Advanced / Transformational Technology

House defense authorizers encourage the U.S. Air Force to use existing military engines for the Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA). “CCA operational concepts call for extended unrefueled range greater than 3,000 […]

Airbus‘ buy of Bingen, Wash.-based Aerovel will add the Aerovel Flexrotor drone to the European defense giant’s U.S. product line in what Rob Geckle, the chairman and CEO of Airbus […]

KISSIMMEE, Fla.—Continuously improving artificial intelligence around computer vision, analytic workflows, data collection, and enterprise infrastructure, all wrapped into responsible uses of the technology, make up the high-level goals for the […]

KISSIMMEE, Fla.—Contracting shops at the National Geospatial-Intelligence Agency (NGA) are shorthanded, just as they are across the federal government, but artificial intelligence technologies exist that can make the agency’s acquisition […]

The Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has added Emerging Technology as a new portfolio as part of an acquisition effort that quickly acquires commercial technologies for prototyping. The first […]

GE Aerospace [GE] has finished a fourth round of testing on the XA100 adaptive cycle engine “to gather additional data and advance this next-generation technology for future combat aircraft.”  the […]

KISSIMMEE, Fla.—Artificial intelligence technologies are key to leveraging the large amount of imagery being collected by NATO allies and companies based in NATO countries to speed results, an alliance official […]

The U.S. Air Force plans flight tests of the RTX [RTX] air-breathing Hypersonic Attack Cruise Missile (HACM) in fiscal 2025, as the service mulls a legacy for the development of […]

Airbus said on May 7 that it has bought Bingen, Wash.-based Aerovel–a move that may expand Airbus’ U.S. defense business. A several dozen employee firm, Aerovel builds the Flextotor vertical […]

Oakland-based startup Pyka and Sierra Nevada Corp. (SNC) are offering a modified version of Pyka’s autonomous, all-electric Pelican Cargo drone for DoD/military service use, the companies said on May 6. […]