Advanced / Transformational Technology

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. […]

Teledyne FLIR Defense [TDY] on Tuesday unveiled its new Rogue 1 recoverable loitering munition, its system picked for the Marine Corps’ Organic Precision Fires-Light (OPF-L) program that the company described […]

The Pentagon on Monday confirmed AeroVironment’s [AVAV] Switchblade-600 loitering munitions is one of the capabilities selected for mass production under the first tranche of its Replicator initiative to field thousands […]

The U.S. Air Force Life Cycle Management Center at Wright-Patterson AFB, Ohio last week awarded Northrop Grumman [NOC] an up to $7 billion, five-year contract for B-2 sustainment and modernization, […]

Anduril Industries on Monday unveiled details of its modular, artificial intelligence-enabled Pulsar electronic warfare (EW) system, designed to defeat threats including drones, that it says has already been deployed by […]

The Defense Department’s innovation arm focused on trying to bring more commercially-developed solutions to warfighters faster last year awarded more prototype contracts than ever along with a sharp increase in […]

BlueHalo and United Kingdom-based Kraken Technology Group last Friday said they have formed a strategic partnership to integrate the U.S.-based company’s artificial intelligence and machine learning-based autonomous mission systems into […]

U.S. Air Force Secretary Frank Kendall flew in the front seat of the X-62A Variable In-flight Simulation Test Aircraft (VISTA) on May 2 during an autonomous flight from Edwards AFB, […]

California-based EpiSci said this week that the company finished multiple collaborative autonomy tests last month under the U.S. Air Force’s Autonomy Prime program to train operators on the company’s Starling […]

Northrop Grumman’s [NOC] Manta Ray uncrewed underwater vehicle completed full-scale in-water testing earlier this year, the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) said. DARPA this week announced the Manta Ray […]