Advanced / Transformational Technology
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Unmanned SystemsDIU Picks Five Companies As Winners of Drone Dominance Program’s Lethality Challenge
The Pentagon’s Defense Innovation Unit (DIU) has chosen five companies as winners of the Drone Dominance Program’s Lethality Prize. Northrop Grumman [NOC] was the only traditional defense company picked. The […]
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Unmanned SystemsAustralian AI Sensor Startup Arkeus Raises $18 Million To Help Expand In U.S, Europe
Australia’s Arkeus has raised $18 million in a Series A round to help developer of artificial intelligence-enabled hyperspectral sensors to expand and scale manufacturing in Australia, the U.S. and Europe. […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyPentagon Signs Framework Deals To Rapidly Buy Low-Cost Cruise Missiles, New Hypersonic Weapon
The Pentagon on Wednesday announced new framework agreements to advance on rapidly fielding thousands of low-cost cruise missiles over the next few years and a deal to move forward on […]
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Unmanned SystemsWith Software Add, L3Harris Turns Its Tactical Radios Into Counter-Drone Sensors And Effectors
L3Harris Technologies [LHX] on Wednesday introduced an upgrade to an existing waveform used in its tactical radios that transforms them into a distributed network of radio frequency sensors and effectors […]
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ArmyArmy Awards Leidos $2.7 Billion To Accelerate Hypersonic Work
Leidos [LDOS] on Tuesday said it received a $2.7 billion Army contract to unify two hypersonic programs it is developing for the Army and Navy in an effort to accelerate […]
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SpaceSPACECOM Chief: Maneuver Needed For High Value Satellites
While safety in numbers is a defining trait of low Earth orbit satellites, including those in the Space Development Agency’s future Proliferated Warfighter Space Architecture, key geosynchronous orbit satellites, such […]
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Unmanned SystemsSwarmer Leads Ukrainian Team Developing Counter-Unmanned Systems Platform
The drone autonomy company Swarmer [SWMR] on Tuesday said it will integrate technologies from three Ukrainian-based firms to create a containerized system that can send swarms of drones into the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyNRO Created GPU-Based Testing Environment To Validate AI Models, Director Says
To test and verify the artificial intelligence-based models that the agency is increasingly using as it applies the technology to its workflows, on-orbit checkout, satellite tasking and data fusion, the […]
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Advanced / Transformational TechnologyUSSOCOM Experimenting With Commercial GEOINT Imagery And Analytics At The Edge
SkyFi is under a research and development contract with U.S. Special Operations Command (USSOCOM) to allow Special Forces to assess the startup’s commercial-based self-service Earth observation platform and analytics on […]
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SpaceSpace Control Budget More Than Doubles To About 30 Percent Of Space Force Request
Space Control is about 30 percent of the Space Force’s fiscal 2027 budget request of $71 billion, which is to include $12 billion in a future reconciliation bill, according to […]