Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Unmanned SystemsGeography, Allies And Partners Important Considerations For Replicator 1, INDOPACOM Official Says
A lack of U.S. controlled territory in the massive Western Pacific Ocean region means that geography and input from allies and partners are key policy considerations for how the first […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDIU Solicits For Rugged, Commercial Tactical Compute Kits
The Defense Department’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) last Thursday issued a solicitation for commercial solutions for ruggedized hardware kits that have the computing capabilities, storage, network readiness, and low latency […]
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SpaceRussian ASAT Development Not an ‘Immediate” Threat,’ White House Says
On Feb. 14, House Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Chairman Mike Turner (R-Ohio) said on X that the committee had made available to all congressional members “information concerning a serious […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyReplicator Picks Include Both Deployed Capabilities, Newer Systems, DIU Director Says
The Pentagon has selected both currently-deployed systems and newer capabilities that have not yet been operationalized for its Replicator initiative to field thousands of attritable autonomous systems by August 2025, […]
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Air ForceKratos Rolling Work for Skyborg Into CCA
Kratos [KTOS] is folding in the work that the company has done on the XQ-58A Valkyrie for the U.S. Air Force Skyborg program into offerings for the service’s Collaborative Combat […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyThales To Build Hundreds Of Prototypes For DIU’s Small Tactical Universal Batteries Effort
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit has selected Thales’ U.S.-based Defense & Security, Inc. (TDSI) business to develop and prototype new Small Tactical Universal Batteries (STUB), intended to reduce troops’ logistical […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyData Analytics, Unmanned Autonomy Key Technologies To Close Gaps In Indo-Pacific, Paparo Says
Amid larger and increasingly more sophisticated Chinese military exercises in the Western Pacific and especially near Taiwan, the U.S. needs better data analytic capabilities to discern intent and provide warnings, […]
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Air ForceUSAF Plans Narrowing of CCA Increment 1 Field in Next Few Months
The U.S. Air Force may narrow the field of five contractor teams for the first Collaborative Combat Aircraft (CCA) technology effort to two to three in the next several months. […]
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Air ForcePratt & Whitney Reports Progress on XA103 Engine Offering for USAF NGAP
As the Air Force Association’s annual warfare symposium gets underway Feb. 12 in Denver, RTX‘s [RTX] Pratt & Whitney is reporting progress on a prototype XA103 engine for U.S. Air […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDefense Experts Like DIU’s Direction In New Plan
A new plan to advance the mission of the lead Defense Department unit charged with accelerating the adoption of commercial technologies is being well received by outside experts who like […]