Advanced / Transformational Technology

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, […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Advances in Chinese air defenses and the expanse of the Pacific are presenting major operations and budget challenges for the U.S. Air Force. While the “sanctuary” of U.S. and overseas […]