Advanced / Transformational Technology
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SpaceMore Than 100 NRO Satellites Launched/Planned Between June Last Year and End of This Year
By the end of the year, the National Reconnaissance Office (NRO) will have put more than 100 satellites into orbit since June 2023, NRO Director Chris Scolese said on Aug. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Official Touts Progress With Capable, Low-Cost Counter-Drone Systems As T-REX Wraps Up
CAMP ATTERBURY, Ind.—Industry is making progress developing highly capable, low-cost technologies to counter drones on the battlefield, a Defense Department official said here on Tuesday during an experimentation effort designed […]
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SpaceSpaceWERX Selects Nine Small Companies For STRATFI Funding
The U.S. Space Force’s innovation arm last week selected nine companies to receive contracts to help move their respective technologies beyond the prototype stage to deliver capabilities to the service. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDoD Wants Generative AI Solutions To Aid Joint Planning
The Defense Department’s unit focused on accelerating the adoption of commercial technology to meet defense needs last Friday evening issued a solicitation for Generative Artificial Intelligence solutions to help war […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyDARPA Selects Accelerators To Help Commercialize Agency-Funded Technologies
The Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency (DARPA) last Thursday selected five entities across the U.S. to help it commercialize and scale early-stage technologies the agency funds within the Defense Department’s […]
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ArmyU.S. Army Picks Sierra Nevada Corp. as Lead System Integrator for HADES
The U.S. Army said on Aug. 22 that it has picked Sierra Nevada Corporation [SNC] as the lead system integrator for its High Accuracy Detection and Exploitation System (HADES) under […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyShield AI Touts Collaborative Flights Of Two AI Piloted Unmanned Jets
Shield AI and its partner Kratos Defense & Security Solutions [KTOS] recently demonstrated coordinated autonomous flights of two unmanned jets piloted by Shield AI’s artificial intelligence platform in airspace shared […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyAuterion, ModalAI, Neros Selected To Prototype sUAS Solutions In Contested EMI Space
The Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) on Wednesday said it has selected solutions from three companies to demonstrate and test commercial dual-use technologies in small drones to be able to operate […]
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Air ForceC-17 Flies with Alternative GPS Magnetic Navigation as Prime PNT System
A U.S. Air Force C-17 Globemaster III cargo plane by Boeing [BA] recently test flew the Silicon Valley-based SandboxAQ‘s Magnetic Navigation (MagNav) system–leveraging quantum magnetometers and artificial intelligence–as the aircraft’s […]
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Business/FinancialLogistics Analysis Firm DEFCON AI Raises $44 Million In Seed Funding
DEFCON AI on Tuesday said it has raised $44 million in seed funding to expand its team, bolster research and development, and extend its solutions for building resiliency into military […]