Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD’s Replicator 1.2 Includes Small UASs, Loitering Munition, Drone Development Effort
The Pentagon on Wednesday disclosed additional capabilities selected for its Replicator initiative to get after fielding innovative technology rapidly at scale, which includes small drones from an Army program, loitering […]
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Air ForceU.S. Air Force to Refine CCA Increment 2 Concept, As Service Announces Buy of More Increment 1 Aircraft
The U.S. Air Force plans to refine its concept for the future Increment 2 of the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). “Increment 2–we are ‘danger’ close to getting started in earnest […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAnduril Touts Lattice Integration With Multiple Sensors In CENTCOM’s Desert Guardian
Anduril Industries this week said its Lattice operating system was used to integrate multiple third-party sensors into a single dashboard during a recent exercise to provide a common operating picture […]
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Air ForceAutonomous KC-135 Flight Testing May Begin Next Year
Flight testing of an autonomous KC-135 Stratotanker may begin next year. Boston’s Merlin Labs, Inc. and the U.S. Air Force’s 6th Air Refueling Wing at MacDill AFB, Fla., have been testing […]
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Business/FinancialAUV Startup Vatn Systems Raises $13 Million In Seed Round That Includes Lockheed, RTX, And SAIC
Vatn Systems, a startup developing autonomous underwater vehicles (AUVs) for U.S. and allied military customers, on Tuesday said it has raised $13 million in seed funding to further expand its […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Awards New CHIPS Funds To Microelectronics Commons Hubs
The Defense Department last Friday said it has awarded $148 million that will go to its eight regional hubs under a program designed to bolster domestic microelectronics innovation and production. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNGA’s Munsell Aligning CAIO Efforts Against Agency’s AI Goals
Advocating for and ensuring his agency is investing in artificial intelligence capabilities is the “strong hand” that Mark Munsell will wield as the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency’s (NGA) first AI chief […]
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SpaceU.S. Space Force Says It May Award Four PTS-G Contracts
The U.S. Space Force may award four companies Protected Tactical SATCOM-Global (PTS-G) contracts. “The government intends to competitively award up to four Indefinite Delivery Indefinite Quantity contract for PTS-G as […]
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SpaceNavigation Experts Urge Launch of Stored GPS Satellites with L5 Signal
The Global Positioning System (GPS) program, established in 1973, needs to launch four Lockheed Martin [LMT] GPS III satellites with the L5 signal in short order to help counter adversary […]
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Air ForceCCA In-Flight Adaptation Likely Need for ‘Tactical Responsiveness’
Some defense technologists believe that the U.S. Air Force’s manned Next Generation Air Dominance (NGAD) sixth generation fighter, in order to survive a service-ordered review, will have to be smaller […]