Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Air ForceSwarm Aero Tosses Hat In The Ring For Massed Modular Aircraft
Swarm Aero on Monday unveiled Gamera, the company’s offering for the Air Force’s future Massed Modular Aircraft (MMA) to replace the current MQ-9A Reaper surveillance and strike drones. Gamera will […]
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Air ForceUSAF Discussing CCA, Increment 2 Attributes
NATIONAL HARBOR, Md.–The U.S. Air Force is discussing requirements for Increment 2 of the service’s Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) program. “We’re going through some thought machinations about what should Inc […]
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Air ForceSkunk Works Plans First Flight of Vectis Prototype By End of Next Year
Lockheed Martin‘s [LMT] Skunk Works division plans to fly a Vectis drone prototype by the end of next year and to build another four aircraft to accelerate development and the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU Official Outlines Bridge Effort To Enable Commercial Tech To Scale Faster
Despite success in helping startups and new entrants into the defense industry prototype and conduct initial operational evaluations of their technology offerings, the Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) and its partners […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUse Of Laser Weapons Helping Reduce Illegal Drone Use On Southern Border, DoD CTO Says
The use of laser weapons is contributing to a dramatic decline in nefarious drone use along America’s southern border, the Pentagon’s chief technology officer (CTO) said on Thursday. The laser-based […]
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ArmyArmy To Field Joint Laser Weapon System By July 2028, Pentagon’s Critical Tech Lead Says
The Army has committed to transitioning the Pentagon’s Joint Laser Weapon System (JLWS) program to fielding, the department’s critical technologies lead said on Wednesday, reiterating plans to deliver capability by […]
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Pentagon‘Experimentation Fatigue’ Cited As Issue for Industry and Pentagon
Speakers at a defense forum in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday cited “experimentation fatigue” as an issue for both industry and the Pentagon, as the military presses for rapid fielding of […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyHermeus Offering High-Mach Test Services With New Ramjet-Powered Vehicle
Hermeus on Wednesday introduced Ramjet-X, an expendable ramjet-powered vehicle that will launch from its reusable Quarterhorse unmanned supersonic aircraft to offer low-cost, high-Mach flight testing-as-service. The Ramjet-X’s ramjet engine is […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNorthrop Grumman Test Flies Lumberjack One-Way Attack System With Magnet Navigation
Seeking to add to the capabilities of its one-way attack system, Northrop Grumman [NOC] is flight-testing Lumberjack with magnetic navigation (MagNav) software supplied by SandboxAQ that operates in GPS-denied environments, […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUkrainian AI-Enabled Drone Strikes Have Jumped 10-Fold This Year, MoD Says
The number of Ukrainian artificial intelligence (AI)-guided drone strikes has jumped tenfold this year, according to the Ukrainian Ministry of Defense (MoD) and Brave1, Ukraine’s defense technology accelerator. The Ministry […]