Advanced / Transformational Technology

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

General Atomics‘ Aeronautical Systems, Inc. (GA-ASI) subsidiary and BAE Systems said that they are teaming to demonstrate autonomous electronic warfare (EW) systems that the companies believe could one day go […]

The U.S. Air Force wants a short sustainment “tail” for its future fleet of Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCAs), as the service’s Integrated Capabilities Command seeks to help the continuation of […]

The U.S. and South Korea this week announced plans to establish a new Defense Science and Technology Executive Committee (DSTEC) to collaborate on emerging capabilities, with officials citing it as […]

The National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) said on Wednesday that its Office of Space Launch (OSL) has awarded Broad Agency Announcements for Agile Launch Innovation and Strategic Technology Advancement (BALISTA) contracts […]

The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Wednesday said dMetrics received a $99.5 million contract to provide its Minsky artificial intelligence platform for help Defense Department analysts search through vast amounts […]

The National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) this week named Mark Munsell as its new Chief Artificial Intelligence Officer (CAIO), adding to his duties, formalizing the position, and elevating it to the […]