Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyBattery Manufacturer Lyten Launches Unit Focused On Drones
Lithium-sulfur battery developer and manufacturer Lyten on Thursday said it is launching an initiative to bring its lightweight, domestically-sourced batteries to the drone industry. Battery cells produced by Lyten were […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyCoast Guard Interested in High-Power Microwaves To Stop Small Craft, Drones
The Coast Guard is surveying the market for non-lethal high-power microwave (HPM) technologies for use in the maritime environment to shut down electronic systems on small watercraft and unmanned systems, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU Launches Replicator Effort To Evaluate, Quickly Scale Low-Collateral C-UAS Solutions
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit has launched a new effort to find new solutions from industry for more safely taking out small drones that it aims to scale rapidly across […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Flies Hypersonic Test Vehicle Again, Demonstrating Reusability
The Defense Department in March successfully conducted its second flight test of a reusable uncrewed hypersonic vehicle that landed after exceeding Mach 5, a key milestone in increasing the cadence […]
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Business/FinancialAnduril Acquires Tactical Computing Firm Klas, Details New Menace-T Rugged C4 System
Anduril Industries has signed an agreement to purchase Klas, its first acquisition of a tactical computing and communication firm that it said will help bolster capability offerings for programs such […]
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Air ForceAir Force Taps Ursa Major To Integrate Tactical Flight Demonstrator For Hypersonic Uses
The Air Force Research Laboratory last Thursday awarded Ursa Major a $28.6 million contract to serve as the integrator of a tactical flight demonstrator that will be powered by the […]
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Navy/USMCEpirus Delivers Prototype Counter-Swarm Energy Weapon To Navy
Epirus, a defense startup, on Tuesday said it delivered its prototype high-power microwave (HPM) Expeditionary Directed Energy Counter-Swarm (ExDECS) weapon to the Navy for testing earlier this year. The ExDECS […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAnduril Adds To Pulsar EW Family With Lightweight System That Counters Drone Swarms
Anduril Industries is building out its family of Pulsar electronic warfare (EW) systems, adding a lightweight unit to the mix that can be rapidly deployed to the tactical edge for […]
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SpaceEyes on DMSP Replacement, As First WSF-M Reaches IOC
The ML-1A Weather System Follow-on–Microwave (WSF-M) satellite by BAE Systems‘ Ball Aerospace sector has reached initial operational capability (IOC), U.S. Space Force Space Systems Command (USSF SSC) said. The Department […]
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Air ForceUSAF Air Superiority Concept ‘Evolving,’ As FY 2026 Budget to Show Whether Service Had to Make Trade-Offs to Afford F-47
The U.S. Air Force is examining ways to provide air superiority beyond the service’s traditional go-to of advanced manned fighters and air-to-air missiles at the same time that Air Force […]