Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Air Force
As USAF Plans Avionics, Weapons Upgrades for B-2, Northrop Grumman Receives $7 Billion Contract
The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio last week awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] an up to $7 billion, five-year contract for B-2 sustainment and modernization, […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Anduril Details AI-Enabled Pulsar EW System, Already In Use With U.S. Military
Anduril Industries on Monday unveiled details of its modular, artificial intelligence-enabled Pulsar electronic warfare (EW) system, designed to defeat threats including drones, that it says has already been deployed by […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
DIU’s Latest Report Shows Fewer Solutions Transitioned, More Awards Made In FY ‘23
The Defense Department’s innovation arm focused on trying to bring more commercially-developed solutions to warfighters faster last year awarded more prototype contracts than ever along with a sharp increase in […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
BlueHalo, Maritime Platform Developer Kraken Partner On Autonomous Operations
BlueHalo and United Kingdom-based Kraken Technology Group last Friday said they have formed a strategic partnership to integrate the U.S.-based company’s artificial intelligence and machine learning-based autonomous mission systems into […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Kendall Flies in Front Seat of X-62A VISTA
U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall flew in the front seat of the X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) on May 2 during an autonomous flight from Edwards AFB, […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Collaborative Autonomy Tested in EpiSci/USAF Autonomy Prime Flights
California-based EpiSci said this week that the company finished multiple collaborative autonomy tests last month under the U.S. Air Force’s Autonomy Prime program to train operators on the company’s Starling […]
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Navy/USMC
Northrop Grumman Manta Ray UUV Prototype Completes Water Testing
Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Manta Ray uncrewed underwater vehicle completed full-scale in-water testing earlier this year, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said. DARPA this week announced the Manta Ray […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Space Based GMTI Radar Satellites to be in Low Earth Orbit
A U.S. Space Force official on May 2 said that the Space Based Radar (SBR) under development by the Space Force and National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) will be a proliferated […]
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Space
DARPA Selects Northrop Grumman, Umbra For Phase II Of DRIFT Program
Northrop Grumman [NOC] and Umbra have been awarded small contracts by the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) to continue to the second phase of a program designed to collect […]
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Advanced / Transformational Technology
Anduril Adds To Menace C4 Platform With Vehicle-Based Option For Tactical Edge
Anduril Industries on Monday said the newest product in its Menace expeditionary command and control (C2) family is in production and being distributed globally, giving customers a small vehicle-based workstation […]