL3 Technologies Looks Forward to Air-Ground Synergies With Harris for MUM-T Effort
PARIS AIR SHOW–L3 Technologies [LLL] believes that its merger next week with Harris Corp. [HRS] will create air-ground synergies that will benefit L3 efforts, such as the company’s bid for U.S. […]
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CongressHouse’s 2020 ‘Minibus’ Bill Heads to Senate on Party Line Vote
The full House on Wednesday approved a 2020 Pentagon budget of roughly $690 billion as part of five-bill minibus that boosts defense spending relative to 2019, but still comes in […]
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ArmySenate Defense Panel Wants Army Plan to Accelerate Black Hawk Replacement
Senate lawmakers want the Army to consider speeding up acquisition of a futuristic replacement for the UH-60 Black Hawk and want a tailored acquisition plan to do so delivered […]
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Air ForceAir Force, Lockheed Laud Successful Flight Test of Hypersonic Weapon Aboard B-52
The Air Force and Lockheed Martin [LMT] have successfully flight tested components of one of the service’s future hypersonic weapons aboard a B-52 Stratofortress bomber. A sensor-only version of the […]
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Air Force‘Valkyrie’ Unmanned Air Vehicle Successfully Completes Second Flight
The Air Force’s XQ-58A Valkyrie unmanned aerial vehicle completed its second flight last week and completed all test objectives, the service said June 17. The 71-minute flight took place June […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCollins Aerospace Sees Big Demand For New, Retrofit ‘Fly-By-Wire’ System
PARIS AIR SHOW—Collins Aerospace [UTX] and Lockheed Martin’s Sikorsky [LMT] are highlighting an advanced fly-by-wire retrofit kit to allow autonomous flight in medium and heavy helicopters and fixed wing aircraft. […]
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CongressSASC Proposes Establishing 5G Testing Facilities In NDAA Mark
The Senate Armed Services Committee’s mark of the next defense policy bill includes a proposal to establish a 5G technology demonstration facility at the Nevada Test and Training Range. Lawmakers […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyThales Acquires Artificial Intelligence Company Psibernetix
Bolstering its capabilities in artificial intelligence (AI), France’s Thales said earlier this month that it acquired Ohio-based Psibernetix, which has developed processes that enable AI decisions to be mathematically verified […]